To extend the authorization of the Highlands Conservation Act.
Latest action · Apr 21, 2016 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 395.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 11, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
(Sec. 1) This bill amends the Highlands Conservation Act to reauthorize through FY2021: (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 programs to assist states, units of local government, and private forest and farm landowners in the conservation of land and natural resources in that region.
Cosponsors 13
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 11, 2015 to Jul 23, 2015; 9 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Original | Feb 11, 2015 |
| R-PA | Charles W. Dent | Original | Feb 11, 2015 |
| D-CT | Elizabeth H. Esty | Original | Feb 11, 2015 |
| R-NJ | Leonard Lance | Original | Feb 11, 2015 |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Original | Feb 11, 2015 |
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | Original | Feb 11, 2015 |
| R-PA | Patrick Meehan | Original | Feb 11, 2015 |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Original | Feb 11, 2015 |
| R-NJ | Scott Garrett | Original | Feb 11, 2015 |
| R-PA | Ryan A. Costello | Feb 24, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Feb 25, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Sean Patrick Maloney | Feb 25, 2015 | |
| R-NY | Christopher P. Gibson | Jul 23, 2015 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Feb 11, 2015Markup Feb 3, 2016Reported Apr 21, 2016 |
| Federal Lands Subcommittee | Referred Mar 16, 2015Discharged Feb 2, 2016 | |
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Feb 11, 2015Discharged Apr 21, 2016 |
| Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee | Referred Feb 27, 2015 |
Actions 11
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 21, 2016Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 114-515, Part I.
- Apr 21, 2016Committee on Agriculture discharged.
- Apr 21, 2016Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 395.
- Feb 3, 2016Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Feb 3, 2016Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
- Feb 2, 2016Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Feb 2, 2016Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
- Mar 16, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
- Feb 27, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
- Feb 11, 2015Introduced in House
- Feb 11, 2015Referred 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.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Feb 19, 2016H.R. 894, a bill to extend the authorization of the Highlands Conservation ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on February 3, 2016
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 23, February 11, 2015, page H983.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2652 | A bill to extend the authorization of the Highlands Conservation Act. | Identical bill | Mar 8, 2016 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To extend the authorization of the Highlands Conservation Act.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
- 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
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 21, 2016Reported in House
- Feb 11, 2015Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
