A bill to require the collection of certain data relating to Bureau of Land Management land acquisitions, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-434
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2019-02-11
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Land use and conservation

Parks, recreation areas, trails
Latest action: action_date: 2020-12-03
text: Held at the desk.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-02-11
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill requires the Department of the Interior, after the submission of the President's budget for FY2020, to report to Congress on </p> <ul> <li>all federal land holdings under Interior's jurisdiction; and </li> <li>the total costs of maintaining such holdings for FY2017-FY2019, including an accounting of the holdings of, and expenditures made by, each federal agency. </li></ul>

action_date: 2019-12-17
action_desc: Reported to Senate
text: <p>This bill directs the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to</p> <ul> <li>collect centralized data on land acquired for administration by the BLM using amounts from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, and </li> <li>annually submit to Congress a report that describes the information collected. </li> </ul>

action_date: 2020-12-02
action_desc: Passed Senate
text: <p>This bill requires the Bureau of Land Management to report certain data on its land acquisitions and to develop guidance to ensure that this data is properly entered and coded in its data system. </p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 434 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 11, 2019 Mr. Braun introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To provide for a report on the maintenance of Federal land holdings under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior.

1. Report on maintaining Federal land holdings under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior Not later than 120 days after the date on which the President submits to Congress the budget of the United States for fiscal year 2020, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to Congress a report that describes— (1) all Federal land holdings under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior; and (2) the total cost of maintaining the Federal land holdings described under paragraph (1) for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2019, including an accounting of holdings and expenditures by each Federal agency with respect to the land holdings.

tv_txt: II Calendar No. 349 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 434 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 11, 2019 Mr. Braun (for himself, Mr. Hoeven , and Ms. McSally ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources December 17, 2019 Reported by Ms. Murkowski , with an amendment and an amendment to the title Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic A BILL To provide for a report on the maintenance of Federal land holdings under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior.

1. Report on maintaining Federal land holdings under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior Not later than 120 days after the date on which the President submits to Congress the budget of the United States for fiscal year 2020, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to Congress a report that describes— (1) all Federal land holdings under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior; and (2) the total cost of maintaining the Federal land holdings described under paragraph (1) for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2019, including an accounting of holdings and expenditures by each Federal agency with respect to the land holdings.

1. Bureau of Land Management land acquisition data The Secretary of the Interior (acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management) shall— (1) collect centralized data on land acquired for administration by the Bureau of Land Management using amounts from the Land and Water Conservation Fund established under section 200302 of title 54, United States Code, including data on— (A) the method used for the acquisition; and (B) the type of interest acquired; (2) not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, submit to Congress a report describing the information collected under paragraph (1); and (3) develop guidance to ensure that land acquisition data collected under paragraph (1) is entered correctly and properly coded in the data system of the Bureau of Land Management.

Amend the title so as to read: A bill to require the collection of certain data relating to Bureau of Land Management land acquisitions, and for other purposes. .

December 17, 2019 Reported with an amendment and an amendment to the title

tv_txt: 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 434 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES AN ACT To require the collection of certain data relating to Bureau of Land Management land acquisitions, and for other purposes.

1. Bureau of Land Management land acquisition data The Secretary of the Interior (acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management) shall— (1) collect centralized data on land acquired for administration by the Bureau of Land Management using amounts from the Land and Water Conservation Fund established under section 200302 of title 54, United States Code, including data on— (A) the method used for the acquisition; and (B) the type of interest acquired; (2) not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, submit to Congress a report describing the information collected under paragraph (1); and (3) develop guidance to ensure that land acquisition data collected under paragraph (1) is entered correctly and properly coded in the data system of the Bureau of Land Management.

Passed the Senate December 2, 2020. Secretary