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Version 49 · Public Law · Feb 27, 2012
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on February 3, 2012. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Removes certain federal land within Olympic National Park, Washington, that is designated as part of the Olympic Wilderness from inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System.
Takes specified federal land within the Park into trust for the Quileute Indian Tribe.
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Requires the Secretary of the Interior to take specified nonfederal land owned by the Tribe into trust for the Tribe, upon completion and acceptance of an environmental hazard assessment.
Includes those lands taken into trust for the Tribe in the Quileute Indian Reservation.
Subjects portions of the federal land conveyed to the Tribe to easements and conditions that preserve the natural condition of the land and provide the public with recreational access to the land and Park.
Exempts land conveyed to the Tribe along the southern boundary of the Reservation from any easements or conditions. Allows that land to be altered to allow for the relocation of Tribe members and structures outside the tsunami and Quillayute River flood zones.
Extinguishes the Tribe's claims against the United States relating to the Park's past or present ownership, entry, use, surveys, or other activities upon the taking of the lands into trust for the Tribe and a formal Tribal Council resolution.
Prohibits gaming on lands taken into trust for the Tribe pursuant to this Act.
People & committees
Rep. Dicks, Norman D. [D-WA-6] · D–WA
Legislative record
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Became Public Law No: 112-97.
Became Public Law No: 112-97.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S582)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S582)
Received in the Senate, read twice.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 381 - 7 (Roll no. 35). (text: CR H483-484)
House roll call 35 · Individual votesPassed/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): 381 - 7 (Roll no. 35).(text: CR H483-484)
House roll call 35 · Individual votesConsidered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H489-490)
At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Hastings (WA) objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was withdrawn.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1162.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H483-485)
Mr. Hastings (WA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 265.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-387.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-387.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs Discharged.
Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Discharged.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E527)
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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