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HR 894 114th 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.

Introduced: February 11, 2015 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 11 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 21, 2016
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 395.
Apr 21, 2016
Committee on Agriculture discharged.
Apr 21, 2016
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 114-515, Part I.
Feb 3, 2016
Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
Feb 3, 2016
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Feb 2, 2016
Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
Feb 2, 2016
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Mar 16, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Feb 27, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Feb 11, 2015
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 11, 2015
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

(Sec. 1) This bill amends the Highlands Conservation Act to reauthorize through FY2021: (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 programs to assist 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 April 21, 2016

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 395.

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