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S 901 112th Congress Senate Public Lands and Natural Resources Appropriations Hunting and fishing Land transfers Land use and conservation Outdoor recreation

Making Public Lands Public Access Act

Introduced: May 5, 2011 See on congress.gov
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May 5, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
May 5, 2011
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Making Public Lands Public Access Act - Amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to ensure, from amounts requested for the Land and Water Conservation Fund per fiscal year, that not less than the greater of 1.5% of the requested amounts or $10 million be made available for certain projects identified on an annual priority list to be developed pursuant to this Act.

Requires projects identified on such a list to secure, through rights-of-way or the acquisition of lands or interests from willing sellers, recreational public access to existing federal public lands that have significantly restricted access to hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes.

What's happening now May 5, 2011

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1997 Identical bill Making Public Lands Public Access Act
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Risch, James E.
Idaho · May 5, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 901: Making Public Lands Public Access Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-901/
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"S. 901: Making Public Lands Public Access Act." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-901/.
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