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H.R. 1554: Fountainhead Property Land Transfer Act

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H.R. 1554: Fountainhead Property Land Transfer Act

111th Congress · introduced 2009-03-17 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2009-03-17 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Boren, Dan [D-OK-2] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 411 (2010): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, HR1554 (2010-06-30), Passed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. 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

Fountainhead Property Land Transfer Act

Plain summary

Fountainhead Property Land Transfer Act - Requires, immediately after completion of a survey required by this Act, receipt of consideration and costs, and satisfaction of all terms specified by the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of the Army, the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over specified federal property in McIntosh County, Oklahoma, within the boundary of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation (the Tribe), from the Secretary of the Army to the Secretary of the Interior, who shall take such land into trust for the benefit of the Tribe. Requires the Tribe to pay: (1) to the Secretary of the Army fair market value for the property; and (2) all costs and administrative expenses associated with the transfer of administrative jurisdiction of the property and the taking of it into trust, including costs of the survey and any environmental remediation. Subjects the transfer of administrative jurisdiction of the property and the taking of it into trust to such other terms and conditions such Secretaries consider appropriate for the protection of U.S. interests, including reservation of flowage easements for the Lake Eufaula project. Prohibits the Tribe from conducting gaming activities on land taken into trust pursuant to this Act: (1) as a matter of claimed inherent authority; or (2) under any federal law, including the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act and any regulations promulgated by the Secretary or the National Indian Gaming Commission pursuant to such Act.

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Official text

Fountainhead Property Land Transfer Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Boren, Dan [D-OK-2] · 1 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1554, Fountainhead Property Land Transfer Act (2010-06-24); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1554, Fountainhead Property Land Transfer Act (2010-06-24)

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Tom Cole (R-OK)

Recorded votes

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Appropriation
Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
Jurisdiction
The area or the matters a government or court has authority over.
Rulemaking
The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong111-hr1554 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111