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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
Calendar No. 296
117TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session SENATE 117-89
HIGHLANDS CONSERVATION REAUTHORIZATION
MARCH 2, 2022.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. MANCHIN, from the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources, submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany S. 753]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was
referred the bill (S. 753), to reauthorize the Highlands Conserva-
tion Act, to authorize States to use funds from that Act for admin-
istrative purposes, and for other purposes, having considered the
same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and rec-
ommends that the bill, as amended, do pass.
AMENDMENT
The amendment is as follows:
On page 4, line 5, strike Highlands State, and insert High-
lands State, with the concurrence of the municipality,.
PURPOSE
The purpose of S. 753 is to amend the Highlands Conservation
Act (Public Law 108-42), to authorize Federal matching funds
through fiscal year 2028, and to update and clarify other provisions
of the Act.
BACKGROUND AND NEED
Congress enacted the Highlands Conservation Act in 2004 to rec-
ognize the importance of the water, forest, agricultural, wildlife,
recreational, and cultural resources of the Highlands region, which
extends from Connecticut through New Jersey, New York, and
Pennsylvania. Under the Act, the Secretary of the Interior (through
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