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HR 1353 116th 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: February 25, 2019 Introduced by: Plaskett, Stacey E. Democratic · Virgin Islands See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Feb 25, 2019
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LWCF Parity for Territories and DC Act

This bill requires that the same apportionment formula be applied to specified U.S. territories (i.e., Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands) and the District of Columbia as is applied to states with respect to amounts made available for state purposes from the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

What's happening now February 25, 2019

Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

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All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 25, 2019
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Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman
American Samoa · Feb 25, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1353: LWCF Parity for Territories and DC Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1353/
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"H.R. 1353: LWCF Parity for Territories and DC Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1353/.
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H.R. 1353, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1353/.
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