US Congress House Bill 1944 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 9-2)
Status: Introduced on April 5 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-04-24 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Pending: House Conservation and Forestry Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

To amend section 100905 of title 54, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to require annual permits and assess annual fees for commercial filming activities on Federal land for film crews of 5 persons or fewer, and for other purposes. This bill directs the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture to assess an annual fee of $200 for any film crew of five persons or fewer to conduct commercial filming activities or similar projects on federal land administered by such departments and to require a one-year permit for such activities or projects that occur in areas designated for public use during public hours on federal land and waterways administered by such departments.

To amend section 100905 of title 54, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to require annual permits and assess annual fees for commercial filming activities on Federal land for film crews of 5 persons or fewer, and for other purposes.

Rep. Robert Latta [R-OH]	Rep. Blake Farenthold [R-TX]	Rep. Jeff Duncan [R-SC]	Rep. Don Bacon [R-NE]
Rep. Pete Sessions [R-TX]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Doug LaMalfa [R-CA]	Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]
Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]	Rep. Trent Kelly [R-MS]	Rep. Ted Yoho [R-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-04-24	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
2017-04-17	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
2017-04-05	House	Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.
2017-04-05	House	Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.
2017-04-05	House	Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.
2017-04-05	House	Introduced in House

HB4489 (Related) 2018-05-22 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
HB3668 (Related) 2017-09-18 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 224.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1944/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr1944/BILLS-115hr1944ih.pdf