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HR 5220 113th Congress House Public Lands and Natural Resources Congressional oversight Forests, forestry, trees General public lands matters Outdoor recreation Parks, recreation areas, trails Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

No More Land Act

Introduced: July 28, 2014 Introduced by: Graves, Sam Republican · Missouri See on congress.gov
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 11, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
Aug 4, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
Aug 4, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
Jul 28, 2014
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.
Jul 28, 2014
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

No More Land Act - Amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to prohibit the Land and Water Conservation Fund from being used for acquisition.

Directs the heads of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the Fish and Wildlife Service, the Forest Service, and the National Park Service to reduce the value of backlogged maintenance that exists on lands under the administrative jurisdiction of that agency by at least 20% in five years, with additional decreases in the backlog for subsequent years.

Instructs each agency to publish reports to Congress that document the progress made by reducing the backlogs.

Requires each agency to submit to Congress a report that prioritizes lands owned by the federal government and under the administrative jurisdiction of that agency by order of importance to the success of agency programs.

What's happening now August 11, 2014

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.

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