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- H.R.8401
H.R.8401: To require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to complete an interagency report on the effects of special recreation permits on environmental justice communities, and for other purposes.
About This Bill
- Introduced Sept. 25, 2020
- Latest Major Action Sept. 25, 2020
- See the two similar bills introduced in other congresses.
Bill Sponsor
Bill Cosponsors
13 (All Democrats)
Bill Version
- Introduced in House - Sept. 25, 2020
Bill Summary
This bill requires the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture to complete an interagency report on the use of special recreation permits by recreation service providers serving environmental justice communities. The bill defines an environmental justice community as a community with significant representation of communities of color, low-income communities, or tribal and indigenous communities, that experiences, or is at...
(Source: Library of Congress)
Bill Actions
| Date | Description |
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| Sept. 25, 2020 |
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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| Sept. 25, 2020 |
Introduced in the House by Debra Haaland (D-N.M.) |