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S. 900: Boy Scouts of America Land Transfer Act of 2008

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S. 900: Boy Scouts of America Land Transfer Act of 2008

110th Congress · introduced 2007-03-15 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 788.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2007-03-15 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 788. 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.

What does this mean?

Official title

Boy Scouts of America Land Transfer Act of 2008

Plain summary

Boy Scouts of America Land Transfer Act of 2008 - Authorizes the Utah National Parks Council of the Boy Scouts of America (the Boy Scouts) to convey to Brian Head Resort certain public land in Utah acquired under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act for the purpose of operating a camp in exchange for conveyance by Brian Head Resort of certain of its private land to the Boy Scouts. Provides that, the Secretary of the Interior, upon the conveyance of the public land, shall have discretion as to whether or not the reversionary interests of the United States are to be exercised with respect to that land. Subjects the private land, upon conveyance to the Boy Scouts, to the terms and conditions imposed on the entire tract of land acquired by the Boy Scouts for a camp. Instructs the Secretary, upon the completion of the land exchange under this Act, to amend the original Bureau of Land Management (BLM) patent providing for the conveyance to the Boy Scouts of the entire tract of land under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act, numbered 43-75-0010, to take into account the exchange under this Act.

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Official text

Boy Scouts of America Land Transfer Act of 2008

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

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] · 1 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 900, Boy Scouts of America Land Transfer Act of 2008 (2008-05-14); CBO cost estimate: S. 900, Boy Scouts of America Land Transfer Act of 2008 (2008-05-14)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong110-s900 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110