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H.R. 762: To validate final patent number 27-2005-0081, and for other purposes.

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H.R. 762: To validate final patent number 27-2005-0081, and for other purposes.

111th Congress · introduced 2009-01-28 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 542.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2009-01-28 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Heller, Dean [R-NV-2] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 542 (2009): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, HR762 (2009-07-15), Passed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 542. 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

To validate final patent number 27-2005-0081, and for other purposes.

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here.) Affirms and validates a specified patent and its associated land reconfiguration issued by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) as having been issued in compliance with the Nevada-Florida Land Exchange Authorization Act of 1988, the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and the Federal Land Policy Management Act of 1976 for the benefit and recovery of the desert tortoise and other species and their habitat. Ratifies: (1) the process used by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the BLM for the reconfiguration of those lands as shown in a specified environmental impact statement; and (2) the reconfiguration provided for in a specified Army Corps of Engineers permit.

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What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

To validate final patent number 27-2005-0081, and for other purposes.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate without amendment)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Heller, Dean [R-NV-2] · 2 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 762, A bill to validate final patent number 27-2005-0081 (2009-06-18); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 762, A bill to validate final patent number 27-2005-0081 (2009-06-18); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 762, An act to validate final patent number 27-2005-0081 (2010-07-08); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 762, An act to validate final patent number 27-2005-0081 (2010-07-08)

Cosponsors on this site

Dina Titus (D-NV)

Recorded votes

Words on this page, explained (1)
Authorization
A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong111-hr762 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111