Eastern Wilderness Areas Act
Latest action. Measure laid on table in House, S. 3433 passed in lieu.
(LATEST SUMMARY) Eastern Wilderness Areas Act - Designates specified lands in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System. Provides for a study of specified additional lands in nine States for such inclusion. Provides for the filing of maps and descriptions, the management of wilderness areas, and the transfer of Federal property where necessary pursuant for this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated up to $5,000,000 for the acquisition of land and $1,700,000 for purposes of conducting the review of wilderness study areas designated by this Act.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Reported to House with amendment(s)" stage on December 16, 1974. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Measure laid on table in House, S. 3433 passed in lieu.
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The record's latest action, on December 18, 1974: Measure laid on table in House, S. 3433 passed in lieu.
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In the 93rd Congress (1973-74), 651 of the 23,396 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 2.8 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
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Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
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Who is behind it?
JAMES HALEY (D-FL) introduced it on March 13, 1974, and 3 members have since signed on as cosponsors.
They come from both major parties: 1 Democrat, 2 Republicans.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on March 13, 1974, 19174 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 18894 days ago, on December 18, 1974.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 93rd Congress has not finished by January 3, 1975 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
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Vote history
- HouseMeasure laid on table in House, S. 3433 passed in lieu.
- SenateNot stated in the latest action
- PresidentNot stated in the latest action