3.0.0 2243 2023-01-11T13:39:06Z 2023-01-11T13:39:06Z Senate S 2017-12-18 115 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-12-18T22:04:20Z Voluntary Public Access Improvement Act of 2018 115 5022 HR 2018-03-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry. Related bill CRS 2017-12-18 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S8071; text of measure as introduced: CR S8071) IntroReferral 2017-12-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000618 Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] Steve Daines R MT N B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2017-12-18 True Agriculture and Food Farmland Federal-Indian relations Hunting and fishing Land use and conservation Outdoor recreation State and local government operations Wildlife conservation and habitat protection Agriculture and Food 00 2017-12-18 Introduced in Senate 2018-05-07T19:47:05Z Voluntary Public Access Improvement Act of 2017

This bill amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to increase and extend through FY2023 the authorization of mandatory funding for the Department of Agriculture Voluntary Public Access and Habitat Incentive Program. (The program provides grants for state and tribal governments to encourage owners and operators of privately-held farm, ranch, and forest land to voluntarily make the land available for access by the public for wildlife-dependent recreation, including hunting or fishing.)

]]> Voluntary Public Access Improvement Act of 2017 Display Title Voluntary Public Access Improvement Act of 2017 Short Titles as Introduced Voluntary Public Access Improvement Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to authorize funding for the voluntary public access and habitat incentive program. Introduced in Senate 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s2243is/xml/BILLS-115s2243is.xml 2017-12-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S8071; text of measure as introduced: CR S8071) 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.