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 […]
Rep. Raúl Grijalva, the likely next chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, said yesterday that he plans to reintroduce legislation to permanently reauthorize the lapsed Land and Water Conservation Fund “as soon as we’re sworn in” in early January. “Absolutely,” said the Arizona Democrat when asked whether LWCF renewal would be a stand-alone bill […]
The following are summaries of several late assessments of the effort to get a LWCF re-authorization into the last minute deliberations of Congress. The outcome is that it WAS NOT authorized.. BUT.. a commitment seems to be made by the Leadership to bring it up again after the first of the year. However, maintaining a […]
It was reported today the LWCF reauthorization with a 40% state share will not be taken up in the Lame Duck session.. see second story below.. However late tonite there is a chance something might be done to include it in the CR which was just passed in the Senate.. ( read the latest, as […]
PUBLIC LANDS Bishop aims to have LWCF deal ‘tied up’ early next week Kellie Lunney, E&E News reporter Published: Friday, November 30, 2018 Lawmakers and advocates rallied yesterday on Capitol Hill for reauthorization of the Land and Water Conservation Fund. @LWCFCOALITION/Twitter Lawmakers are “amazingly close” to a deal that would permanently reauthorize the Land and Water […]
