Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area Act
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Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area Act - (Sec. 4) Establishes the Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area in Georgia. Designates the Arabia Mountain Heritage Area Alliance as the Area's management entity.
(Sec. 5) Requires the Alliance to develop and submit a management plan for the Heritage Area to the Secretary of the Interior for approval that incorporates an integrated and cooperative approach to protect, interpret, and enhance the resources of the Area. Provides for such plan to be based upon the preferred concept in the document entitled "Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area Feasibility Study", dated February 28, 2001.
Prohibits the Secretary from providing any additional funding under this Act until a management plan is submitted.
(Sec. 7) Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical and financial assistance to the Area for the development and implementation of the management plan.
(Sec. 8) Specifies the effect of this Act on certain authorities for occupational safety, conservation, and environmental regulations and land use regulations.
(Sec. 9) Authorizes appropriations. Limits: (1) the funding that may be used in any fiscal year to $1,000,000; and (2) the Federal share of the cost of any project or activity carried out using funds made available under this Act to 50 percent.
(Sec. 10) Terminates the authority of the Secretary to make grants or provide assistance under this Act on September 30, 2016.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Reported to Senate with amendment(s)" stage on February 16, 2005. 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 February 16, 2005: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 10.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the Senate
- Passage by the House
- 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 109th Congress (2005-06), 482 of the 10,701 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 4.5 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?
SAXBY CHAMBLISS (R-GA) introduced it on January 26, 2005, 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 January 26, 2005, 7897 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 7876 days ago, on February 16, 2005.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 109th Congress has not finished by January 3, 2007 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
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Vote history
- SenateIn committee, no floor vote yet
- HouseAwaits Senate passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers