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S. 1081: Land and Water Conservation Fund Permanent Funding Act

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S. 1081: Land and Water Conservation Fund Permanent Funding Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-04-09 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 429.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-04-09 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 429. 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.

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Official title

Land and Water Conservation Fund Permanent Funding Act

Plain summary

Land and Water Conservation Fund Permanent Funding Act This bill makes permanent, beginning in FY2020, funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF). The President shall annually submit to Congress specified details regarding the allocation of the full amounts of funds made available to the LWCF. Congress may provide for alternate allocations using specified procedures.

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Official text

Land and Water Conservation Fund Permanent Funding Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV] · 59 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 1081, Land and Water Conservation Fund Permanent Funding Act (2020-01-22)

Cosponsors on this site

Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Michael F. Bennet (D-CO), Susan M. Collins (R-ME), Steve Daines (R-MT), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Tina Smith (D-MN), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Christopher A. Coons (D-DE), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Cory A. Booker (D-NJ), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Gary C. Peters (D-MI), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Patty Murray (D-WA), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Thom Tillis (R-NC), John Boozman (R-AR), Jack Reed (D-RI)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-s1081 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116