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

Bill: 117-hr-47
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2021-01-04
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land use and conservation

Parks, recreation areas, trails
Latest action: action_date: 2021-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-01-04
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 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 47 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 4, 2021 Mr. Biggs 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 .