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HR 1732 105th Congress House Public Lands and Natural Resources Balanced budgets Budget deficits Budget surpluses Congress Congressional budget Deficit reduction Economics and Public Finance Environmental Protection Federal budgets Federal receipts and expenditures Government spending reductions Government trust funds Land transfers National parks National recreation areas Nature conservation Off-budget expenditures Open space lands Outdoor recreation

To amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to provide for off-budget treatment of the receipts and disbursements of the land and water conservation fund and the special accounts…

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To amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to provide for off-budget treatment of the receipts and disbursements of the land and water conservation fund and the special accounts established under such Act.

Introduced: May 22, 1997 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 9 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 30, 1997
Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
May 30, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands.
May 30, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
May 30, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
May 22, 1997
Referred to House Budget
May 22, 1997
Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.
May 22, 1997
Referred to House Resources
May 22, 1997
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1041-1042)
May 22, 1997
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to provide for off-budget treatment of the Land and Water Conservation Fund and of special accounts containing admission and special recreational use fees collected from national parks and other specified national public use and recreational areas by prohibiting the receipts and disbursements of the Fund and such accounts from being counted as new budget authority, outlays, receipts, or deficit or surplus for purposes of: (1) the Federal budget; (2) the congressional budget; or (3) the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act). Exempts such receipts and disbursements from any general statutory budget limitation imposed on expenditures and budget outlays.

What's happening now May 30, 1997

Executive Comment Requested from Interior.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 1
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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Jun 10, 1997
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1732: To amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to provide for off-budget treatment of the receipts and disbursements of the land and water conservation fund and the special accounts established under such Act.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-1732/
MLA
"H.R. 1732: To amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to provide for off-budget treatment of the receipts and disbursements of the land and water conservation fund and the special accounts established under such Act.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-1732/.
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H.R. 1732, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-1732/.
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