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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4151 

To amend chapter 2003 of title 54, United States Code, to fund the Land 

and Water Conservation Fund and provide for the use of such funds, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 1, 2015 

Mr. SIMPSON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 

each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To amend chapter 2003 of title 54, United States Code, 

to fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund and 

provide for the use of such funds, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND. 

4 (a) REAUTHORIZATION.—Section 200302 of title 54, 

5 United States Code, is amended— 

6 (1) in subsection (b), in the matter preceding 

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1 ing September 30, 2015, there’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘There’’; and 

3 (2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘through 

4 September 30, 2015’’. 

5 (b) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Section 200304 of title 

6 54, United States Code, is amended— 

7 (1) by striking ‘‘There’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) IN

8 GENERAL.—There’’; and 

9 (2) by striking the second sentence and insert10 ing the following: 

11 ‘‘(b) ALLOCATION.—Of the appropriations from the 

12 Fund— 

13 ‘‘(1) not less than 40 percent shall be used col14 lectively for Federal purposes under section 200306; 

15 ‘‘(2) not less than 40 percent shall be used col16 lectively— 

17 ‘‘(A) to provide financial assistance to 

18 States under section 200305; 

19 ‘‘(B) for the Forest Legacy Program es20 tablished under section 7 of the Cooperative 

21 Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 

22 2103c); 

23 ‘‘(C) for cooperative endangered species 

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1 dangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 

2 1535); and 

3 ‘‘(D) for the American Battlefield Protec4 tion Program established under chapter 3081; 

5 and 

6 ‘‘(3) not less than 1.5 percent or $10,000,000, 

7 whichever is greater, shall be used for projects that 

8 secure recreational public access to Federal public 

9 land for hunting, fishing, or other recreational pur10 poses.’’. 

11 (c) CONSERVATION EASEMENTS.—Section 200306 of 

12 title 54, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 

13 end the following: 

14 ‘‘(c) CONSERVATION EASEMENTS.—The Secretary 

15 and the Secretary of Agriculture shall consider the acqui16 sition of conservation easements and other similar inter17 ests in land where appropriate and feasible.’’. 

18 (d) ACQUISITION CONSIDERATIONS.—Section 

19 200306 of title 54, United States Code (as amended by 

20 subsection (c)), is amended by adding at the end of the 

21 following: 

22 ‘‘(d) ACQUISITION CONSIDERATIONS.—The Secretary 

23 and the Secretary of Agriculture shall take into account 

24 the following in determining the land or interests in land 

25 to acquire: 


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1 ‘‘(1) Management efficiencies. 

2 ‘‘(2) Management cost savings. 

3 ‘‘(3) Geographic distribution. 

4 ‘‘(4) Significance of the acquisition. 

5 ‘‘(5) Urgency of the acquisition. 

6 ‘‘(6) Threats to the integrity of the land to be 

7 acquired. 

8 ‘‘(7) The recreational value of the land.’’. 

9 SEC. 2. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MAINTENANCE AND RE10 VITALIZATION CONSERVATION FUND. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1049 of title 54, United 

12 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol13 lowing: 

14 ‘‘§ 104908. National Park Service Maintenance and 

15 Revitalization Conservation Fund 

16 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is established in the 

17 Treasury a fund, to be known as the ‘National Park Serv18 ice Critical Maintenance and Revitalization Conservation 

19 Fund’ (referred to in this section as the ‘Fund’). 

20 ‘‘(b) DEPOSITS TO FUND.—Notwithstanding any 

21 provision of law providing that the proceeds shall be cred22 ited to miscellaneous receipts of the Treasury, for each 

23 fiscal year, there shall be deposited in the Fund, from rev24 enues due and payable to the United States under section 


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1 9 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 

2 1338) $150,000,000. 

3 ‘‘(c) USE AND AVAILABILITY.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Amounts deposited in the 

5 Fund shall— 

6 ‘‘(A) be used only for the purposes de7 scribed in subsection (d); and 

8 ‘‘(B) be available for expenditure only after 

9 the amounts are appropriated for those pur10 poses. 

11 ‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY.—Any amounts in the Fund 

12 not appropriated shall remain available in the Fund 

13 until appropriated. 

14 ‘‘(3) NO LIMITATION.—Appropriations from the 

15 Fund pursuant to this section may be made without 

16 fiscal year limitation. 

17 ‘‘(d) NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM CRITICAL DEFERRED

18 MAINTENANCE.—The Secretary shall use amounts appro19 priated from the Fund for high priority deferred mainte20 nance needs of the Service that support critical infrastruc21 ture and visitor services. 

22 ‘‘(e) LAND ACQUISITION PROHIBITION.—Amounts in 

23 the Fund shall not be used for land acquisition.’’. 

24 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

25 for chapter 1049 of title 54, United States Code, is 


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1 amended by inserting after the item relating to section 

2 104907 the following: 

‘‘104908. National Park Service Maintenance and Revitalization Conservation 

Fund.’’. 

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