Skip to main content
HR 712 113th Congress House Public Lands and Natural Resources Agricultural conservation and pollution Connecticut Department of Agriculture Department of the Interior Executive agency funding and structure Forests, forestry, trees Land use and conservation New Jersey New York State Pennsylvania Water quality Watersheds Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

To extend the authorization of the Highlands Conservation Act through fiscal year 2024.

Introduced: February 14, 2013 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 11 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 22, 2014
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-712, Part I.
Dec 22, 2014
Committee on Agriculture discharged.
Dec 22, 2014
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 543.
Sep 18, 2014
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Sep 18, 2014
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Sep 18, 2014
Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation Discharged.
Feb 26, 2014
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Mar 1, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
Feb 27, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
Feb 14, 2013
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.
Feb 14, 2013
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Highlands Conservation Act to extend, through FY2024, funding for: (1) land conservation partnership projects in the highlands regions of Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania; and (2) Forest Service and Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs to assist such states, units of local government, and private forest and farm landowners in the conservation of land and natural resources in that region.

What's happening now December 22, 2014

Committee on Agriculture discharged.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4