H.R. 3311: PARC Act
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H.R. 3311: PARC Act
113th Congress · introduced 2013-10-23 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2013-10-23 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Subcommittee Hearings Held. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
- If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.
Official title
PARC Act
Plain summary
Provide Access and Retain Continuity Act or the PARC Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to enter into agreements with, and provide reimbursement to, states to conduct activities determined to have a direct economic impact on tourism, mining, timber, or general transportation in the state that are otherwise not being conducted by the federal government during a partial shutdown of the federal government due to a lapse in appropriations. Requires the Secretary to approve or deny a petition for such an agreement not later than 90 days after receiving it and deems such petition approved if the Secretary does not act on it within the 90-day period.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2] · 19 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Steve Daines (R-MT), Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Scott Perry (R-PA), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Bill Huizenga (R-MI)
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Words on this page, explained (1)
- Appropriation
- Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113hr3311.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/hr>
Record fed-us-cong113-hr3311 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113