To correct shortfalls in the Great American Outdoors Act by providing fairness and parity to Eastern States, strengthening commitments to urban recreation, establishing logic in funding priorities, and ensuring appropriate consequences for shifts in funding sources, and for other purposes.
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Latest Action · September 17, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Improving the Not-So-Great American Outdoors Act
This bill modifies several provisions pertaining to the Great American Outdoors Act, including those relating to funding priorities and grant matching requirements. It also requires the Department of the Interior to establish an outdoor recreation legacy partnership grant program to acquire land and water for parks and other outdoor recreation purposes, develop new or renovate existing outdoor recreation facilities, and develop projects that provide opportunities for outdoor education and public lands volunteerism.
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