Leaders of the House Natural Resources Committee have come to a bipartisan compromise to revamp expired portions of the landmark 2020 Great American Outdoors Act.
Chair Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) and ranking member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) plan to introduce the “Great American Outdoors Act 250” as soon as Wednesday. The duo were collecting co-sponsors at Tuesday afternoon House votes.
Westerman cheered the bipartisan product in an interview, but stopped short of announcing an imminent timeline for a committee markup or a House floor vote. The panel will have a hearing on the legislation Friday, in Arkansas’ Hot Springs National Park in Westerman’s district.
“Jared Huffman and I are co-sponsoring this, so I don’t know how you can get any more bipartisan than that,” Westerman said.
