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H.R. 4284119th CongressPublic Lands and Natural Resources
Small Cemetery Conveyance Act
Sponsored by Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM) · 1 active : 1 Republican
Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate9 senators score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedMar 16, 2026
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govSmall 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.
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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.
How the projections held up
Each member’s recorded vote compared with their swing projection from before the vote. A member by voting against most of their own party.
House
Passed by voice vote or unanimous consent: no individual votes recorded.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Agriculture · HouseDischarged from · Referred to
- House Committee on Natural Resources · HouseReported by · Markup by · Discharged from · Referred to
- Federal Lands · HouseHearings by (subcommittee) · Referred to
- Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry · SenateReferred to
Subjects
- Cemeteries and funerals
- Land transfers
- Land use and conservation
How the Senate breaks down
- 9Swing 70–100
- 62Middle 30–70
- 29Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2, directional: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
1 activeShow all 1 cosponsors
- Jeff Hurd (R-CO-3)
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
