Congress 113 - HR 712 - To extend the authorization of the Highlands Conservation Act through fiscal year 2024.

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Agricultural conservation and pollution Connecticut Department of Agriculture Department of the Interior Executive agency funding and structure Forests, forestry, trees Land use and conservation New Jersey New York State Pennsylvania Public Lands and Natural Resources Water quality Watersheds Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

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Amends the Highlands Conservation Act to extend, through FY2024, funding for: (1) land conservation partnership projects in the highlands regions of Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania; and (2) Forest Service and Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs to assist such states, units of local government, and private forest and farm landowners in the conservation of land and natural resources in that region.

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Dec 22, 2014

Committee on Agriculture discharged.
Dec 22, 2014

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 543.
Dec 22, 2014

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-712, Part I.
Sep 18, 2014

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Sep 18, 2014

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Sep 18, 2014

Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation Discharged.
Feb 26, 2014

Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Mar 1, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
Feb 27, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
Feb 14, 2013

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.
Feb 14, 2013

Introduced in House

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