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H.R. 1814: To permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

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H.R. 1814: To permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

114th Congress · introduced 2015-04-15 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2015-04-15 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

To permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

Plain summary

Amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to make permanent the authorization for the Land and Water Conservation Fund. Requires not less than 1.5% of the annual authorized funding amount or $10 million, whichever is greater, to be used for projects that secure recreational public access to existing federal public land for hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes.

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What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

To permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3] · 211 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Marc A. Veasey (D-TX), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Adam Smith (D-WA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Peter Welch (D-VT), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA) and 151 more.

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Words on this page, explained (1)
Authorization
A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr1814 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114