Great American Outdoors Act became law 495 days after introduction, with cosponsors from both parties
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 181 words.
Great American Outdoors Act This bill establishes the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund to support deferred maintenance projects on federal lands. For FY2021-FY2025, there shall be deposited into the fund an amount equal to 50% of energy development revenues credited, covered, or deposited as miscellaneous receipts from oil, gas, coal, or alternative or renewable energy development on federal lands and waters. Deposited amounts must not exceed $1.9 billion for any fiscal year. The fund must be used for priority deferred maintenance projects in specified systems that are administered by the National Park Service, the Forest Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and the Bureau of Indian Education. The Government Accountability Office must report on the effect of the fund in reducing the backlog of priority deferred maintenance projects for the specified agencies. Additionally, the bill makes funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) permanent. The President shall annually report to Congress specified details regarding the allocation of funds to the LWCF. Congress may provide for alternate allocations using specified procedures.
- Committees
- House Financial Services Committee
House Ways and Means Committee - Policy area
- Public Lands and Natural Resources: 136 of 3,779 bills became law, 113th–118th (3.6%)
- Sponsor
- 4 of 107 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 7, from enrolled bill to public law · 2,467 words
- Subjects
- Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAdministrative remediesAdvisory bodiesAlternative and renewable resourcesAppropriationsBank accounts, deposits, capital +57 more
- Latest action
- Aug 4, 2020: Became Public Law No: 116-152.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 18 in all.
Identical or companion · 1
- 116th S. 928 Taxpayer First Act of 2019 R · Introduced
Procedural (rules, motions) · 1
- 116th H.Res. 1053 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6395) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 for military activities of the Departme D · Agreed to
Related, per CRS or House · 16
- 116th H.R. 1219 Restraining Excessive Seizure of Property through the Exploitation of Civil Asset Forfeiture Tools Act R · Introduced
- 116th H.R. 1825 Improving Assistance for Taxpayers Act R · Introduced
- 116th H.R. 1875 VITA Permanence Act of 2019 D · Introduced
- 116th H.R. 1902 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow officers and employees of the Department of the Treasury to provide to taxpayers informa R · Introduced
- 116th H.R. 1905 To require notice from the Secretary of the Treasury in the case of any closure of a Taxpayer Assistance Center. D · Introduced
- 116th H.R. 2007 To require the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a program for the automated disclosure of taxpayer information for third-party income D · Introduced
- 116th H.R. 3151 Taxpayer First Act D · Law
- 116th H.R. 3195 Land and Water Conservation Fund Permanent Funding Act D · Reported
- 116th H.R. 7092 Great American Outdoors Act D · Introduced
- 116th S. 1081 Land and Water Conservation Fund Permanent Funding Act D · Reported
- 116th S. 1099 Restraining Excessive Seizure of Property through the Exploitation of Civil asset forfeiture Tools Act R · Introduced
- 116th S. 1100 A bill to institute a program for the disclosure of taxpayer information for third-party income verification through the Internet. D · Introduced
- 116th S. 1876 Electronic Signature Standards Act R · Introduced
- 116th S. 240 Taxpayer Identity Protection Act of 2019 R · Introduced
- 116th S. 3422 A bill to amend title 54, United States Code, to establish, fund, and provide for the use of amounts in a National Parks and Public Land Leg R · Introduced
- 116th S. 3684 21st Century Conservation Corps for Our Health and Our Jobs Act D · Introduced