A bill to repeal the act of June 23, 1936, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to exchange certain lands, and for other purposes.
Latest action. Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Repeals the Federal Act directing the Secretary of the Interior to sell to the city of Los Angeles, California, various public lands in California, and granting rights-of-way over public lands and reserved lands to the city of Los Angeles in Mono County in the State of California. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to the city of Los Angeles, such easements and rights-of-way on, over, under, through, and across such Federal lands in Mono County, California, as necessary to enable the city of Los Angeles to operate all works in existence on the date of the enactment of this Act and which are necessary or appurtenant to the generation and utilization of electric energy, or to the collection and distribution of water. Authorizes the conveyance of specified lands totaling 165 acres to the city of Los Angeles subject to the condition that the city of Los Angeles convey to the United States, all right, title, and interest in and to other described lands, reserving to the city all water and water rights.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on April 9, 1974. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on April 9, 1974: Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the House
- Passage by the Senate
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
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.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
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.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
JOHN MCFALL (D-CA) introduced it on April 9, 1974, and 1 member has since signed on as a cosponsor.
They are 1 Republican.
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 April 9, 1974, 19147 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 19147 days ago, on April 9, 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.
Every answer above is assembled from this measure's own record on Congress.gov and from published counts of what Congress has passed before. Civibrief does not predict outcomes and takes no position on any measure.
Vote history
- HouseIn committee, no floor vote yet
- SenateAwaits House passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers