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Bill · 119th Congress · HR 4284
Small Cemetery Conveyance Act
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Introduced 2025-07-02Topic: land use zoning · civil rights · governance ethicsSummary
Summary by the Congressional Research ServiceSmall Cemetery Conveyance Act This bill authorizes the Forest Service to convey, without a payment or exchange in land, a cemetery to a state government, local government, Indian tribe, or certain community land grant that has a bona fide interest or historic claim to the cemetery. This authorization applies to up to 40 acres of land that was used, or previously used, as a cemetery, including up to 1 acre adjacent to the land used as a cemetery. The conveyed land must continue to be used as a cemetery. If it is not used for that purpose, the Forest Service may revert the land and any improvements back to the United States. The Forest Service may waive certain conveyance costs upon the demonstrated need of a state government, local government, Indian tribe, or community land grant.
Sponsors
- Teresa Leger Fernandez Democrat sponsor
- 1 cosponsors
Action history
| Date | Chamber | Action | Status effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-17 | Senate | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. | refer |
| 2026-03-16 | House | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | |
| 2026-03-16 | House | On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2510) | |
| 2026-03-16 | Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2510) | floor pass | |
| 2026-03-16 | House | DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4284. | |
| 2026-03-16 | House | Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2510-2511) | |
| 2026-03-16 | House | Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. | |
| 2026-01-14 | House | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 389. | |
| 2026-01-14 | House | Committee on Agriculture discharged. | report |
| 2026-01-14 | Committee on Agriculture discharged. | report | |
| 2026-01-14 | House | Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-454, Part I. | report |
| 2026-01-14 | Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-454, Part I. | report | |
| 2025-12-17 | House | Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent. | refer |
| 2025-12-17 | House | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held | refer |
| 2025-12-17 | House | Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged | refer |
| 2025-09-18 | House | Subcommittee Hearings Held | refer |
| 2025-09-11 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. | refer |
| 2025-07-02 | House | Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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. | refer |
| 2025-07-02 | House | Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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. | refer |
| 2025-07-02 | Introduced in House | introduce | |
| 2025-07-02 | Introduced in House | introduce |