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HR 4179 115th Congress House Public Lands and Natural Resources American Samoa Caribbean area District of Columbia Guam Land use and conservation Northern Mariana Islands Outdoor recreation Puerto Rico State and local government operations U.S. territories and protectorates Virgin Islands

LWCF Parity for Territories and DC Act

Introduced: December 18, 2017 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 15, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Oct 31, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Oct 31, 2017
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8277, E1461)
Oct 31, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

LWCF Parity for Territories and DC Act

This bill repeals the requirement that the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands be deemed as one state, receiving, of the amounts apportioned as financial assistance from the Land and Water Conservation Fund for state purposes, shares in proportion to their populations.

What's happening now November 15, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 14
All 14 Democratic 10 Republican 1
Tsongas, Niki
· Jan 10, 2018
 D
Espaillat, Adriano
New York · Dec 21, 2017
 D
Torres, Norma J.
California · Dec 21, 2017
 D
Gomez, Jimmy
California · Dec 18, 2017
 D
Gonzalez, Vicente
Texas · Dec 18, 2017
GUTIERREZ, LUIS
· Dec 18, 2017
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Dec 18, 2017
Hanabusa, Colleen
· Dec 12, 2017
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Dec 1, 2017
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · Dec 1, 2017
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Dec 1, 2017
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Oct 31, 2017
 D
Plaskett, Stacey E.
Virgin Islands · Oct 31, 2017
 R
Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman
American Samoa · Oct 31, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4179: LWCF Parity for Territories and DC Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4179/
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"H.R. 4179: LWCF Parity for Territories and DC Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4179/.
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