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Version 53 · Passed House · Dec 12, 2022
This bill reauthorizes the Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund and the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Trust Fund through FY2029. The trust fund is administered by the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation, which is an independent executive branch agency with a mission to provide programs to promote leadership, education, collaboration, and conflict resolution in the areas of environment, public lands, and natural resources.
The bill also requires an audit of the foundation within four years of the bill's enactment.
People & committees
Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3] · D–AZ
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Received in the Senate.
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 voice vote. (text: CR H9680)
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H9680)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5715.
Mr. Grijalva moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9680-9681)
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-596, Part I.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-596, Part I.
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States held a hearing.
Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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