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HR 2741 103th Congress House Public Lands and Natural Resources Environmental Protection Forests and forestry Grants-in-aid Habitat conservation Interstate commissions Land transfers New Jersey New York State Open space lands Outdoor recreation Parks State parks Trails Watershed management Wildlife conservation

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide funds to the Palisades Interstate Park Commission for acquisition of lands in the Sterling Forest area of the New York/New Jersey Highlands Region.

Introduced: July 26, 1993 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 26, 1994
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Sep 30, 1993
Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
Sep 16, 1993
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
Jul 26, 1993
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Jul 26, 1993
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of the Interior to be transferred to the Palisades Interstate Park Commission to be used to acquire an undeveloped, open space tract of land presently owned by the Sterling Forest Corporation to protect the watershed, outdoor recreational, wildlife habitat, and Appalachian Trail values in the Sterling Forest area of the New York/New Jersey Highlands Region.

States that nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize the Government, or relieve the Commission and New York of any obligation otherwise imposed under New York State law, to pay property taxes or provide for the costs of stewardship and management of any lands located in New York that may be acquired through this authorization.

Requires the Commission to hold and manage all property acquired with funds made available in this Act for the purposes specified in it.

What's happening now May 26, 1994

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 3 Republican 1