An act to require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey a reversionary interest held by the United States in certain lands located in Bell County, Kentucky, to the Board of Education, Bell County, Kentucky.
Public Law 96-59 · S. 41 · 96th Congress · began in the Senate
Signed by Jimmy Carter (D) on Aug 14, 1979 · Public Lands and Natural Resources
Sponsor: Sen. Wendell Ford (D-KY)
Cosponsors (1): Sen. Dee Huddleston
Passage votes
- HouseMethod not stated
- SenateMethod not stated
Data notes
The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.
Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to convey all right, title, and interest held by the United States in specified lands located in Bell County, Kentucky, to the Bell County Board of Education. Stipulates that such conveyance in no way affects the U.S. interest in minerals reserved by the United States in said deed.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Data notes
A committee links to its page only where it exists in the current Congress; older and renamed committees are named without a link.
Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 14 actions.
- Aug 14, 1979Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- PresidentPresident · Public Law 96-59.
- Aug 3, 1979PresidentPresident · Measure presented to President.
- PresidentPresident · Measure enrolled in Senate.
- PresidentPresident · Measure enrolled in House.
- Aug 1, 1979Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to House amendments.
- Jul 23, 1979FloorFloor · Measure passed House, amended.
- FloorFloor · Measure called up under motion to suspend rules and pass in House.
- Jun 15, 1979CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Agriculture Committee
- Apr 5, 1979CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Agriculture Committee
- Apr 4, 1979FloorFloor · Measure passed Senate, amended.
- Mar 27, 1979CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee
- Jan 15, 1979CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the Senate
Data notes
Shows the introduction, each committee and subcommittee step the source dates (referral, hearings, markup, report, discharge), and the floor, conference, presidential and became-law steps. Calendar placements, messages between the chambers, amendments and committee report numbers are not shown for laws before the 108th Congress. Two entries the source lists twice are shown once.
Official record
The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.