# House Introduces Great American Outdoors Act

- Link: https://greenlivingguy.com/2020/06/house-introduces-great-american-outdoors-act/
- Published: 2020-06-04T19:25:06-04:00
- Author: greenlivingguy

## ConservAmerica today applauded the introduction of the Great American Outdoors Act in the U.S. House of Representatives.

“ConservAmerica welcomes the introduction of the [House](https://greenlivingguy.com/2013/08/house-members-take-up-bipartisan-effort-to-support-renewable-energy/)
companion of the Great American Outdoors Act. This legislation provides badly needed
resources to preserve natural habitats and open spaces as well as tackle the $20
billion backlog in deferred maintenance that is plaguing our national parks and 
public lands,” said Jeff Kupfer, president of ConservAmerica. “And it’s even more
important to get this done quickly as Americans deal with the impacts of the pandemic.”

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The legislation addresses the deferred maintenance at our National Parks and permanently
funds the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

### National Parks System

The national park system has a deferred maintenance backlog of $11.9 billion that
is eroding the visitor experience and threatening the very resources that the National
Park Service was created to protect. The Park Service has more than 76,000 assets
to keep up including roads, trails, and buildings and many of them are aging and
in disrepair.

With America’s outdoor recreation economy supporting over 7.6 million jobs and over
$887 billion in annual economic output, there are compelling economic reasons to
invest in our parks and public lands.

The bill was introduced by the following co-sponsors: Rep. Joe Cunningham (D-SC),
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), Norma Torres (D-CA), 
Rep. Xochitl Torres Small (D-NM), Rep. Mike Simpson (R-ID), Rep. Jared Golden (D-
ME), Rep. T.J. Cox (D-CA), Rep. John Katko (R-NY), Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY), Rep. 
Kendra Horn (D-OK), Rep. Steve Stivers (R-OH), and Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE)

Source: [ConservAmerica](https://www.conservamerica.org/)

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