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H.R.2330 / 111th Congress

Camp Hale Study Act

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 304.

Official summary

Version 01 · Reported to Senate with amendment(s) · Mar 2, 2010

Camp Hale Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a study to determine: (1) the suitability and feasibility of designating Camp Hale, in Colorado, as a unit of the National Park System; or (2) any other designation or management option that would provide for the protection of resources within Camp Hale, including continued management of Camp Hale by the Forest Service. Requires the study to include the significance of Camp Hale in relation to national security during World War II and the Cold War, including: (1) the use of Camp Hale for training of the 10th Mountain Division and other elements of the U.S. Armed Forces; and (2) the use of Camp Hale for training by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of Tibetan refugees seeking to resist the Chinese occupation of Tibet.

Expresses the intent of Congress that the Secretaries not propose any designation that would affect valid existing rights, including: (1) all existing interstate water compacts; (2) water rights decreed at, or flowing within, below, or through Camp Hale; (3) water rights in Colorado; (4) U.S. water rights; and (5) the management and operation of any reservoir.

Requires the Secretary to submit the study and any recommendations related to Camp Hale to Congress.

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Who introduced it

Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5] · R–CO

Committees

  • Energy and Natural Resources Committee
  • Natural Resources Committee
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    1. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 304.

    2. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 111-154.

    3. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 111-154.

    4. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

    5. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.

    6. Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

    7. Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

    8. On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6023-6024)

    9. Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H6023-6024)

    10. DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2330.

    11. Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6023-6024)

    12. Mrs. Christensen moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

    13. Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.

    14. Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

    15. Introduced in House

    16. Introduced in House

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