{"id":405,"date":"2009-02-13T18:37:45","date_gmt":"2009-02-14T01:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ruggedrocksoffroad.com\/blog\/?p=405"},"modified":"2009-02-14T01:18:52","modified_gmt":"2009-02-14T08:18:52","slug":"house-of-representative-approves-268-billion-for-parks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ruggedrocksoffroad.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/13\/house-of-representative-approves-268-billion-for-parks\/","title":{"rendered":"House of Representative Approves $2.68 Billion for Parks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">February 13, 2009<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">The House of Representative today approved H.R. 1, the American Recovery and Investment Act 2009, also referred to as the Stimulus Bill and sent it on to the Senate for approval.<span style=\"yes;\">\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>What does that mean for the off-road community?<span style=\"yes;\">\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>As outdoor enthusiasts we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re particularly interested in Title VIII which sets asides funds for the Bureau of Land Management, the National Parks Service, and the Department of Agriculture Forest Service amongst others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">If approved, the BLM will receive approximately $325 million for road, bridge, and trail repair <em>or decommissioning <\/em>(my emphasis).<span style=\"yes;\">\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"yes;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span>The NPS will receive nearly $1.7 billion for the same construction purposes.<span style=\"yes;\">\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>Part of the funds will be set aside for operations, historical preservation and deferred maintenance of facilities.<span style=\"yes;\">\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>Additionally, the Department of Agriculture Forest Service will receive $650 million for capital improvement and maintenance including forest road, bridge, and trail repairs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">The Senate may vote as early as tonight. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 13, 2009 \u00c2\u00a0 The House of Representative today approved H.R. 1, the American Recovery and Investment Act 2009, also referred to as the Stimulus Bill and sent it on to the Senate for approval.\u00c2\u00a0 What does that mean for the off-road community?\u00c2\u00a0 As outdoor enthusiasts we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re particularly interested in Title VIII which sets asides &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ruggedrocksoffroad.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/13\/house-of-representative-approves-268-billion-for-parks\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;House of Representative Approves $2.68 Billion for Parks&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ruggedrocksoffroad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ruggedrocksoffroad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ruggedrocksoffroad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ruggedrocksoffroad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ruggedrocksoffroad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=405"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ruggedrocksoffroad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":408,"href":"https:\/\/ruggedrocksoffroad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405\/revisions\/408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ruggedrocksoffroad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ruggedrocksoffroad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ruggedrocksoffroad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}