S. 2627: Mojave National Preserve Boundary Adjustment Act of 2016

114th Congress · introduced 2016-03-03 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 114-502.

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Where it came from: introduced 2016-03-03 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] · what a sponsor is
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Where it stands now: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 114-502. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Mojave National Preserve Boundary Adjustment Act of 2016

Plain summary

Mojave National Preserve Boundary Adjustment Act of 2016 This bill directs the Department of the Interior to transfer administrative jurisdiction over 520 acres of federal land from the National Park Service to the Bureau of Land Management. Interior may acquire by donation up to four acres of land identified in the land protection plan of the Mojave National Preserve as suitable for acquisition to be used for mitigation for every one acre of land removed from the Preserve. The acquired land shall become part of the Preserve. Interior shall permit cattle grazing on the acquired land according to National Park Service laws and policies.

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Mojave National Preserve Boundary Adjustment Act of 2016

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Sponsor: Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] · 1 cosponsors

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114s2627.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/s>

Record fed-us-cong114-s2627 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114