A bill to convey certain interests in public lands to the City of Angels, California.
Latest action. Reported to Senate from the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (without written report).
(Reported to House from the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs with amendment, H. Rept. 96-1066) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey specified lands to the City of Angels, California. Requires the Angels city council to: (1) notify individuals and other legal entities appearing as owners of such lands of such conveyance and of possible interests in such lands arising out of the mining laws; and (2) convey such lands to applying individuals and other legal entities appearing as owners. Conditions the conveyance of such lands upon and subject to the right of mining claimants whose rights and interests were initiated pursuant to the mining laws prior to entry and patent under the Townsite Act and who initiate patent procedures and receive patents. States that remaining lands shall be held or disposed of for the benefit of the city. Extinguishes any unpatented mining claim located within such lands for which the claimant has not made application within two years unless a showing is made that a mineral survey for patent purposes cannot be completed within such period.
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 June 3, 1980. 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 September 12, 1980: Reported to Senate from the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (without written report).
- 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 96th Congress (1979-80), 613 of the 12,581 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 4.9 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?
NORMAN SHUMWAY (R-CA) introduced it on December 13, 1979. No cosponsors are recorded.
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 December 13, 1979, 17120 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 16846 days ago, on September 12, 1980.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 96th Congress has not finished by January 3, 1981 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