H.R. 5985 (111th): To authorize the conveyance of two small parcels of land within the boundaries of the Coconino National Forest containing private improvements that were developed based upon the reliance of the landowners in an erroneous survey conducted in May 1960.

Introduced:
Jul 30, 2010 (111th Congress, 2009–2010)
Sponsor:
Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ1]
Status:
Died (Referred to Committee)
See Instead:
This bill was re-introduced as H.R. 862 on Feb 27, 2013. See H.R. 862 for current action on this subject.

The bill’s title was written by the bill’s sponsor. H.R. stands for House of Representatives bill.

(About Ads | Go Ad-Free for $5)
Status

This bill was introduced on July 30, 2010, in a previous session of Congress, but was not enacted.

Progress
Introduced Jul 30, 2010
Cosponsors
none
Committees

House Natural Resources

The committee chair determines whether a bill will move past the committee stage.

Summary

No summaries available.

Text

Read Bill Text »

Last updated Jul 30, 2010.
4 pages

Primary Source

View on THOMAS (The Library of Congress)

GovTrack gets most information from THOMAS, which is updated generally one day after events occur. Activity since the last update may not be reflected here.

Citation

Click a format for a citation suggestion:

GovTrack’s Bill Summary

We don’t have a summary available yet.

Library of Congress Summary

The summary below was written by the Congressional Research Service, which is a nonpartisan division of the Library of Congress.

7/30/2010--Introduced.
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to convey all interest of the United States in and to two parcels of land within the boundaries of the Coconino National Forest, Arizona, that contain private improvements that landowners developed based upon an erroneous survey conducted in May 1960, to the person or legal entity representing the majority of those landowners. Requires such person or legal entity to pay the Secretary a specified amount as consideration for the conveyance of such parcels. Sets forth requirements for the use of such consideration. Revokes public orders withdrawing any of the federal land specified above from appropriation or disposal under the public land laws to the extent necessary to permit conveyance of such land.

House Republican Conference Summary

The summary below was written by the House Republican Conference, which is the caucus of Republicans in the House of Representatives.

No summary available.

House Democratic Caucus Summary

The House Democratic Caucus does not provide summaries of bills.

So, yes, we display the House Republican Conference’s summaries when available even if we do not have a Democratic summary available. That’s because we feel it is better to give you as much information as possible, even if we cannot provide every viewpoint.

We’ll be looking for a source of summaries from the other side in the meanwhile.

The bill contains the following citations to other parts of U.S. law:

Slip Laws

Slip laws refer to enacted bills and joint resolutions in their original form as enacted by Congress, that is, before other laws amend them. Slip laws are cited as “Public Law XXX-YYY”, where XXX is the number of the Congress in which the bill or resolution was introduced.

United States Code

The United States Code is the compilation of permanent laws enacted by Congress. Temporary and other non-permanent laws do not appear in the United States Code. (About half of the United States Code is the law itself, called positive law. The other half is merely a compilation of the laws but has no legal significance.)