Nicole Belkin

Lawmaking 101

S.47 John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act

(Natural Resources Management Act)

The goal of this law is to allocate funding and resources for various projects related to the

management and conservation of natural resources on federal land. This includes projects such as

search and rescue missions, volcano monitoring, pipeline funding, and conservation of various

wildlife. Previous programs related to geologic mapping, as well as the preservation of

historically black colleges, have also been reauthorized.

This legislation was introduced by Senator Lisa Murkowski, a Republican from Alaska, on

1/8/19. There is no committee information on this piece of legislation. It went to the senate on

1/31/19 and they went back and forth until it finally passed the senate with an amendment with

92 votes of “yes” and 8 of “no” on 2/12/19. The 8 senators who voted “no” were all Republicans.

The bill was received in the House on 2/13/19 and passed on 2/23/19 with 363 “yes” votes and

62 “no” votes. 230 Democrats voted “yes”, while on 133 Republicans voted “yes”. 62

Republicans voted “no”, and 2 Republicans and 4 Democrats didn’t vote. It was presented to the

President on 3/6/19 and he signed the law on 3/12/19.

 LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY
This is for S.47 John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act

Summary of bill: This bill was introduced to allocate funding and resources for various projects related to the
management and conservation of natural resources on federal land including pipeline access, search and rescue
missions, and wildlife conservation.

This bill was introduced by Senator Lisa Murkowski (R, AK), on

1/8/19.
Introduced

No information given
Committee

On 2/23/19 the bill passed the House.

YEA: 363 Representatives (133 Republicans, 230 Democrats)
NAY: 62 Representatives (62 Republicans, 0 Democrats)
Passed House Not voting: 6 Representatives (2 Republicans, 4 Democrats)

On 2/12/19 the bill passed the Senate.

YEA: 92 Representatives (42 Republicans, 50 Democrats)
Passed Senate NAY: 8 Representatives (8 Republicans, 0 Democrats)

On 3/12/19 the bill was signed by the President

Signed by the
President