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Version 01 · Reported to Senate with amendment(s) · Nov 15, 2016
Outdoor Recreation Jobs and Economic Impact Act of 2016
(Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of Commerce to enter into a joint memorandum with the Department of Agriculture and the Department of the Interior to conduct, acting through the Bureau of Economic Analysis, to assess and analyze the outdoor recreation economy of the United States and the effects attributable to it on the overall U.S. economy.
In conducting the assessment, Commerce may consider employment, sales, contributions to travel and tourism, and other appropriate contributing components of the outdoor recreation economy.
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Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] · D–NH
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 664.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 114-371.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 114-371.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Introduced in Senate
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