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H.R. 1957 (116th): Great American Outdoors Act

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To amend title 54, United States Code, to establish, fund, and provide for the use of amounts in a National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund to address the maintenance backlog of the National Park Service, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the Forest Service, and the Bureau of Indian Education, and to provide permanent, dedicated funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, and for other purposes.

Sponsor and status

Introduced
116th Congress (2019–2021)
Status

Enacted — Signed by the President on Aug 4, 2020

This bill was enacted after being signed by the President on August 4, 2020.

Law
Pub.L. 116-152
Sponsor

John R. Lewis was the sponsor of this bill when it was introduced on Mar 28, 2019, but the bill’s text was subsequently replaced with unrelated provisions.

Text

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Last Updated: Jul 23, 2020
Length: 6 pages

Cosponsors

28 Cosponsors (18 Democrats, 10 Republicans)

Source
Congress.gov

Incorporated legislation

This bill incorporates provisions from:

S. 3422: Great American Outdoors Act

Introduced on Mar 9, 2020. 100% incorporated. (compare text)

H.R. 7092: Great American Outdoors Act

Introduced on Jun 4, 2020. 99% incorporated. (compare text)

S. 3684: 21st Century Conservation Corps for Our Health and Our Jobs Act

Introduced on May 11, 2020. 32% incorporated. (compare text)

S. 500: Restore Our Parks Act

Ordered Reported on Nov 19, 2019. 74% incorporated. (compare text)

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History

Mar 28, 2019
 
Introduced

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Apr 2, 2019
 
Considered by House Committee on Ways and Means

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Apr 9, 2019
 
Passed House (Senate next)

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Apr 9, 2019
 
Reported by House Committee on Ways and Means

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Jun 17, 2020
 
Passed Senate with Changes (back to House)

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Jul 15, 2020
 
Text Published

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Jul 22, 2020
 
House Agreed to Changes

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Aug 4, 2020
 
Enacted — Signed by the President

The President signed the bill and it became law.

H.R. 1957 (116th) was a bill in the United States Congress.

A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.

Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number H.R. 1957. This is the one from the 116th Congress.

This bill was introduced in the 116th Congress, which met from Jan 3, 2019 to Jan 3, 2021. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.

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