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A deal to double spending on a popular conservation program and devote more than a $1 billion a year to clear a growing maintenance backlog at national parks was made on Wednesday. The deal was made by Senate leaders and the Trump administration. The deal would spend about $2.2 billion per year on conservation and outdoor recreation projects and park maintenance across the country.Associated Press writer, Matthew Daly, covers in his article, "If approved by Congress and signed by President Donald Trump, the bill “will be the most significant conservation legislation enacted by Congress in nearly half a century,” said veteran Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn." The program uses federal royalties from offshore oil and gas drilling to pay for conservation and public recreation projects around the country. The plan announced Wednesday would fully fund the conservation program and add $1.3 billion a year for deferred park maintenance.
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