LWCF Parity for Territories and DC Act

Bill: 115-hr-4179
Sponsor: full_name: Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-10-31
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: 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
Latest action: action_date: 2017-11-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-10-31
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>LWCF Parity for Territories and DC Act</b></p> <p>This bill repeals the requirement that the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands be deemed as one state, receiving, of the amounts apportioned as financial assistance from the Land and Water Conservation Fund for state purposes, shares in proportion to their populations. </p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4179 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 31, 2017 Ms. Bordallo (for herself, Miss González-Colón of Puerto Rico , Ms. Norton , Mrs. Radewagen , Mr. Sablan , and Ms. Plaskett ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To amend title 54, United States Code, to apply the same apportionment formula to territories 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, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the LWCF Parity for Territories and DC Act . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Chapter 2003 of title 54, United States Code, establishes the Land and Water Conservation Fund and defines the term State to include the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands. (2) According to the Bureau of the Census, the estimated population of— (A) the District of Columbia currently exceeds the populations of two States; and (B) Puerto Rico currently exceeds the populations of 21 States. 3. Parity for territories and the District of Columbia Section 200305(b) of title 54, United States Code, is amended by striking paragraph (5).