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H.R.6510 / 115th Congress

Restore Our Parks and Public Lands Act

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 875.

Official summary

Version 00 · Introduced in House · Jul 25, 2018

Restore Our Parks and Public Lands Act

This bill establishes the National Park Service and Public Lands Legacy Restoration Fund and requires 50% of all energy development revenues for FY2019-FY2023 to be deposited into such fund. Amounts deposited in the fund must not exceed $1.3 billion for any fiscal year and must be used for meeting high-priority deferred maintenance needs of the National Park Service.

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Who introduced it

Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1] · R–UT

Committees

  • Education and Workforce Committee
  • Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
  • Natural Resources Committee
233 cosponsorship records, including any withdrawals

Actions

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  1. Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 875.

  2. Committee on Education and the Workforce discharged.

  3. Committee on Education and the Workforce discharged.

  4. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Dec. 28, 2018.

  5. Committee on Transportation discharged.

  6. Committee on Transportation discharged.

  7. Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-1088, Part I.

  8. Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-1088, Part I.

  9. Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.

  10. Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

  11. Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

  12. Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  13. Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  14. Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  15. Introduced in House

  16. Introduced in House

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