HR 1829 United States House · 118th Congress

To require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey the Pleasant Valley Ranger District Administrative Site to Gila County, Arizona.

HR 1829 would require the U.S. Department of Agriculture to transfer approximately 232.9 acres of National Forest land (located in Arizona's Tonto National Forest and depicted on a specified map) to Gila County, Arizona, if the county submits a written request within 180 days of the bill's enactment. The county must pay all associated costs (including surveys and environmental reviews) and use the land for veterans' purposes; failure to do so would trigger automatic reversion of the land back to the U.S. government. This is a procedural land conveyance bill with no policy changes beyond the transfer of specific property.

Issues: ✓ Veterans

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2023

Committee Review

Mar 2024

House Passage

Apr 2024

Senate Passage

President

Introduced Mar 28, 2023 Last action Apr 10, 2024

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What changed between versions

Introduced in House → Engrossed in House · 4 edits · Apr 9, 2024

MODERATE

The engrossed version adds a National Historic Preservation Act cost requirement for the County, introduces an explicit land-use restriction limiting the property to serving and supporting veterans, and modifies the reversion clause to be discretionary with the Secretary rather than automatic. A minor date correction was also made to the referenced map.

FISCAL

The County is now required to pay for any analysis needed to comply with the National Historic Preservation Act, adding a third cost category beyond surveys and environmental analyses.

REQUIREMENT

A new subsection (g) explicitly requires that the conveyed land be used only for purposes of serving and supporting veterans of the Armed Forces.

ENFORCEMENT

The reversion clause now triggers when the land is used inconsistently with the new use restriction in subsection (g), rather than simply ceasing to serve veterans. Additionally, reversion is now at the discretion of the Secretary rather than automatic.

TECHNICAL

The map date was corrected from September 24, 2021 to September 23, 2021, and a cross-reference in the environmental conditions section was fixed from subsection (c) to subsection (b).

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

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Committee

Amendments

Apr 9, 2024

Introduced

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2161)

lower

Apr 9, 2024

Lower · Passed

Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2161)

lower

Apr 9, 2024

Introduced

Ms. Hageman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

lower

Mar 21, 2024

Lower · Passed

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-430.

lower

Feb 6, 2024

Introduced

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.

lower

Feb 6, 2024

Lower · Passed

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

lower

Feb 6, 2024

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged

lower

Jul 20, 2023

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee Hearings Held

lower

Apr 14, 2023

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

lower

Mar 28, 2023

Committee

Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

lower

Mar 28, 2023

Introduced

Introduced in House

lower

1 primary · 2 co-sponsors