The record

LegislationLegislation· Dec 2024
HR 6843 Signed into law

Sponsored by Steve Scalise (R)

To expand the boundaries of the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area to include Lafourche Parish, Louisiana.

Adds Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, to the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area (ANHA) and its local coordinating group.

Tradeoff

Expands the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area boundaries to include Lafourche Parish. Also adds the parish to the local group that coordinates the heritage area.

What's in it

See official bill text

Increases federal spending subject to by less than $500,000 over 2025-2029 and has no effect on direct spending or revenues.

The under-$500,000 figure is the federal cost of extending an existing heritage area program to one more parish over five years, not a large new federal program.

H.R. 6843, a bill to expand the boundaries of the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area to include Lafourche Parish, Louisiana · Dec 2024

Passed the House by on December 3, 2024. Passed the Senate by on December 17, 2024. The bill became law.

  1. House

    Introduced

    (Dec 15, 2023)

  2. House

    Committee on Natural Resources(Dec 15, 2023)

  3. House

    The Committee on Natural Resources voted to send it to the floor

    Reported(Sep 19, 2024)

    Committee report H. Rept. 118-736.

  4. House

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Dec 3, 2024)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. Senate

    Received from the House

    Received(Dec 4, 2024)

  6. Senate

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Dec 17, 2024)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  7. House

    Sent to the President

    (Dec 23, 2024)

  8. White House · Signature

    Signed

    Joe Biden (D)

  9. Enacted

    Became law(Dec 23, 2024)