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Under committee review
What it doesSummary reported to senate (Sep 27, 2022)
This bill provides for the use of certain federal land in Maine for affordable workforce housing to benefit the towns on Mount Desert Island.
Currently, the land is available for use as a solid waste transfer station. The bill also permits the Department of the Interior to retain no more than 15 acres of the land, to be used for housing and administrative facilities to support the purposes of Acadia National Park.
What just happenedSep 27, 2022
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 511.
Who’s behind it
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 511.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 117-169.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 117-169.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Introduced in Senate
This bill provides for the use of certain federal land in Maine for affordable workforce housing to benefit the towns on Mount Desert Island.
Currently, the land is available for use as a solid waste transfer station. The bill also permits the Department of the Interior to retain no more than 15 acres of the land, to be used for housing and administrative facilities to support the purposes of Acadia National Park.
This bill provides for the use of certain federal land in Maine by any town that requests conveyance of the land for affordable workforce housing. Currently, the land is available for use as a solid waste transfer station. The bill also permits the Department of the Interior to retain no more than 15 acres of the land, to be used for housing and administrative facilities to support the purposes of Acadia National Park.