Voluntary Public Access Improvement Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5022
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Marshall, Roger [R-KS-1]
Introduced: 2018-02-14
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Farmland

Federal-Indian relations

Hunting and fishing

Land use and conservation

Outdoor recreation

State and local government operations

Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Latest action: action_date: 2018-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-02-14
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Voluntary Public Access Improvement Act of 2018 </b></p> <p>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.)</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5022 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 14, 2018 Mr. Marshall (for himself, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania , Mrs. Bustos , and Mrs. Dingell ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to authorize funding for the voluntary public access and habitat incentive program.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Voluntary Public Access Improvement Act of 2018 . 2. Voluntary public access and habitat incentive program Section 1240R(f)(1) of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( 16 U.S.C. 3839bb–5(f)(1) ) is amended— (1) by striking practicable, $50,000,000 and inserting the following: “practicable— (A) $50,000,000 ; (2) in subparagraph (A) (as so designated), by striking 2012 and $40,000,000 and inserting the following: “2012; (B) $40,000,000 ; and (3) in subparagraph (B) (as so designated), by striking the period at the end and inserting the following: “; and (C) $150,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2019 through 2023. .