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HR 1487 105th Congress House Public Lands and Natural Resources Agriculture and Food Animals Appropriations Balanced budgets Budget deficits Congress Congressional budget Deficit reduction Economics and Public Finance Environmental Protection Federal aid to outdoor recreation Federal budgets Federal receipts and expenditures Government spending reductions Government trust funds Land transfers National forests National parks Nature conservation

To provide off-budget treatment for one-half of the receipts and disbursements of the land and water conservation fund, and to provide that the amount appropriated from the fund for a fiscal year for Federal purposes may not exceed the amount appropriated for that fiscal year for financial assistance to the States for State purposes.

Introduced: April 30, 1997 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 5, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
May 5, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands.
May 5, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
Apr 30, 1997
Referred to House Resources
Apr 30, 1997
Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Apr 30, 1997
Referred to House Budget
Apr 30, 1997
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Requires off-budget treatment (except with respect to the Line Item Veto Act of 1996) of one-half of the receipts and disbursements of the land and water conservation fund.

Amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act to prohibit the amount appropriated from such fund for a fiscal year for Federal purposes under any Federal law from exceeding the amount appropriated for that fiscal year for financial assistance to the States for State outdoor recreation programs.

What's happening now May 5, 1997

Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.

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