On Wednesday, July 22, the Great American Outdoors Act passed the House of Representatives, meaning that the bill has been passed by Congress and moves onto to the president’s desk for final approval. This is the largest hurdle in the process, and now, new funding for public lands is on the horizon.

If passed into law, the Great American Outdoors Act would take massive steps towards addressing two major environmental priorities.

Two highlights of the bill are:

Permanent funding ($900 million annually) for the Land and Water Conservation Fund
$1.9 billion funding (annually for the next five years) for priority deferred-maintenance projects on federal lands