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H.R.901: American Land Sovereignty Protection Act
About This Bill
- This bill was introduced in the 105th Congress
- This bill is primarily about congress
- Introduced Feb. 27, 1997
- Latest Major Action April 30, 1998
- See the three similar bills introduced in other congresses.
Bill Sponsor
Bill Cosponsors
175 (17 Democrats, 1 Independent, 158 Republicans)
Bill Summary
American Land Sovereignty Protection Act - Amends the National Historic Preservation Act Amendments of 1980 to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from nominating any Federal lands for inclusion on the World Heritage List pursuant to the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage unless: (1) the Secretary publishes a finding that commercially viable uses of nominated lands and lands within ten miles of...
(Source: Library of Congress)
Bill Actions
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Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
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Executive Comment Requested from Interior, State.
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Field Hearings Held in Tannersville, New York.
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Committee Hearings Held.
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Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
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Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 26 - 9.
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Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 105-245.
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Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 141.
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Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 243 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 901 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit. Bill is open to amendments. It shall be in order to consider to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Resources now printed in the bill.
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Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 257 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 901 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. The amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Resources now printed in the bill shall be considered as adopted. Measure will be considered read. A specified amendment is in order. The amendment made in order by Mr. Miller of California shall be debatable for not to exceed one hour, equally divided and controlled. Upon the adoption of the resolution, H. Res. 243 shall be laid on the table.
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Considered by previous order.
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The House resolved into Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union pursuant to previous order of the House.
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The Speaker designated the Honorable John E. Sununu to act as Chairman of the Committee.
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GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate.
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DEBATE - Pursuant to the previous unanimous consent agreement, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 30 minutes of debate on the Brown (CA) amendment.
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DEBATE - Pursuant to the previous unanimous consent agreement, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 30 minutes of debate on the Vento amendment.
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Mr. Young (AK) moved that the Committee rise.
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On motion that the Committee rise Agreed to by voice vote.
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Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 901 as unfinished business.
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Considered as unfinished business.
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The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
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DEBATE - Pursuant to the previous unanimous consent agreement, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 30 minutes of debate on the Farr (CA) amendment.
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POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Farr amendment, the Chair put the question on the amendment and by voice vote, declared that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Farr demanded a recorded vote and pending that, made a point of order that a quorum was not present. Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Chair postponed further proceedings on the amendment and the point of no quorum was considered as withdrawn.
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DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with 30 minutes of debate on the Vento amendment.
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POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Vento amendment, the Chair put the question on the amendment and by voice vote, declared that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Vento demanded a recorded vote and pending that, made a point of order that a quorum was not present. Pursuant to a unanimous consent agreement, the Chair postponed further proceedings on the amendment and the point of no quorum was considered as withdrawn.
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DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with 30 minutes of debate on the Miller of (CA) amendment.
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POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Miller of (CA) amendment, the Chair put the question and by voice declared that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Miller of (CA) demanded a recorded vote and pending that, made a point of order that a quorum was not present. The Chair postponed further proceedings on the amendment and the point of no quorum was withdrawn.
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Considered as unfinished business.
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The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
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The Chair announced the unfinished business to be the further consideration of amendments on which recorded votes had previously been requested and postponed in the following order: Farr amendment, Vento amendment, and the Miller (CA) amendment.
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The Farr amendment, printed as amendment No. 5 in the Congressional Record of September 25, 1997 would exempt the California Coastal Ranges Biosphere Reserve from the provisions of the bill.
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The Vento amendment would require that no federal official may nominate, classify, or designate any lands owned by the U.S. for special, commercial, or restricted use under any international agreement unless such nomination, classification, or designation is specifically authorized by law.
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An amendment to strike section 4 (b) from the bill.
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The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 901.
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The previous question was ordered pursuant to a previous order of the House.
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The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
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On passage Passed by recorded vote: 236 - 191 (Roll no. 504).
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Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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Referred to Subcommittee on Parks, Preservation and Recreation.
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Subcommittee on Parks, Preservation and Recreation. Hearings held.
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Committee on Energy and Natural Resources requested executive comment from Department of the Interior and Office of Management and Budget.
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| Feb. 27, 1997 |
Introduced in the House by Don Young (R-Alaska) |