H.R. 826 (104th): To extend the deadline for the completion of certain land exchanges involving the Big Thicket National Preserve in Texas.

Introduced:
Feb 03, 1995 (104th Congress, 1995–1996)
Sponsor:
Rep. Charles Wilson [D-TX2]
Status:
Died (Passed House)

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Status

This bill was introduced in a previous session of Congress and was passed by the House on December 5, 1995 but was never passed by the Senate.

Progress
Introduced Feb 03, 1995
Referred to Committee Feb 03, 1995
Reported by Committee Oct 25, 1995
Passed House Dec 05, 1995
Cosponsors
none
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Senate Energy and Natural Resources

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Last updated Dec 06, 1995.
5 pages

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12/5/1995--Passed House amended.
Extends the deadline for completing certain land exchanges involving commercial timber lands within the Big Thicket National Preserve in Texas to July 1, 1998 (currently, 1995).
Requires the Secretary of the Interior, in considering the value of the private lands to be exchanged, to consider independent appraisals submitted by the private landowners.
Requires the Secretary and the Secretary of Agriculture to submit progress reports on such exchange every six months.
Provides for the transfer of specified private lands in Liberty County, Texas, to the Secretary of the Interior to be added to and administered as part of the Menard Creek Corridor Unit of the Preserve in exchange for the transfer of certain Federal lands located in the Unit to Liberty County.

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