S. 1690: Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area Act

114th Congress · introduced 2015-06-25 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 590.

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Where it came from: introduced 2015-06-25 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 590. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area Act

Plain summary

Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area Act (Sec. 4) This bill establishes the Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area in the state of Washington. The bill designates the Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust as the local coordinating entity for the heritage area, which shall prepare and submit a management plan for it. (Sec. 6) The Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust shall not use federal funding made available under this bill for the acquisition of real property or any interest in real property. (Sec. 8) Nothing in this bill: abridges the rights of any public or private property owners; alters any adopted land use regulations, approved land use plans, or other regulatory authorities of any federal, state, tribal, or local agencies; conveys any land use or other regulatory authority to the Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust; or alters, modifies, diminishes, or extinguishes any Indian tribe's treaty rights within the heritage area. (Sec. 10) The bill authorizes appropriations. The federal cost share of any activity carried out under this bill shall be 50% of that activity's total cost. The authority of Department of the Interior to furnish assistance under this bill terminates 15 years after this bill's enactment.

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Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area Act

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] · 1 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 1690, Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area Act (2016-09-02)

Cosponsors on this site

Patty Murray (D-WA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] reported raising $985,139 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Bill: A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Rulemaking: The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate with amendment(s))
Congress.gov
Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114s1690.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/s>

Record fed-us-cong114-s1690 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114