Highlands Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2022
Latest action · Apr 27, 2022 Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 352.
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.
- IntroducedApr 22, 2021
- Passed HouseApr 26, 2022
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Highlands Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2022
This bill extends through FY2029 the Highlands Conservation Act, which provides for land conservation in Highlands states (i.e., Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania).
The bill authorizes the Fish and Wildlife Service to add a municipality to the Highlands region upon the request of a Highlands state, with the concurrence of the municipality.
The bill revises the way in which land is identified for conservation to require using the best available science and geographic information systems.
The bill allows political subdivisions of states to enter into agreements with the Department of the Interior for land conservation projects.
A Highland state that receives funds for a land conservation partnership project may not use more than 5% of the funds to administer that project.
The bill extends through FY2029 Forest Service and other Department of Agriculture programs to conserve land and natural resources in the Highlands region.
With respect to an appraisal related to a land acquisition carried out under this bill, a Highlands state shall use an appraisal methodology approved by the Department of the Interior.
Cosponsors 23
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 22, 2021 to Aug 20, 2021; 18 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Original | Apr 22, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Original | Apr 22, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Apr 22, 2021 |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Original | Apr 22, 2021 |
| D-PA | Chrissy Houlahan | Original | Apr 22, 2021 |
| R-PA | Daniel Meuser | Original | Apr 22, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Original | Apr 22, 2021 |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Original | Apr 22, 2021 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Apr 22, 2021 |
| D-NY | Joseph D. Morelle | Original | Apr 22, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Original | Apr 22, 2021 |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Original | Apr 22, 2021 |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Original | Apr 22, 2021 |
| D-NY | Mondaire Jones | Original | Apr 22, 2021 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | Apr 22, 2021 |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Original | Apr 22, 2021 |
| D-PA | Susan Wild | Original | Apr 22, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Tom Malinowski | Original | Apr 22, 2021 |
| D-NY | Antonio Delgado | May 7, 2021 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | May 7, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Jun 11, 2021 | |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Jun 22, 2021 | |
| D-CT | James A. Himes | Aug 20, 2021 |
Committees 1
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 Apr 22, 2021Markup Jan 19, 2022Reported Apr 25, 2022 |
| Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee | Referred Jun 15, 2021Hearings Jul 29, 2021 |
Actions 14
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 27, 2022Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 352.
- Apr 26, 2022Mr. Grijalva moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Apr 26, 2022Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4477-4479)
- Apr 26, 2022DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2793.
- Apr 26, 2022Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4477-4478)
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E415 | Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX | Apr 27, 2022 |
| House | Debate and remarks H4477–H4479Text printed H4477 | Cliff Bentz R-OR, Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZ, Sean Patrick Maloney D-NY | Apr 26, 2022 |
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
- Mar 10, 2022H.R. 2793, Highlands Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2021As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on January 19, 2022
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 70, April 22, 2021, page H2108.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 753 | Highlands Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2021 | Identical bill | Mar 2, 2022 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To reauthorize the Highlands Conservation Act, to authorize States to use funds from that Act for administrative purposes, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Highlands Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2021
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Highlands Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2021
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Highlands Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2022
- Short Title(s) from PCS (Placed on Senate Calendar) bill text
- Highlands Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2022
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
- Connecticut
- Department of the Interior
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Forests, forestry, trees
- Geography and mapping
- Land transfers
- Land use and conservation
- New Jersey
- New York State
- Pennsylvania
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- State and local government operations
- Water quality
- Watersheds
- Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 27, 2022Placed on Calendar Senate
- Apr 26, 2022Engrossed in House
- Apr 25, 2022Reported in House
- Apr 22, 2021Introduced 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.
