H.R. 4901: Advancing Conservation and Education Act of 2014
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H.R. 4901: Advancing Conservation and Education Act of 2014
113th Congress · introduced 2014-06-19 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2014-06-19 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Subcommittee Hearings Held. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Advancing Conservation and Education Act of 2014
Plain summary
Advancing Conservation and Education Act of 2014 - Allows Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, or Wyoming (western states) to relinquish state land grant parcels wholly or primarily within federal conservation areas and to select, in exchange, unappropriated public land within the state. Defines "federal conservation areas" as lands within the outer boundaries of units of the National Park, National Wilderness Preservation, National Wildlife Refuge, or National Landscape Conservation Systems and certain designated lands within the National Forest System. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to create a process for the relinquishment of such parcels. Allows a western state to select, and the Secretary to convey, lands that are mineral in character. Requires the overall value of the state land grant parcels and the unappropriated public land to be conveyed to be equal. Sets forth requirements regarding records of hazardous materials on land conveyed, water rights, and grazing permits.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Official text
Advancing Conservation and Education Act of 2014
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1] · 2 cosponsors
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Judy Chu (D-CA)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113hr4901.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/hr>
Record fed-us-cong113-hr4901 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113