To amend the Florida National Forest Land Management Act of 2003 to authorize the conveyance of an additional tract of National Forest System land under that Act, and for other purposes.

12/17/2007--Passed House without amendment. (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Amends the Florida National Forest Land Management Act of 2003 to:
(1) authorize the conveyance of an additional tract of federal land pursuant to the Act; and
(2) provide for the disposition of the net proceeds derived from sales or exchanges under the Act to be available for expenditure by the Secretary of Agriculture for the acquisition, construction, or maintenance of administrative improvements for units of the National Forest System in Florida. Permits:
(1) proceeds from the sale or exchange of such additional tract to be used exclusively for the purchase of inholdings in the Apalachicola National Forest; and
(2) proceeds from any sale or exchange of land under this Act to be used for administrative improvements, as authorized above, only if the land generating the proceeds was improved with infrastructure.

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Sponsor

• Rep. F. Boyd [D, FL-2]
• and 1 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Ander Crenshaw [R, FL-4]
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Committees

• Senate Energy and Natural Resources
• 3 more
  • Senate Energy and Natural Resources
  • House Agriculture
  • House Agriculture
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.1374

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
March 07, 2007		December 17, 2007

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• Apr 22, 2008: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held.
• Apr 22, 2008: Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Date of scheduled hearing. SD-366. 2:30 p.m.
• Jan 22, 2008: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
• Dec 18, 2007: Received in the Senate.
• Passed by voice vote in the House on Dec 17, 2007. On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
• Dec 17, 2007: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1374.
• Dec 17, 2007: Considered under suspension of the rules.
• Dec 17, 2007: Mr. Peterson (MN) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
• Added to calendar on Dec 12, 2007: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote..
• Dec 12, 2007: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
• Mar 20, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
• Mar 07, 2007: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
• Introduced on Mar 07, 2007.

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Related Bills:

• S.934

Related Issue Areas:

• Public lands
• Florida
• Forest management
• Land transfers
• 2 more
• National forests
• Natural resources

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December 19, 2007 NewOsceolaRanger Station in the works

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To hold hearings to examine S.934 and H.R. 1374, bills to amend the Florida National Forest Land Management Act of 2003 to authorize the conveyance of an additional tract of National Forest System land under that Act, S.2833, ...

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934/HR1374, to amend the Florida National Forest Land Management Act of 2003, to authorize the conveyance of an additional tract of National Forest System land under that Act; S. 2833, to provide for the management of certain public ...

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