H.R. 8849: California Desert Conservation Enhancement Act
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H.R. 8849: California Desert Conservation Enhancement Act
116th Congress · introduced 2020-12-03 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2020-12-03 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Cook, Paul [R-CA-8] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
California Desert Conservation Enhancement Act
Plain summary
California Desert Conservation Enhancement Act This bill permits an assembled land exchange (i.e., an exchange of federal land for a package of multiple ownership parcels of non-federal land consolidated for purposes of one land exchange transaction) to be used to carry out provisions pertaining to California State School lands through the sale of surplus federal property and subsequent acquisitions of such land. Past and future receipts from the sale of such property, less any costs incurred related to the sale, shall be deposited in a Special Deposit Fund Account. Funds accumulated in the special account may be used by the Department of the Interior to acquire state school lands or an interest in the lands.
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Official text
California Desert Conservation Enhancement Act
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Rep. Cook, Paul [R-CA-8] · 0 cosponsors
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr8849.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>
Record fed-us-cong116-hr8849 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116