HR 5564 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

National Parks for America's Children Act

Introduced Jun 22, 2016 Originated House Sponsor Daniel T. Kildee D-MI

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jun 28, 2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedJun 22, 2016
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

National Parks for America's Children Act

This bill directs the Department of the Interior, through the National Park Service, to create a program that helps to ensure that youths from urban areas have access to the National Parks.

The program shall include:

  • an advertising strategy aimed at urban youths and transportation programs to help ensure that they have better access to National Parks,
  • partnerships with urban schools to teach basic outdoor skills and basic nature and biology, and
  • a grant program that helps to ensure that urban youths can afford attendance and lodging fees at the National Parks.

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. Jun 28, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
  2. Jun 22, 2016Introduced in House
  3. Jun 22, 2016Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 22, 2016Introduced in House

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