Bills About Public Lands And Natural Resources Sponsored by Paul Cook (R-Calif.)

Rep. Cook sponsored 26 bills about public lands and natural resources in the 116th Congress (2019-20).

Introduced Number Title Cosponsors Cosponsor Party Latest Action
Oct. 20, 2020 H.R.8630 To amend the National Forest Organization Camp Fee Improvement Act of 2003 to modify the calculation of land use fees in counties with less than two percent farm land, and for other purposes. 0 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Dec. 3, 2020 H.R.8849 To facilitate land exchanges in California between the California State Lands Commission and the Department of the Interior, and for other purposes. 0 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Dec. 3, 2020 H.R.8848 To convey certain Federal land in California to Twentynine Palms, California. 0 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Dec. 3, 2020 H.R.8850 To convey certain Federal land in California to Apple Valley, California. 0 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Nov. 20, 2020 H.R.8798 To establish a procedure for resolving claims to certain rights-of-way, and for other purposes. 0 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Nov. 12, 2020 H.R.8738 To withdraw certain Federal land in the San Bernardino National Forest in California from location, entry, and patent under mining laws, and for other purposes. 0 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Nov. 12, 2020 H.R.8739 To withdraw certain Federal land in the San Bernardino National Forest in California from location, entry, and patent under mining laws, and for other purposes. 0 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Nov. 5, 2020 H.R.8728 To require that royalties derived from the production of sodium compounds and related products are disbursed to the State in which production occurred and to the Secretary of Education for educational grants, and for other purposes. 0 Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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.
Jan. 4, 2019 H.R.255 To provide for an exchange of lands with San Bernardino County, California, to enhance management of lands within the San Bernardino National Forest, and for other purposes. 1
All Democrats
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.
Jan. 9, 2019 H.R.376 To provide for conservation, enhanced recreation opportunities, and development of renewable energy in the California Desert Conservation Area, and for other purposes. 3
All Democrats
Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
April 13, 2018 H.R.5513 To provide for an exchange of lands with San Bernardino County, California, to enhance management of lands within the San Bernardino National Forest, and for other purposes. 0 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Feb. 3, 2017 H.R.857 To provide for conservation and enhanced recreation activities in the California Desert Conservation Area, and for other purposes. 1
All Democrats
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 722.
May 4, 2017 H.R.2365 To convey certain Federal land in California to Apple Valley, California, Twentynine Palms, California, Barstow, California, and Victorville, California. 0 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 792.
Jan. 12, 2017 H.R.497 To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain public lands in San Bernardino County, California, to the San Bernardino Valley Water Conservation District, and to accept in return certain exchanged non-public lands, and for other purposes. 1
All Democrats
By Senator Murkowski from Committee on Energy and Natural Resources filed written report. Report No. 115-320.
March 7, 2017 H.R.1399 To reduce temporarily the royalty required to be paid for sodium produced on Federal lands, and for other purposes. 31
Bipartisan
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 337.
July 17, 2017 H.R.3270 To establish a procedure for resolving claims to certain rights-of-way, and for other purposes. 2
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Jan. 22, 2015 H.R.496 To establish the Alabama Hills National Scenic Area in the State of California, and for other purposes. 0 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Jan. 5, 2016 H.R.4313 To establish a procedure for resolving claims to certain rights-of-way. 12
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Oct. 1, 2015 H.R.3668 To codify in law and expand certain off-highway vehicle recreation areas in the State of California, to designate as wilderness certain public lands in the State of California administered by the Bureau of Land Management, to expand the Death Valley National Park Wilderness and the San Gorgonio Wilderness in San Bernardino National Forest, to ensure the conservation and necessary management of wildlife in these wilderness areas, to establish the Mojave Trails Special Management Area in the State, and for other purposes. 3
Bipartisan
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Nov. 17, 2015 H.R.4024 To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain public lands in San Bernardino County, California, to the San Bernardino Valley Water Conservation District, and to accept in return certain exchanged non-public lands, and for other purposes. 1
All Democrats
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
April 23, 2015 H.R.1992 To reduce temporarily the royalty required to be paid for sodium produced on Federal lands, and for other purposes. 11
Bipartisan
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 178.
March 18, 2013 H.R.1241 To facilitate a land exchange involving certain National Forest System lands in the Inyo National Forest, and for other purposes. 2
Bipartisan
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 643.
Sept. 18, 2014 H.R.5573 To establish the Alabama Hills National Scenic Area in the State of California, and for other purposes. 0 Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.
May 6, 2014 H.R.4575 To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire land to operate a visitor center for Joshua Tree National Park, and for other purposes. 0 Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
April 2, 2014 H.R.4371 To redesignate the Johnson Valley Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area in California as the "Johnson Valley National Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area", and for other purposes. 0 Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
April 23, 2013 H.R.1676 To designate the Johnson Valley National Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area in San Bernardino County, California, to authorize limited military use of the area, to provide for the transfer of the Southern Study Area to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy for inclusion in the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, and by recreational users, and for other purposes. 2
Bipartisan
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 88.
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