HR 3962 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Making Public Lands Public Access Act

Introduced Jan 29, 2014 Originated House Sponsor Steve Daines R-MT

Fact sheet

Latest action · Feb 3, 2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedJan 29, 2014
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

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.

Cosponsors

Members who signed on, in the order they did.

No cosponsors are on file for this measure.

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 3, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
  2. Jan 29, 2014Introduced in House
  3. Jan 29, 2014Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 1660SPORT ActRelated billNov 6, 2013

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.

Text 1

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  1. Jan 29, 2014Introduced in House

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