US Congress House Bill 3962 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 29 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-02-03 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Making Public Lands Public Access Act - Amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to ensure, from amounts requested for the Land and Water Conservation Fund per fiscal year, that not less than the greater of 1.5% of the requested amounts or $10 million be made available for certain projects identified on an annual priority list to be developed pursuant to this Act. Requires projects identified on such a list to secure, through rights-of-way or the acquisition of lands or interests from willing sellers, recreational public access to existing federal public lands that have significantly restricted access to hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes.

Making Public Lands Public Access Act

Sen. Steve Daines [R-MT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-02-03	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
2014-01-29	House	Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

SB1660 (Related) 2013-11-06 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/3962/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr3962/BILLS-113hr3962ih.pdf