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An Act to provide for the conveyance of certain lands to the State of California, and for other purposes

Act Details

An Act to provide for the conveyance of certain lands to the State of California, and for other purposes was, as a bill, a proposal (now, a piece of legislation) introduced on 1989-06-29 in the House of Commons and Senate respectively of the 101 United States Congress by Richard Henry Lehman in relation with: California, Forest products, Geothermal resources, Land transfers, Mines and mineral resources, Mining leases, National forests, Petroleum, Public lands and natural resources, State parks, Trees.

An Act to provide for the conveyance of certain lands to the State of California, and for other purposes became law (1) in the United States on 1990-10-17. It was referred to the following Committee(s): (2)

House Interior and Insular Affairs (HSII)
sub Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands (sub 10)
Senate Energy and Natural Resources (SSEG)

Sponsor

Richard Henry Lehman, member of the US congress
Richard Henry Lehman, Democrat, Representative from California, district 18

The proposal had the following cosponsors:

Christopher Samuel (kit) Bond, Republican, Senator, from Missouri
Rudolph Eli (rudy) Boschwitz, Republican, Senator, from Minnesota
William Thad Cochran, Republican, Senator, from Mississippi
William Sebastian Cohen, Republican, Senator, from Maine
Alan John Dixon, Democrat, Senator, from Illinois
Robert Dole, Senator, from Kansas
J. James Exon, Democrat, Senator, from Nebraska
Edwin Jacob (jake) Garn, Republican, Senator, from Utah
Nancy Kassebaum, Senator, from Kansas
Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Democrat, Senator, from New York
Frank Hughes Murkowski, Republican, Senator, from Alaska
Arlen Specter, Senator, from Pennsylvania
Pete Wilson, Republican, Senator, from California

Act Overview

Number: 2809 (3)
Official Title as Introduced: An Act to provide for the conveyance of certain lands to the State of California, and for other purposes (4)
Date First Introduced: 1989-06-29
Sponsor Name: Richard Henry Lehman
Assignment Process: See Committe Assignments (5)
Latest Major Activity/Action: Enacted
Date Enacted (signed, in general (6), by President): 1990-10-17
Type: hr (7)
Main Topic: Public lands and natural resources
Related Bills: (8)
Summary of An Act to provide for the conveyance of certain lands to the State of California, and for other purposes: Govtrack. Authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress.
Primary Source: Congress Website

Text of the An Act to provide for the conveyance of certain lands to the State of California, and for other purposes

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to California for inclusion within the Calaveras Big Trees State Park all right title and interest of the United States in certain lands within the Calaveras Big Trees National Forest. Requires the Secretary to submit a map and legal description of such lands to the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Conditions the conveyance of such lands and interests on requirements that: (1) the State of California agrees to provide to the United States a cash payment monetary grants or lands the Secretary finds are suitable for addition to or are contiguous to the National Forest System; (2) no harvest of timber and no mining mineral leasing or geothermal exploration or development shall be permitted on such lands; (3) any action by the State to convey any portions of such lands or interests to any entity other than the United States or to permit use of such lands for any purpose that is prohibited or incompatible with the continued ability of such lands to support ponderosa pine sugar pine or giant sequoia trees shall result in reversion of such lands to the United States; (4) the Secretary shall be afforded reasonable opportunity to collect seed from trees located on such lands for scientific or silvicultural purposes and upon prior notification to such State shall be entitled at any time to enter such lands to monitor the management of such lands and the compliance of such State with this Act; and (5) the conveyance shall be subject to certain reservations and exceptions. Requires the Attorney General upon the request of the Secretary to bring any action or take any other steps necessary to enforce such conditions of conveyance. Provides for the termination of National Forest designation of lands conveyed to California the incorporation of other lands not conveyed into the Stanislaus National Forest and the designation of lands conveyed to the United States as national forest lands.

Act Notes

[Note 1] An Act (like An Act to provide for the conveyance of certain lands to the State of California, and for other purposes) or a resolution cannot become a law in the United States until it has been approved (passed) in identical form by both the House of Representatives and the Senate, as well as signed by the President (but see (5)). If the two bodys of the Congress versions of an Act are not identical, one of the bodies might decide to take a further vote to adopt the bill (see more about the Congress process here). An Act may be pass in identical form with or without amendments and with or without conference. (see more about Enrollment).
[Note 2] Proposals are referred to committees for preliminary consideration, then debated, amended, and passed (or rejected) by the full House or Senate. To prevent endless shuttling of bills between the House and Senate, bills like An Act to provide for the conveyance of certain lands to the State of California, and for other purposes are referred to joint committees made up of members of both houses.
[Note 3] For more information regarding this legislative proposal, go to THOMAS, select “Bill Number,” search on (An Act to provide for the conveyance of certain lands to the State of California, and for other purposes)
[Note 4] An Act to provide for the conveyance of certain lands to the State of California, and for other purposes. The current official title of a bill is always present, assigned at introduction (for example, in this case, on 1989-06-29) and can be revised any time. This type of titles are sentences.
[Note 5] The Act is referred to the appropriate committee by the Speaker of any of the two Houses. Bills are placed on the calendar of the committee to which they have been assigned. See Assignment Process.
[Note 6] Regarding exceptions to President´s approval, a bill that is not signed (returned unsigned) by the President can still become law if at lest two thirds of each of the two bodys of the Congress votes to pass it, which is an infrequent case. See also Presidential Veto.
[Note 7] Legislative Proposal types can be: hr, hres, hjres, hconres, s, sres, sjres, sconres. A bill originating in the Senate is designated by the letter “S”, and a bill originating from the House of Representatives begins with “H.R.”, followed, in both cases, by its individual number which it retains throughout all its parliamentary process.
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California
Forest products
Geothermal resources
Land transfers
Mines and mineral resources
Mining leases
National forests
Petroleum
Public lands and natural resources
State parks
Trees

An Act to provide for the conveyance of certain lands to the State of California, and for other purposes

An Act to provide for the conveyance of certain lands to the State of California, and for other purposes