The following file shows how funds will be appropriated under the new LWCF re-authorization act, P.L. 116-9. Basically, there are three changes. 1. Permanently authorizes LWCF. 2. Provides states and territories with a 40% share of total LWCF which now includes in it’s total for calculating the 40%, annual distribution from GOMESA. 3. And makes […]
Bernhardt on LWCF: ‘I’m a believer’ Kellie Lunney, E&E News reporter Acting Interior Secretary David Bernhardt today reassured senators concerned about the administration’s paltry fiscal 2020 budget request for the Land and Water Conservation Fund that he would work with them “to make things land in the right place.” The Colorado native praised Congress for […]
Dozens of outdoor recreation business owners across the country are calling on congressional appropriators to put $900 million into the Land and Water Conservation Fund in fiscal 2020. “Outdoor recreation is an $887 billion — and growing — industry,” the group wrote in a lettertoday to Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.), the […]
Here is the corrected file on 40% funding options for state grants in S 47, as signed today.. S 47 LWCF Funding Possibilities Corrected
As the President signs S 47, permanent re-authorization of LWCF with a 40% set aside for state programs the question remains.. What did Congress mean when it said 40% for states. NASORLO was told the original compromise said it was for state outdoor recreation grants through the State Assistance Program of LWCF. Which meant if […]
Trump to sign LWCF bill after proposing to defund program Kellie Lunney, E&E News reporter Published: Tuesday, March 12, 2019 Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairwoman Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and House Natural Resources Chairman Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) doing an interview about the recently approved public lands package. The president is set to sign it today. @RepRaulGrijalva/Twitter […]
Kellie Lunney, E&E News reporter Published: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 The House voted last night to send public lands legislation to the president. C-SPAN The House last night overwhelmingly passed a massive, bipartisan public lands package, securing well over the two-thirds’ support needed to pass the legislation under suspension. The measure, which the Senate passed 92-8 […]
FEB 26, 2019 MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON — A wide-ranging bill that revives a popular conservation program, adds 1.3 million acres of new wilderness, expands several national parks and creates five new national monuments has won congressional approval. The measure is the largest public lands bill approved by Congress in more than a decade. […]
The House early this week will vote on the broad, bipartisan public lands package that the Senate overwhelmingly passed earlier this month. The “Natural Resources Management Act,” S. 47, is slated for consideration tomorrow under suspension of the rules, according to the House floor schedule for the week of Feb. 25. House leadership typically places on the suspension […]
After lands package, lawmakers prepare for ‘next big lift’ Kellie Lunney, E&E News reporter Published: Wednesday, February 13, 2019 The vote sheet for the Senate’s public lands package, which passed yesterday. Kellie Lunney/E&E News The Senate overwhelmingly passed a broad package last night with more than 110 land and water bills, including language to permanently renew […]
