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H.R. 310: HALE Scouts Act

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H.R. 310: HALE Scouts Act

111th Congress · introduced 2009-01-08 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 231.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2009-01-08 · 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 688 (2009): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, HR310 (2009-09-08), Passed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 231. 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

HALE Scouts Act

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House passed version is repeated here.) Help to Access Land for the Education of Scouts or HALE Scouts Act - Requires the conveyance of specified National Forest System land in the Ouachita National Forest in Oklahoma to the Indian Nations Council, Inc., of the Boy Scouts of America. Excludes from such conveyance the inclusion of any land within the Indian Nations National Scenic and Wildlife Area designated under the Winding Stair Mountain National Recreation and Wilderness Area Act. Requires the Council, as consideration for such land, to pay to the Secretary of Agriculture the fair market value of the land, as determined by an appraisal approved by the Secretary and done to conform with the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions and the provisions relating to exchanges of public lands and interests within the National Forest System under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976. Provides for the deposit of such consideration into the fund established by the Sisk Act. Makes the deposited amount available for expenditure for the acquisition of land and interests in the Ouachita National Forest. States that access to the conveyed land shall be from the adjacent land of the Council or its successor. Bars the Secretary from being required to provide additional access to such land. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe such terms and conditions on the conveyance as the Secretary considers in the public interest, including the reservation of access rights to the conveyed land for administrative purposes.

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Official text

HALE Scouts Act

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Boren, Dan [D-OK-2] · 0 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 310, HALE Scouts Act (2010-01-06); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 310, HALE Scouts Act (2010-01-06)

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Appraisal
An estimate of what property is worth. In Texas, county appraisal districts set the value that property taxes are based on.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong111-hr310 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111