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Bill Text Stats

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Analyzed sections
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Detected dollar total
0
Tax signals
2
Deadlines

Signal counts

Tax density 0.0%
Spending density 0.0%
Deadline 2
Agency 1
Statutory Reference 1

Top agencies

Secretary of Agriculture to exchange certain public lands 1

Statutory references

Public Law 115-361 1

House Votes

Roll call 394 · Session 2 · Sep 12, 2018
Passed

Timeline

Dec 21, 2018

Presented to President.

Dec 21, 2018

Presented to President.

Dec 21, 2018

Signed by President.

Dec 21, 2018

Signed by President.

Dec 21, 2018

Became Public Law No: 115-361.

Dec 21, 2018

Became Public Law No: 115-361.

Dec 20, 2018

Message on Senate action sent to the House.

Dec 19, 2018

Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7897)

Dec 19, 2018

Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7897)

Dec 19, 2018

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

Dec 19, 2018

Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

Sep 17, 2018

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Sep 12, 2018

Mr. Gianforte moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

Sep 12, 2018

Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8129-8130)

Sep 12, 2018

DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5923.

Sep 12, 2018

At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.

Sep 12, 2018

Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H8157)

Sep 12, 2018

Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 379 - 3 (Roll no. 394).(text: CR H8129)

Sep 12, 2018

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 379 - 3 (Roll no. 394). (text: CR H8129)

Sep 12, 2018

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Sep 7, 2018

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-922.

Sep 7, 2018

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-922.

Sep 7, 2018

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 715.

Jul 18, 2018

Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.

Jul 18, 2018

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

Jul 18, 2018

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.

Jul 17, 2018

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Jun 5, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

May 22, 2018

Introduced in House

May 22, 2018

Introduced in House

May 22, 2018

Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Affected Sectors

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Evidence snippets show why a sector matched and can repeat when Congress.gov repeats the same phrase across official fields.

Agriculture
54 evidence matches
Impact 100% Confidence 84%

Secretary of Agriculture secretary of agriculture

Secretary of Agriculture secretary of agriculture

Secretary of Agriculture secretary of agriculture

Labor and employment
1 evidence matches
Impact 83% Confidence 78%

Secretary of Agriculture to exchange certain public lands Union Calendar No. 715 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5923 [Report No. 115-922] To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to exchange certain public lands in Ouachita National Forest,

Technology and data privacy
1 evidence matches
Impact 76% Confidence 70%

Secretary of Agriculture to exchange certain public lands in Ouachita National Forest other non-standard data structures will require additional modeling and may contain inconsistencies in the converted USLM XML.-- Public L

CBO Cost Estimates

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Implementation and spending context

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Agency sample by amount

Where the local sample is concentrated

$82.7B
Department of Agriculture $82.7B
500 sampled awards

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Largest sampled awards

Award records in this context

MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES $3.9B
other_financial_assistance · Department of Agriculture
MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES $2.9B
other_financial_assistance · Department of Agriculture
MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES $2.8B
other_financial_assistance · Department of Agriculture
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION CALIFORNIA $2.6B
grants · Department of Agriculture
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION CALIFORNIA $2.6B
grants · Department of Agriculture
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION CALIFORNIA $2.5B
grants · Department of Agriculture

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Agency spending context

Department of Agriculture

Matched bill text signal: Secretary of Agriculture to exchange certain public lands
Sampled awards500
Award amount in local sample$82,689,702,291
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Campaign Finance Context

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Summary

49 Public Law Jun 6, 2019

Walnut Grove Land Exchange Act (Sec. 3) This bill directs the the Department of Agriculture, if the Walnut Grove Church in Garland County, Arkansas, offers to convey to the United States approximately 6.3 acres of nonfederal land identified as Offered Tract 5742 in Ouachita National Forest, to convey to the church approximately 4 acres identified as Selected Tract 5743 in the forest; and accept in exchange, from the church, the conveyance of the Offered Tract. The federal and nonfederal lands under the exchange shall be of equal value or the values shall be equalized by a cash payment, unless the value of the offered tract exceeds that of the selected tract.

Sponsors

Amendments

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