Bloomberg Law
Feb. 22, 2019, 6:56 PM UTC

Bill Reviving Conservation Fund Headed to House Floor

Dean Scott
Dean Scott
Reporter

The House is poised to fast-track a package to revive and permanently extend the Land and Water Conservation Fund, a measure that easily won Senate backing earlier this month, House Democratic and Republican aides told Bloomberg Environment.

The Democratic-controlled House is expected to bring the Senate-passed measure to the House floor on Feb. 26, according to a spokeswoman for House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.).

House lawmakers are expected to bring the bill up using a procedure that essentially fast-tracks noncontroversial bills.

The Senate voted 92-8 on Feb. 12 to pass an amended version of the Natural Resources ...

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