3.0.0 999 2023-01-15T16:03:45Z 2023-01-15T16:03:45Z Senate S S 2003-05-06 108 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2003-05-06T19:46:57Z Highlands Conservation Act 108 1964 HR 2004-11-30 Became Public Law No: 108-421. Related bill CRS 2003-05-06 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5776-5777) IntroReferral 2003-05-06 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5775-5776) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2003-05-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001042 Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ] JON CORZINE D NJ S. N L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2003-05-06 True S000709 Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] ARLEN SPECTER R PA 2003-05-06 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2003-05-06 True D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2003-05-06 True C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2003-05-06 True L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN D CT I. 2003-05-06 True H.R.1964 https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/house-bill/1964 Public Lands and Natural Resources Agricultural conservation Agriculture and Food Arts, Culture, Religion Civil actions and liability Commemorations Connecticut Cultural property Department of Agriculture Economics and Public Finance Environmental Protection Executive reorganization Federal advisory bodies Forest conservation Government Operations and Politics Government trust funds Grants-in-aid Greenways Historic sites History Land transfers Land use Law Natural areas Nature conservation New Jersey New York State Open space lands Pennsylvania Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2003-05-06 Introduced in Senate 2003-08-22T14:14:34Z Highlands Stewardship Act - Directs the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior to establish the Highlands Stewardship Area in the Highlands region (an area encompassing nearly 2,000,000 acres extending from eastern Pennsylvania through New Jersey and New York to northwestern Connecticut (the Highlands States)).

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish: (1) within the Department of Agriculture the Office of Highlands Stewardship to advise the Secretaries and the Governors of the Highlands States on priorities for projects carried out with financial or technical assistance under this Act, land conservation partnership projects, Highlands region research, policy and education initiatives necessary to implement the findings of the Highlands Regional Study (conducted by the Forest Service in 1990) and the New York-New Jersey Highlands Regional Assessment Update (conducted by the Service in 2001), and to implement the strategies of the study, the update, and other studies in consultation with the Highlands States; and (2) the Highlands Stewardship Area Work Group to assist with such implementation. Authorizes the Office to provide financial and technical assistance to an eligible entity to carry out a project to protect, restore, preserve, promote, or interpret natural, agricultural, historical, cultural, or recreational resources of the Area.

Directs the Secretary of the Interior, from among proposed land conservation partnership projects submitted by the Governors of the Highlands States, to annually designate those projects that are eligible to receive financial assistance under this Act.

]]> Highlands Stewardship Act Display Title Highlands Stewardship Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish the Highlands Stewardship Area in the States of Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Highlands Stewardship Act Introduced in Senate 2003-05-06T04:00:00Z 2003-05-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5776-5777) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.