H.R. 5330: Utah Recreational Lands Exchange Act

108th Congress · introduced 2004-10-08 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.

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Where it came from: introduced 2004-10-08 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Matheson, Jim [D-UT-2] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Utah Recreational Lands Exchange Act

Plain summary

Utah Recreational Lands Exchange Act - Directs the State of Utah to convey to the United States specified Utah State school trust lands located in the Colorado River Corridor of Grand County, in the vicinity of Dinosaur National Monument in Uintah County, and in the Book Cliffs area of Uintah County, Utah. Requires the Secretary of the Interior simultaneously to convey to Utah specified public land located in those counties. Requires the value of the exchanged lands to be approximately equal or to be equalized, following appraisal and a specified dispute resolution process, by adding or subtracting lands.

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Official text

Utah Recreational Lands Exchange Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Matheson, Jim [D-UT-2] · 1 cosponsors

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Words on this page, explained (2)

Appraisal: An estimate of what property is worth. In Texas, county appraisal districts set the value that property taxes are based on.
Resolution: A formal statement or decision by a legislative body. Simple resolutions often only express an opinion or set rules for one chamber; they do not become law.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
Congress.gov
Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-108hr5330.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/108/hr>

Record fed-us-cong108-hr5330 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108