US Congress Senate Bill 901 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: Introduced on May 5 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-05-05 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Pending: Senate Energy And Natural Resources 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. Jon Tester [D-MT]

Sen. Rob Portman [R-OH]

Sen. James Risch [R-ID]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-05-05	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

HB1997 (Same As) 2011-06-03 - Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/901/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s901/BILLS-112s901is.pdf