H.R.4193: LAND Act

About This Bill

  • This bill was introduced in the 112th Congress
  • This bill is primarily about public lands and natural resources
  • Introduced March 8, 2012
  • Latest Major Action April 17, 2012

Bill Summary

Land Acquisition to cut National Debt Act or LAND Act - Bars the Secretary of the Interior from using federal funding to purchase land resulting in a net increase of land acreage being under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service (NPS), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), or the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) unless the federal budget is balanced for the year in which such land would be purchased. Makes such prohibition...

(Source: Library of Congress)

Bill Actions

Date Description
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to House Natural Resources
Referred to House Agriculture
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
March 8, 2012

Introduced in the House by Steve Stivers (R-Ohio)

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