H.R. 1068: To enact title 54, United States Code, “National Park Service and Related Programs”, as positive law.

Introduced:
Mar 12, 2013 (113th Congress, 2013–2015)
Sponsor:
Rep. Bob Goodlatte [R-VA6]
Status:
Passed House

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Status

This bill passed in the House on April 23, 2013 and goes to the Senate next for consideration.

Progress
Introduced Mar 12, 2013
Referred to Committee Mar 12, 2013
Reported by Committee Mar 14, 2013
On House Schedule Apr 19, 2013
Passed House Apr 23, 2013
Passed Senate ...
Signed by the President ...
Votes

House Vote on Passage
Apr 23, 2013 7:08 p.m.
Passed 409/0

Prognosis

29% chance of being enacted.

Only 28% of House bills that made it past committee in 2011–2013 were enacted. [show factors | methodology]

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Last updated Apr 24, 2013.
221 pages

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3/12/2013--Introduced.
Enacts title 54 of the United States Code into positive law to be entitled "National Park Service and Related Programs." Makes conforming changes to existing law and repeals specified provisions of specified laws.

House Republican Conference Summary

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Background

Over the last century and a half, many laws have been enacted that relate to the National Park System and its management by the National Park Service.  All of these laws have been classified under title 16, ‘Conservation’, of the United States Code, but are spread throughout the title rather than being easily referenced in one location.  This has made the Code, as it relates to the National Park Service, difficult to use.  H.R. 1068 solves this problem by reclassifying all of these laws as a new title of the Code, allowing the laws to be easily found and referenced.

In the 112th Congress, the House passed similar legislation, H.R. 1950, by voice vote on August 1, 2012.

Summary

H.R. 1068 organizes all of the laws related to the National Park Service into one title and enacts it as positive law.  This new title replaces the former provisions, which are repealed by the bill.

Cost

CBO estimates that because H.R. 1068 would make no substantive changes to the law, the bill would have “no impact on the federal budget.”

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Slip Laws

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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.)

Statutes at Large

The United States Statutes at Large is the compilation of all laws enacted by Congress.

  • 34 Stat. 225
  • 39 Stat. 535
  • 39 Stat. 718
  • 49 Stat. 666
  • 71 Stat. 391
  • 77 Stat. 49
  • 78 Stat. 897
  • 78 Stat. 903
  • 79 Stat. 969
  • 80 Stat. 915
  • 80 Stat. 917
  • 90 Stat. 1342
  • 92 Stat. 3538
  • 111 Stat. 1561
  • 114 Stat. 314
  • 123 Stat. 1764

Other Citations

  • 18 U.S.C. Chapter 91
  • 30 U.S.C. Chapter 2
  • 54 U.S.C. Chapter 1007
  • 54 U.S.C. Chapter 1011
  • 54 U.S.C. Chapter 2003
  • 54 U.S.C. Chapter 2005
  • 54 U.S.C. Chapter 3031
  • 54 U.S.C. Chapter 3125
  • 54 U.S.C. Chapter 3203