S 268 · 93th Congress · Public Lands and Natural Resources
Land Use Policy and Planning Assistance Act
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EnactedLatest: Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.(1973-06-25)
Recorded Votes
PassedSenate · 1973-06-21
Yea 64Nay 21
PassedSenate · 1973-06-21
Yea 64Nay 21
Plain Language Summary
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Land Use Policy and Planning Assistance Act - Title I: Findings, Policy, and Purpose - Declares that it is a continuing responsibility of the Federal Government, consistent with the responsibility of State and local governments for land use planning and management, to undertake the development and implementation of a national land use policy which shall incorporate environmental, esthetic, economic, social, and other appropriate factors. Declares it to be the national policy to: (1) favor patterns of land use planning, management, and development which are in accord with sound environmental, economic, and social values and which encourage the wise and balanced use of the Nation's land resources; (2) assist State governments to develop and implement land use programs for non-Federal lands which will incorporate environmental, esthetic, economic, social, and other appropriate factors, and to develop a framework for the formulation, coordination, and implementation of State and local land use policies; (3) assist the State and local governments to improve upon their present land use planning and management efforts with respect to areas of critical environmental concern, key facilities…
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Cosponsors (20)
12 Democrats8 Republicans