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H.Res. 53: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 471) to expedite under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest management activities on National Forest System lands, on public lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and on Tribal lands to return resilience to overgrown, fire-prone forested lands, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (S. 5) to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States with theft, and for other purposes.
119th Congress · introduced 2025-01-21 · Congress · Latest: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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Official title
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 471) to expedite under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest management activities on National Forest System lands, on public lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and on Tribal lands to return resilience to overgrown, fire-prone forested lands, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (S. 5) to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States with theft, and for other purposes.
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Official text
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 471) to expedite under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest management activities on National Forest System lands, on public lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and on Tribal lands to return resilience to overgrown, fire-prone forested lands, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (S. 5) to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States with theft, and for other purposes.
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Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Austin [R-GA-8] · 0 cosponsors
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Recorded votes
- House roll call 21 (2025): On Agreeing to the Resolution, H RES 53 (2025-01-22): Passed
- House roll call 20 (2025): On Ordering the Previous Question, H RES 53 (2025-01-22): Passed
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- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119hres53.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/hres>
Record fed-us-cong119-hres53 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills