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H.R. 5146 (107th)

Highlands Stewardship Act of 2002

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Introduced

17 July 2002

Last action

24 July 2002 · Referred

Status

Executive Comment Requested from Interior.

Sponsors

Rep. Gilman, Benjamin A. [R-NY-20], Rep. Roukema, Marge [R-NJ-5], Rep. Frelinghuysen, Rodney P. [R-NJ-11], Rep. Kelly, Sue W. [R-NY-19], Rep. Johnson, Nancy L. [R-CT-5], Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12], Rep. Walsh, James T. [R-NY-25], Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4], Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16], Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3], Rep. Ferguson, Mike [R-NJ-7], Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9], Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4], Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA], Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25], Rep. Boehlert, Sherwood [R-NY-24], Rep. Maloney, James H. [D-CT-5], Rep. Hoeffel, Joseph M. [D-PA-13], Rep. Tierney, John F. [D-MA-6], Rep. Saxton, Jim [R-NJ-3], Rep. Greenwood, James C. [R-PA-8], Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4], Rep. LoBiondo, Frank A. [R-NJ-2], Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ], Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10], Rep. Pallone, Frank [D-NJ-6], Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1], Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9]

Subjects

Agriculture

Source updated

19 August 2025

Agriculture

Summary

Highlands Stewardship Act of 2002 - Directs the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior to establish the Highlands Stewardship Area in the Highlands region (an area encompassing nearly 2,000,000 acres extending from eastern Pennsylvania through New Jersey and New York to northwestern Connecticut). Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish: (1) within the Department of Agriculture the Office of Highlands Stewardship to implement the strategies of the Highlands Regional Study conducted by the Forest Service in 1990 (study) and the New York-New Jersey Highlands Regional Assessment Update conducted by the Service in 2001 (update); and (2) the Highlands Stewardship Area Work Group to assist with such implementation and to advise the Office and the Secretaries on priorities for projects carried out with assistance under this Act, on land conservation partnership projects, on Highlands region research, and on policy and educational initiatives necessary to implement study and update findings. Authorizes the Office to provide financial and technical assistance to an eligible entity to carry out a project to protect, restore, preserve, promote, or interpret Area resources. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to annually designate land conservation partnership projects that are eligible to receive financial assistance under this Act.

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Timeline

  1. 17 July 2002

    Introduced

    Referred to the House Committee on Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR E1281-1282)

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 17 July 2002

    Introduced

    Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1280-1281)

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 17 July 2002

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 17 July 2002

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  5. 24 July 2002

    Committee

    Executive Comment Requested from Interior.

    Source: Committee

  6. 24 July 2002

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.

    Source: Committee

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  • Introduced in House (text)

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