To amend title 54, United States Code, to increase public access to recreational areas on Federal land.

Bill: 116-hr-8287
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2020-09-17
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land use and conservation

Parks, recreation areas, trails
Latest action: action_date: 2020-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-09-17
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill increases, of the amounts made available for expenditure in any fiscal year under the Land and Water Conservation Fund, the minimum amounts to be made available for certain recreational public access projects (e.g., certain projects involving access to hunting and fishing). Specifically, the amounts shall be not less than the greater of (1) 10% (rather than 3%) of those amounts, or (2) $50 million (rather than $15 million).</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8287 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 17, 2020 Mr. Biggs (for himself and Mr. Gosar ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To amend title 54, United States Code, to increase public access to recreational areas on Federal land.

1. Increase for recreational public access Subsection (c) of section 200306 of title 54, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking 3 percent and inserting 10 percent ; and (2) by striking $15,000,000 and inserting $50,000,000 .