{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.cramer.senate.gov/news/press-releases/theodore-roosevelt-presidential-library-north-dakota-trust-lands-bills-pass-senate-unanimously", "Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library, North Dakota Trust Lands Bills Pass Senate Unanimously", "2024-12-20", "2024", "2024-12", "Republican", "Senate", "ND", "Kevin Cramer", "C001096", "www.cramer.senate.gov", "cramer", "https://www.cramer.senate.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "***Click here for audio***\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Two bills cosponsored by U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) passed the Senate unanimously. Cramer joined fellow North Dakota delegation members U.S. Senator John Hoeven and then-Congressman Kelly Armstrong in introducing the North Dakota Trust Lands Completion Act and the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Act.\n\nNorth Dakota Trust Lands Completion Act\n\n***Click here for audio***\n\nThis legislation authorizes North Dakota to relinquish its lands and minerals on Tribal Reservations to the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) in exchange for those in the state which are federally-owned. North Dakota holds more than 130,000 acres of minerals and over 31,000 surface acres within Tribal Reservations, though they are largely unavailable for development. At the same time, existing laws do not adequately accommodate land and mineral exchanges between the state and the federal government.\n\n\u201cAs any North Dakotan knows, fragmented mineral rights complicate energy and mineral development,\u201d said Cramer. \u201cOur North Dakota Trust Lands Completion Act is really an easy fix to federal and state land transfers to ensure we encourage more energy and resource development in the state.\u201d\n\nTheodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Act\n\n***Click here for audio***\n\nThe Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Act authorizes funding for the library\u2019s continued construction in Medora, and ensures the preservation of President Roosevelt\u2019s history and legacy. It draws on established precedent of presidential libraries receiving federal funding via the Congressional appropriations process, as well as to receive artifacts from the federal government.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:07:19Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.cramer.senate.gov/news/press-releases/theodore-roosevelt-presidential-library-north-dakota-trust-lands-bills-pass-senate-unanimously"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.3767890632152557, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}