Great Smoky Mountains National Park Agreement Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2816
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11]
Introduced: 2017-06-07
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Appropriations

Department of the Interior

Executive agency funding and structure

North Carolina

Parks, recreation areas, trails

Roads and highways

Transportation programs funding
Latest action: action_date: 2017-06-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-06-07
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Great Smoky Mountains National Park Agreement Act of 2017</b></p> <p> This bill directs the National Park Service to transfer a specified amount to counties within Great Smoky Mountains National Park in accordance with the Memorandum of Agreement entered into by the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Department of the Interior, dated February 2010, that supersedes the agreement of July 30, 1943.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2816 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 7, 2017 Mr. Meadows introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To authorize a settlement in accordance with the agreement entered into by the Tennessee Valley Authority and the United States Department of the Interior, and counties within the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Great Smoky Mountains National Park Agreement Act of 2017 . 2. Authorization From funds previously appropriated to the National Park Service in the construction account for that agency in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 ( Public Law 112–74 ), the National Park Service shall transfer $35,200,000 to counties within Great Smoky Mountains National Park in accordance with the Memorandum of Agreement entered into by the Tennessee Valley Authority and the United States Department of the Interior, dated February, 2010, that supersedes the agreement of July 30, 1943.