SRES 483 · 113th Congress · Public Lands and Natural Resources

A resolution establishing a point of order against legislation selling Federal land in order to reduce the deficit.

Introduced 2014-06-24· Sponsored by Sen. Walsh, John E. [D-MT]· Senate

Bill Progress

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Committee
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Senate Vote
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House
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3944)(2014-06-24)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Makes it out of order in the Senate to consider legislation that sells any federal land and uses the proceeds of the sale to reduce the federal deficit, except for the sale of federal land in a state as part of a program that acquires land in the same state of comparable value or contains exceptional resources. Permits waiver or suspension of such prohibition, or successful appeals from rulings of the Chair, only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths (60) of the Senate.…

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Cosponsors (2)

2 Democrats