CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

James Risch (R-ID)

A bill to facilitate the conveyance of certain land in Bonners Ferry, Idaho, platted under section 2387 of the Revised Statutes, and for other purposes.

S. 5374 · Senate bill Public Lands and Natural Resources

A Republican bill with 1 Republican cosponsor · See the cosponsor

Last activity — Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill aims to facilitate the transfer of specific land located in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. The land consists of approximately 15.12 acres depicted as "Eaton" on a map from December 22, 1893. To achieve this, the Secretary of the Interior is required to issue a recordable disclaimer of interest in the land. This disclaimer must be issued within 90 days after the Act is enacted. The land described was originally platted under section 2387 of the Revised Statutes.

Yes

  • Scored +3

    Does this better protect public land such as parks and forests?

    The bill facilitates the transfer of federal land to other entities, which changes public land management status.

  • Scored +2

    Would Native Americans be better off under this?

    The bill explicitly excludes land within the Kootenai Indian Reservation, protecting existing tribal boundaries.

  • Scored +1

    Would people in rural areas be better off under this?

    The land conveyance may benefit local development in the Bonners Ferry area.

The opposite

  • Scored -2

    Does this give the federal government more power?

    The bill involves federal action to relinquish land control via a disclaimer of interest.