Highlands Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2021
Latest action · Mar 2, 2022 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 296.
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.
- IntroducedMar 16, 2021
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Highlands Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2021
This bill extends through FY2028 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.
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 FY2028 Forest Service and other Department of Agriculture programs to conserve land and natural resources in the Highlands region.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 16, 2021 to Jun 22, 2021; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Original | Mar 16, 2021 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | Mar 16, 2021 |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Original | Mar 16, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Jun 22, 2021 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred Mar 16, 2021Markup Nov 18, 2021Reported Mar 2, 2022 |
| National Parks Subcommittee | Hearings Jun 23, 2021 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 2, 2022Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment. With written report No. 117-89.
- Mar 2, 2022Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 296.
- Nov 18, 2021Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
- Jun 23, 2021Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 117-440.
- Mar 16, 2021Introduced in Senate
- Mar 16, 2021Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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 25, 2022S. 753, Highlands Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2021As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on November 18, 2021
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 117-440 | PENDING LEGISLATION589 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Jun 23, 2021 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2793 | Highlands Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2022 | Identical bill | Apr 27, 2022 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill 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 Senate
- Highlands Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2021
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 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 2, 2022Reported to Senate
- Mar 16, 2021Introduced in Senate
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.
