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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1517

To amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund to limit the use of 

funds available from the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 

1965 to use for maintenance. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 31, 2003

Mr. GRAVES (for himself, Mr. STEARNS, Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland, Mr. 

GIBBONS, Mr. OTTER, Mr. THORNBERRY, and Mr. CANNON) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 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 the Land and Water Conservation Fund to limit 

the use of funds available from the Land and Water 

Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to use for maintenance.

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Land Reinvestment 

5 Act’’. 
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1 SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FROM LAND AND 

2 WATER CONSERVATION FUND. 

3 The Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 

4 is amended—

5 (1) in section 1(b)(2) (16 U.S.C. 460l–4(b)(2)) 

6 by striking ‘‘acquisition and development’’ and in7 serting ‘‘maintenance’’; 

8 (2) in section 5 (16 U.S.C. 460l–7) in the last 

9 sentence, in the text preceding paragraph (1), by 

10 striking ‘‘acquisition’’ and inserting ‘‘maintenance’’; 

11 (3) in section 7(a) (16 U.S.C. 460l–9(a))—

12 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) 

13 by inserting ‘‘for maintenance’’ after ‘‘otherwise 

14 allotted’’; 

15 (B) in paragraph (1)—

16 (i) in the matter preceding the first 

17 undesignated paragraph by striking ‘‘For 

18 the acquisition’’ and inserting ‘‘For the 

19 maintenance’’; 

20 (ii) by amending the second undesig21 nated paragraph to read as follows: 

22 ‘‘NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM.—Wilderness 

23 areas of the National Forest System, and other 

24 areas of national forests that are primarily of value 

25 for outdoor recreation.’’; and 
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1 (iii) by amending the third undesig2 nated paragraph to read as follows: 

3 ‘‘NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM.—Fed4 eral lands that are acquired for endangered species 

5 and threatened species under section 5(a) of the En6 dangered Species Act of 1973; areas acquired under 

7 section 2 of the Act of September 28, 1962 (16 

8 U.S.C. 460k–1); national wildlife refuge areas ac9 quired under section 7(a)(5) of the Fish and Wildlife 

10 Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742f(a)(4)), and wetlands 

11 acquired under section 304 of the Emergency Wet12 lands Resources Act of 1986; and any areas ac13 quired for the National Wildlife Refuge System by 

14 specific Acts.’’; and 

15 (C) by striking paragraph (3); 

16 (4) in subsection (b) of section 7 (16 U.S.C. 

17 460l–9(b)) by striking ‘‘unless’’ and all that follows 

18 through the end of the subsection and inserting a 

19 period; 

20 (5) by striking subsection (c) of section 7 (16 

21 U.S.C. 460l–9(c)); and

22 (6) by striking sections 9 and 10 (16 U.S.C 

23 460l–10a and 460l–10b).
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1 SEC. 3. REQUIREMENT TO REDUCE BACKLOGGED MAINTE2 NANCE. 

3 The head of each covered landholding agency shall—

4 (1) by not later than the end of the 5-fiscal5 year period beginning on the date of the enactment 

6 of this Act, reduce by at least 20 percent the dollar 

7 value of backlogged maintenance that exists on the 

8 date of the enactment of this Act with respect to 

9 lands under the administrative jurisdiction of the 

10 agency; and 

11 (2) by not later than the end of each 5-fiscal12 year period thereafter, reduce the dollar value of 

13 backlogged maintenance that exists on the first day 

14 of that period with respect to lands under the ad15 ministrative jurisdiction of the agency, by an amount 

16 that is equal to or greater than the sum of—

17 (A) 20 percent of the dollar value of back18 logged maintenance that exists on the date of 

19 the enactment of this Act with respect to such 

20 lands; 

21 (B) the amount of any reduction in back22 logged maintenance previously required under 

23 this section that has not been carried out; and 

24 (C) any additional backlogged maintenance 

25 that arose on or after the date of the enactment 

26 of this Act and that has not been carried out.
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1 SEC. 4. REPORTS ON REDUCTION OF BACKLOGGED MAIN2 TENANCE. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The head of each covered land4 holding agency shall publish and submit reports to the 

5 Congress that—

6 (1) document the progress made by the agency 

7 in reducing backlogged maintenance with respect to 

8 lands under the administrative jurisdiction of the 

9 agency, including a statement of—

10 (A) the dollar value of the reduction in 

11 backlogged maintenance that has been achieved 

12 by the agency in the 5-fiscal-year period covered 

13 by the report; 

14 (B) whether or not the agency, in the 5-

15 fiscal-year period covered by the report, has 

16 achieved the reduction in backlogged mainte17 nance required to be achieved by the agency 

18 under section 3 for that period; and 

19 (C) the amount (if any) by which the dol20 lar value stated in subparagraph (A) is less 

21 than the amount of reduction in backlogged 

22 maintenance that is required to be achieved by 

23 the agency under section 3; 

24 (2) include a prioritized list of construction, de25 ferred maintenance, and regular maintenance 

26 projects the agency must carry out in order to 
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1 achieve reductions in backlogged maintenance re2 quired under section 3; and 

3 (3) include a plan for carrying out such projects 

4 over the next 5 fiscal years.

5 (b) TIMING OF REPORTS.—The head of a covered 

6 landholding agency—

7 (1) shall publish and submit the first report 

8 under this section by not later than 30 days after 

9 the end of the first 5-fiscal-year period beginning 

10 after the date of the enactment of this Act; and 

11 (2) shall publish and submit subsequent reports 

12 under this section by not later than 30 days after 

13 the end of each subsequent 5-fiscal-year period 

14 thereafter until all backlogged maintenance has been 

15 completed with respect to lands under the 

16 administratieve jurisdiction of the agency. 

17 (c) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than December 31 of 

18 the year in which all backlogged maintenance has been 

19 completed with respect to lands under the administratieve 

20 jurisdiction of a covered landholding agency, the head of 

21 the agency shall submit to the Congress a final report 

22 that, in detail—

23 (1) prioritizes lands that are owned by the Fed24 eral Government and under the administrative juris-
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1 diction of the agency, based on the success of pro2 grams of the agency that relate to such lands; 

3 (2) describes a system of regular maintenance 

4 that is required with respect to such lands; and 

5 (3) includes a prioritized list of capital improve6 ment projects for such lands. 

7 SEC. 5. PRIORITIZATION OF LANDS. 

8 Not later than 4 years after the date of the enact9 ment of this Act, the head of each covered landholding 

10 agency shall submit to the Congress a report that 

11 prioritizes lands that are owned by the Federal Govern12 ment and under the administrative jurisdiction of the 

13 agency, from highest to lowest priority in the order of their 

14 importance to the success of programs carried out by the 

15 agency. 

16 SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS. 

17 In this Act: 

18 (1) BACKLOGGED MAINTENANCE.—The term 

19 ‘‘backlogged maintenance’’—

20 (A) means the total dollar value of regular 

21 maintenance, deferred maintenance, and capital 

22 improvement to be carried out with respect to 

23 lands under the administrative jurisdiction of a 

24 covered landholding agency that has not been 

25 completed; and
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1 (B) is deemed to be, on the date of the en2 actment of this Act—

3 (i) $354,000,000 with respect to lands 

4 under the administrative jurisdiction of the 

5 Bureau of Land Management; 

6 (ii) $1,500,000,000 with respect to 

7 lands under the administrative jurisdiction 

8 of the United States Fish and Wildlife 

9 Service; 

10 (iii) $7,300,000,000 with respect to 

11 lands under the administrative jurisdiction 

12 of the Forest Service; and 

13 (iv) $5,400,000,000 with respect to 

14 lands under the administrative jurisdiction 

15 of the National Park Service. 

16 (2) COVERED LANDHOLDING AGENCY.—The 

17 term ‘‘covered landholding agency’’ means each of—

18 (A) the Bureau of Land Management; 

19 (B) the United States Fish and Wildlife 

20 Service; 

21 (C) the Forest Service; and 

22 (D) the National Park Service. 
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1 (3) MAINTENANCE.—The term ‘‘maintenance’’ 

2 means the upkeep of real property, including capital 

3 improvement and development.

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