Land Grant-Mercedes Traditional Use Recognition and Consultation Act

Bill: 116-hr-3682
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2019-07-10 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Archaeology and anthropology
Cemeteries and funerals
Congressional oversight
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental regulatory procedures
Evidence and witnesses
Federal district courts
Forests, forestry, trees
Government information and archives
Historical and cultural resources
Horticulture and plants
Hunting and fishing
Intergovernmental relations
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Licensing and registrations
Livestock
Monuments and memorials
Motor vehicles
Navigation, waterways, harbors
New Mexico
Public-private cooperation
Religion
State and local government operations
User charges and fees
Water storage
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-10
text: 

Land Grant and Acequia Traditional Use Recognition and Consultation Act 

 
This bill requires coordination between the Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Department of the Interior, and the governing bodies of certain community land grants in New Mexico made by Spain or Mexico to individuals, groups, and communities to promote the settlement of the southwestern United States (land grant-mercedes).
 
Specifically, the bill directs USDA and Interior, before adopting, amending, or revising a management plan for, or before conducting an action for which an environmental impact statement is required on, federal land that contains a portion of a qualified land grant-merced, or federal land adjacent to or nearby such a land grant-merced, to
 
 
provide for notice and an opportunity for comment for the governing body of the land grant-merced and the relevant state agency that serves as a liaison between the land grant-merced and the federal government,
 
hold at least two meetings with the governing body, and 
 
notify the governing body before each public meeting.

 
The bill establishes a process for determining and recognizing historical-traditional use boundaries of qualified land grant-mercedes.

action_date: 2020-11-19
text: 

Land Grant-Mercedes Traditional Use Recognition and Consultation Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of the Interior to issue guidance related to certain community land grants in New Mexico made by Spain or Mexico to individuals, groups, and communities to promote the settlement of the southwestern United States (land grant-mercedes).
 
The guidance shall set forth the policies and procedures for notice and comment on planning decisions, routine engagement, and major federal actions that could impact historical-traditional uses of a qualified land grant-merced.
 
In developing, maintaining, and revising land management plans and National Forest System land and resource management plans, as applicable, the USDA or Interior shall consider and, as appropriate, provide for and evaluate impacts to historical-traditional uses by qualified land grant-mercedes.
 
The USDA shall initiate negotiated rulemaking procedures to promulgate such regulations as are necessary to carry out and implement the Forest Service's Acequia Guidance Document, dated July 2, 2019.

action_date: 2020-12-03
text: 

Land Grant-Mercedes Traditional Use Recognition and Consultation Act

 
(Sec. 3) This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of the Interior to issue guidance related to certain community land grants in New Mexico made by Spain or Mexico to individuals, groups, and communities to promote the settlement of the southwestern United States (land grant-mercedes).
 
The guidance shall set forth the policies and procedures for notice and comment on planning decisions, routine engagement, and major federal actions that could impact historical-traditional uses of a qualified land grant-merced.
 
(Sec. 4) In developing, maintaining, and revising land management plans and National Forest System land and resource management plans, as applicable, the USDA or Interior shall consider and, as appropriate, provide for and evaluate impacts to historical-traditional uses by qualified land grant-mercedes.
 
(Sec. 5) The USDA shall initiate negotiated rulemaking procedures to promulgate such regulations as are necessary to carry out and implement the Forest Service's Acequia Guidance Document, dated July 2, 2019.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-07
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-12-03
text: The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2020-12-03
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2020-12-03
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6124-6125)
action_date: 2020-12-03
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H6124-6125)
action_date: 2020-12-03
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3682.
action_date: 2020-12-03
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6124-6126)
action_date: 2020-12-03
text: Mr. Case moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2020-11-19
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 495.
action_date: 2020-11-19
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-602.
action_date: 2020-11-19
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-602.
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Discharged.
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Discharged.
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2019-07-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-07-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-10
text: Introduced in House