To provide for consistent and reliable authority and funding to meet conservation and deferred maintenance needs affecting lands under the administrative jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes.
The bill’s titles are written by its sponsor.
Sponsor and status
115th Congress (2017–2019)
This bill was introduced on June 8, 2017, in a previous session of Congress, but it did not receive a vote.
Although this bill was not enacted, its provisions could have become law by being included in another bill. It is common for legislative text to be introduced concurrently in multiple bills (called companion bills), re-introduced in subsequent sessions of Congress in new bills, or added to larger bills (sometimes called omnibus bills).
Position statements
What legislators are saying
“Simpson Applauds House Committee Passage of Parks and LWCF Bills”
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Rep. Michael “Mike” Simpson [R-ID2]
(Sponsor)
on Sep 13, 2018
“Letter to Editor: Protecting our nation's veterans”
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Rep. Randy Hultgren [R-IL14, 2011-2018]
on Jan 25, 2018
History
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Jun 8, 2017
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Introduced
Bills and resolutions are referred to committees which debate the bill before possibly sending it on to the whole chamber. |
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Feb 6, 2019
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Reintroduced Bill —
Introduced
This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 1026 (116th). |
H.R. 2863 (115th) was a bill in the United States Congress.
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Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number H.R. 2863. This is the one from the 115th Congress.
This bill was introduced in the 115th Congress, which met from Jan 3, 2017 to Jan 3, 2019. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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