S. 4227IntroducedPUBLIC LANDS AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Joshua Tree National Park Expansion Act of 2024
California · Land transfers · Parks, recreation areas, trails
Key facts
Introduced: May 1, 2024
Chamber: Senate
Cosponsors: 1
Congress: 118th
Latest action · Nov 21, 2024
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 618.
Summary
Joshua Tree National Park Expansion Act of 2024
This bill expands the boundary of Joshua Tree National Park by adding approximately 20,149 acres of specified land, and transfers administrative jurisdiction over such land from the Bureau of Land Management to the National Park Service.
The Department of the Interior may acquire land and land interests within the park boundary by donation, purchase from a willing seller, exchange, or transfer. However, land within the park boundary that is owned by the State of California or a political subdivision thereof may be acquired only by donation or exchange.
Summary by Congressional Research Service.
Timeline
- Nov 21, 2024Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 618.
- Nov 21, 2024Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- Nov 21, 2024Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- Nov 19, 2024Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- May 15, 2024Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-336.
- May 1, 2024Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3137-3138)
- May 1, 2024Introduced in Senate
Cosponsors
- Sen. Butler, Laphonza R. [D-CA] D-CA
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