H.R. 3115: Superior National Forest Land Exchange Act of 2017

115th Congress · introduced 2017-06-29 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

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Where it came from: introduced 2017-06-29 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Nolan, Richard M. [D-MN-8] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 639 (2017): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, HR3115 (2017-11-28), Passed. See all
Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Superior National Forest Land Exchange Act of 2017

Plain summary

Superior National Forest Land Exchange Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA), if the Poly Met Mining Corporation, Inc., offers to convey 6,690 acres of non-federal land within the Superior National Forest in St. Louis County and Lake County in Minnesota, to accept the offer and, in exchange, convey 6,650 acres of National Forest System land within the forest to Poly Met. The United States shall reserve the mineral rights on approximately 181 acres of such federal land parcel. Poly Met shall waive any payment otherwise owed to it by the United States to equalize the values of the exchanged lands. Upon conveyance, the non-federal lands shall become part of the forest and be managed in a manner consistent with the land and resource management plan applicable to adjacent federally owned lands in the forest. Upon conveyance, the federal land shall: (1) become private land and be made available for any lawful use in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations that pertain to mining and other uses of land in private ownership; and (2) be withdrawn from appropriation and disposal under public land laws and under laws relating to mineral and geothermal leasing.

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Superior National Forest Land Exchange Act of 2017

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Nolan, Richard M. [D-MN-8] · 9 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 3115, Superior National Forest Land Exchange Act of 2017 (2017-09-01)

Cosponsors on this site

Tom Emmer (R-MN), Bruce Westerman (R-AR), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ)

Recorded votes

House roll call 639 (2017): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, HR3115 (2017-11-28): Passed

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr3115.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>

Record fed-us-cong115-hr3115 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115