3.0.0 901 2022-02-03T05:53:47Z 2022-02-03T05:53:47Z Senate S S 2011-05-05 112 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-05-05T20:05:32Z Making Public Lands Public Access Act 112 1997 HR 2011-06-03 Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands. Identical bill CRS 2011-05-05 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2011-05-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT N R000584 Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] James Risch R ID E. 2011-05-05 True P000449 Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] Rob Portman R OH 2011-08-02 False Public Lands and Natural Resources Appropriations Hunting and fishing Land transfers Land use and conservation Outdoor recreation Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2011-05-05 Introduced in Senate 2011-05-20T15:09:29Z Making Public Lands Public Access Act - Amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to ensure, from amounts requested for the Land and Water Conservation Fund per fiscal year, that not less than the greater of 1.5% of the requested amounts or $10 million be made available for certain projects identified on an annual priority list to be developed pursuant to this Act.

Requires projects identified on such a list to secure, through rights-of-way or the acquisition of lands or interests from willing sellers, recreational public access to existing federal public lands that have significantly restricted access to hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes.

]]> Making Public Lands Public Access Act Short Titles as Introduced Making Public Lands Public Access Act Display Title Making Public Lands Public Access Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to ensure that amounts are made available for projects to provide recreational public access, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2011-05-05T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s901is/xml/BILLS-112s901is.xml 2011-05-05 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. 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.