The U.S. House approved the CLEAR Act late last week, including full, dedicated funding for The Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) and the Historic Preservation Fund! URWA is grateful to the following Representatives from New Jersey who supported the CLEAR Act: Adler, Andrews, Holt, Pallone, Pascrell, Payne, Rothman and Sires.
The Senate was expected to consider similar legislation this week. Senator Majority Leader Reid announced late Tuesday (August 3rd) that consideration of oil spill legislation (which includes full funding for LWCF) will be postponed until after the August recess. This provides more time to continue to build support and momentum for passage of legislation that includes full, dedicated funding of LWCF (and the Historic Preservation Fund). We encourage all of URWA's members and friends to thank the NJ House members who supported the CLEAR Act and Senators Lautenberg and Menendez for their leadership on this effort, and urge them to finish the job when they return in September.
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