[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 569 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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115th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 569
To amend title 54, United States Code, to provide consistent and
reliable authority for, and for the funding of, the Land and Water
Conservation Fund to maximize the effectiveness of the Fund for future
generations, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 8, 2017
Ms. Cantwell (for herself, Mr. Burr, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr.
Sanders, Mr. Tester, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Manchin, Mr.
Franken, Mr. Markey, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Schatz, Ms.
Klobuchar, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Casey, Mrs.
Gillibrand, Mrs. Shaheen, and Mr. Coons) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources
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A BILL
To amend title 54, United States Code, to provide consistent and
reliable authority for, and for the funding of, the Land and Water
Conservation Fund to maximize the effectiveness of the Fund for future
generations, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Land and Water Conservation
Authorization and Funding Act''.
SEC. 2. PERMANENT AUTHORIZATION AND FULL FUNDING OF THE LAND AND WATER
CONSERVATION FUND.
(a) Authorization.--Section 200302 of title 54, United States Code,
is amended--
(1) in subsection (b), in the matter preceding paragraph
(1), by striking ``During the period ending September 30, 2018,
there'' and inserting ``There''; and
(2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ``through September
30, 2018''.
(b) Full Funding.--
(1) In general.--Section 200303 of title 54, United States
Code, is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 200303. Availability of funds
``(a) In General.--Amounts deposited in the Fund under section
200302 shall be made available for expenditure, without further
appropriation or fiscal year limitation, to carry out the purposes of
the Fund (including accounts and programs made available from the Fund
under the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015
(Public Law 113-235)).
``(b) Additional Amounts.--Amounts made available under subsection
(a) shall be in addition to amounts made available to the Fund under
section 105 of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (43
U.S.C. 1331 note; Public Law 109-432) or otherwise appropriated from
the Fund.
``(c) Allocation Authority.--
``(1) Submission of cost estimates.--The President shall
submit to Congress detailed account, program, and project
allocations to be funded under subsection (a) as part of the
annual budget submission of the President.
``(2) Alternate allocation.--
``(A) In general.--Appropriations Acts may provide
for alternate allocation of amounts made available
under subsection (a), including allocations by account
and program.
``(B) Allocation by president.--
``(i) No alternate allocations.--If
Congress has not enacted legislation
establishing alternate allocations by the date
that is 120 days after the date on which the
applicable fiscal year begins, amounts made
available under subsection (a) shall be
allocated by the President.
``(ii) Insufficient alternate allocation.--
If Congress enacts legislation establishing
alternate allocations for amounts made
available under subsection (a) that are less
than the full amount appropriated under that
subsection, the difference between the amount
appropriated and the alternate allocation shall
be allocated by the President.
``(3) Annual report.--The President shall submit to
Congress an annual report that describes the final allocation
by account, program, and project of amounts made available
under subsection (a), including a description of the status of
obligations and expenditures.''.
(2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections for chapter
2003 of title 54, United States Code, is amended by striking
the item relating to section 200303 and inserting the
following:
``200303. Availability of funds.''.
(c) Public Access.--Section 200306 of title 54, United States Code,
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(c) Public Access.--Not less than 1.5 percent of the annual
authorized funding amount shall be made available each year for
projects that secure recreational public access to existing Federal
public land for hunting, fishing, or other recreational purposes.''.
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