Increasing Public Access to Recreation Act
Key claim: The bill would increase the dedicated portion of the Land and Water Conservation Fund used to acquire and secure recreational public access on federal public lands.
Abstract
(HR95 · 118th Congress) Increasing Public Access to Recreation Act This bill increases the amount made available from the Land and Water Conservation Fund for recreational public access projects on federal land. Latest action (2023-02-21): Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Why this matters
The proposal would direct a larger portion of Land and Water Conservation Fund resources toward securing recreational access on federal public lands, making it a land-access funding change rather than a housing-finance or zoning measure. It remains at the introduced stage, and the finding identifies no direct change to renters’ protections, buyers’ financing, or builders’ development rights.