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H.R. 816: Orchard Detention Basin Flood Control Act

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H.R. 816: Orchard Detention Basin Flood Control Act

110th Congress · introduced 2007-02-05 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1012.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2007-02-05 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Porter, Jon C. [R-NV-3] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 90 (2008): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, HR816 (2008-03-04), Passed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1012. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Orchard Detention Basin Flood Control Act

Plain summary

Orchard Detention Basin Flood Control Act - Finds that specified land in the Sunrise Mountain Instant Study Area of Clark County, Nevada, has been adequately studied for wilderness suitability and releases it from further wilderness study. Provides that the Secretary of the Interior is no longer required to manage it as wilderness and that it shall be managed in accordance with land management plans adopted under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 and cooperative conservation agreements in existence on the date of the enactment of this Act.

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Official text

Orchard Detention Basin Flood Control Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate with amendment(s))

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Porter, Jon C. [R-NV-3] · 1 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 816, Orchard Detention Basin Flood Control Act (2008-02-26); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 816, Orchard Detention Basin Flood Control Act (2008-02-26); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 816, Orchard Detention Basin Flood Control Act (2008-09-26); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 816, Orchard Detention Basin Flood Control Act (2008-09-26)

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Record fed-us-cong110-hr816 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110