HR 3937 · in committee · niche
Wabeno Economic Development Act
- economy
What this bill does
- The bill requires the Forest Service to sell 14 acres of federal land in Wisconsin to a private company at market value.
- The sale affects Tony's Wabeno Redi-Mix, LLC, a stone and gravel extraction business.
- The company must pay appraised market value and all costs within 180 days of appraisal approval.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How might selling federal land for private gravel extraction affect long-term public access and conservation of that Wisconsin forest area?
- 02
What evidence shows that Tony's Wabeno Redi-Mix cannot obtain similar land through existing private market channels instead of federal land?
- 03
Who bears the financial and environmental costs if the extracted gravel depletes local resources faster than market demand alone would require?
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Sponsor · R-WI-7
Thomas P. Tiffany
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Introduced 2026-02-12
Legislative timeline
2026-02-12 · senate · Committee
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.
2025-07-23 · senate · IntroReferral
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
2025-07-22 · house · Floor
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2025-07-22 · house · Floor
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 410 - 1 (Roll no. 215). (text: CR H3541)
2025-07-22 · Floor
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 410 - 1 (Roll no. 215). (text: CR H3541: 6)
2025-07-22 · house · Floor
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H3544-3545)
2025-07-22 · house · Floor
At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
2025-07-22 · house · Floor
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3937.
2025-07-22 · house · Floor
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3541-3543)
2025-07-22 · house · Floor
Mr. Tiffany moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2025-07-21 · house · Committee
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-211, Part I.
2025-07-21 · Committee
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-211, Part I.
2025-06-25 · house · Committee
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Unanimous Consent.
2025-06-25 · house · Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
2025-06-11 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.
2025-06-11 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.
2025-06-11 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-06-11 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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