H.R. 502: Land and Water Conservation Fund Reauthorization and Fairness Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-01-12 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 844.

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Where it came from: introduced 2017-01-12 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3] · what a sponsor is
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Where it stands now: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 844. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Land and Water Conservation Fund Reauthorization and Fairness Act

Plain summary

This bill amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to make permanent the authorization for the Land and Water Conservation Fund. No less than 1.5% of the annual authorized funding amount or $10 million, whichever is greater, shall 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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Official text

Land and Water Conservation Fund Reauthorization and Fairness Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3] · 242 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 502, Land and Water Conservation Fund Reauthorization and Fairness Act (2018-09-26)

Cosponsors on this site

Jared Huffman (D-CA), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY), Mark Takano (D-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Gwen Moore (D-WI), John Garamendi (D-CA), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Judy Chu (D-CA), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA), William R. Keating (D-MA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Peter Welch (D-VT), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Darren Soto (D-FL), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN), Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) and 182 more.

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Words on this page, explained (2)

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.
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).

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
Congress.gov
Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr502.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>

Record fed-us-cong115-hr502 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115