US Congress House Bill 4151 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 21)
Status: Introduced on December 1 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-12-18 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Pending: House Conservation and Forestry Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

To amend chapter 2003 of title 54, United States Code, to fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund and provide for the use of such funds, and for other purposes. This bill makes permanent the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF). Of the appropriations from the LWCF: (1) at least 40% shall be used collectively for federal purposes for certain land and water acquisitions (as currently); (2) at least 40% shall be used collectively to provide financial assistance to states for LWCF purposes and for outdoor recreation, for the Forest Legacy Program, for cooperative endangered species grants, and for the American Battlefield Protection Program; and (3) at least 1.5% or $10 million, whichever is greater, shall be used for projects that secure recreational public access to federal public land for hunting, fishing, or other recreational purposes. The Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture shall consider the acquisition of conservation easements and other similar interests in land where it is appropriate and feasible, taking specified considerations into account. The bill establishes a National Park Service Critical Maintenance and Revitalization Conservation Fund in the Treasury for the deposit of specified amounts from revenues due and payable to the United States under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. Amounts deposited in the Fund shall: (1) be used only for the high priority deferred maintenance needs of the National Park Service that support critical infrastructure and visitor services, and (2) be available for expenditure only after amounts are appropriated for such purposes. Amounts in the Fund shall not be used for acquiring land.

To amend chapter 2003 of title 54, United States Code, to fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund and provide for the use of such funds, and for other purposes.

Rep. Michael Simpson [R-ID]	Rep. Jeff Fortenberry [R-NE]	Rep. Patrick Meehan [R-PA]	Rep. Ryan Zinke [R-MT]
Rep. Peter King [R-NY]	Rep. Ryan Costello [R-PA]	Rep. Elise Stefanik [R-NY]	Rep. David Reichert [R-WA]
Rep. Frank Guinta [R-NH]	Rep. Christopher Gibson [R-NY]	Rep. John Katko [R-NY]	Rep. Lee Zeldin [R-NY]
Rep. Richard Hanna [R-NY]	Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]	Rep. Daniel Donovan [R-NY]
Rep. Chris Collins [R-NY]	Rep. David Joyce [R-OH]	Rep. Evan Jenkins [R-WV]	Rep. Robert Dold [R-IL]
Rep. Charles Fleischmann [R-TN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-12-18	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
2015-12-08	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
2015-12-01	House	Referred to House Agriculture
2015-12-01	House	Referred to House Natural Resources
2015-12-01	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.
2015-12-01	House	Introduced in House

SB556 (Related) 2015-12-16 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 328.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4151/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr4151/BILLS-114hr4151ih.pdf