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HR 5022 115th Congress House Agriculture and Food Farmland Federal-Indian relations Hunting and fishing Land use and conservation Outdoor recreation State and local government operations Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Voluntary Public Access Improvement Act of 2018

Introduced: February 14, 2018 Introduced by: Marshall, Roger Republican · Kansas See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 8, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Feb 14, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Feb 14, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Voluntary Public Access Improvement Act of 2018

This bill amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to increase and extend through FY2023 the authorization of mandatory funding for the Department of Agriculture Voluntary Public Access and Habitat Incentive Program. (The program provides grants for state and tribal governments to encourage owners and operators of privately-held farm, ranch, and forest land to voluntarily make the land available for access by the public for wildlife-dependent recreation, including hunting or fishing.)

What's happening now March 8, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 2243 Related bill Voluntary Public Access Improvement Act of 2017
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Dingell, Debbie
Michigan · Feb 14, 2018
 R
Thompson, Glenn
Pennsylvania · Feb 14, 2018
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5022: Voluntary Public Access Improvement Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5022/
MLA
"H.R. 5022: Voluntary Public Access Improvement Act of 2018." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5022/.
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H.R. 5022, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5022/.
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[H.R. 5022: Voluntary Public Access Improvement Act of 2018](https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5022/)
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