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Union Calendar No. 222 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3195 

[Report No. 116–277] 

To amend title 54, United States Code, to provide permanent, dedicated 

funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 11, 2019 

Mr. VAN DREW (for himself, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. 

HUFFMAN, Ms. HAALAND, Mr. COX of California, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. 

FITZPATRICK, Mr. KATKO, and Mr. ZELDIN) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

NOVEMBER 8, 2019 

Additional sponsors: Mr. HORSFORD, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Ms. 

KUSTER of New Hampshire, Mr. COHEN, Ms. SHALALA, Mr. 

GARAMENDI, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. KILMER, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. 

GABBARD, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mr. WELCH, Mr. O’HALLERAN, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. TONKO, Mr. LEVIN of 

California, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. BROWN of Maryland, Ms. JAYAPAL, Ms. 

BARRAGA ́N, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. AGUILAR, Ms. NORTON, Mr. 

CLAY, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. SOTO, Mr. ROUDA, Mr. 

KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. MCEACHIN, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. PAPPAS, Ms. 

ESHOO, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Ms. 

DEGETTE, Mr. RUSH, Mr. ROSE of New York, Ms. ESCOBAR, Mr. LEVIN

of Michigan, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. MORELLE, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. CASTEN of Illinois, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. FLEISCHMANN, 

Mr. COLLINS of New York, Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. KIM, Mr. BRINDISI, Ms. OMAR, Mr. KIND, Ms. DEAN, Mr. SIRES, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. 

ROUZER, Mr. LAWSON of Florida, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. 

BROWNLEY of California, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Ms. PINGREE, Ms. 

SLOTKIN, Mr. KENNEDY, Ms. UNDERWOOD, Ms. MENG, Mr. HURD of 

Texas, Mr. TRONE, Mr. SCHRADER, Mr. DELGADO, Mr. STANTON, Ms. 

TITUS, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. MALINOWSKI, Mr. HECK, Mrs. AXNE, Mr. 


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MOONEY of West Virginia, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, 

Mr. HARDER of California, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. HASTINGS, 

Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. PETERS, Ms. 

CLARK of Massachusetts, Mr. COSTA, Mrs. LEE of Nevada, Mrs. 

FLETCHER, Mr. GOLDEN, Mr. RYAN, Mr. FORTENBERRY, Ms. MATSUI, 

Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. HILL of California, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. 

GOMEZ, Mr. CORREA, Ms. TORRES SMALL of New Mexico, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. PORTER, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. MCADAMS, Ms. SCHRIER, Mr. NEAL, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. 

PASCRELL, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. LUJA ́N, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. MARSHALL, 

Ms. STEVENS, Mr. JEFFRIES, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE

of Pennsylvania, Mr. CA ́RDENAS, Mr. GONZALEZ of Texas, Mr. SHERMAN, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. CROW, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. SCANLON, 

Ms. SA ́NCHEZ, Mrs. MCBATH, Mrs. DEMINGS, Mr. KING of New York, 

Ms. LEE of California, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. MCNERNEY, Ms. 

MUCARSEL-POWELL, Ms. CRAIG, Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. 

DEUTCH, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. QUIGLEY, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Ms. 

JUDY CHU of California, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. ROONEY of Florida, Mr. 

NADLER, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Ms. WEXTON, Mr. PHILLIPS, Ms. 

WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. PLASKETT, Mr. 

CLEAVER, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Mr. CLYBURN, Ms. 

WATERS, Mr. LAMB, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. ALLRED, Ms. SHERRILL, Ms. 

LOFGREN, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. RIGGLEMAN, Mrs. LURIA, Mr. 

MOULTON, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Ms. WILD, Mr. VEASEY, Mrs. 

LAWRENCE, Mr. POCAN, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, 

Mr. CRIST, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. SWALWELL of California, 

Ms. HOULAHAN, Mrs. TORRES of California, Mr. LEWIS, Mr. GARCI ́A of 

Illinois, Ms. SPANBERGER, Ms. BASS, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. KEATING, 

Miss RICE of New York, Mr. BEYER, Mr. BERA, Mr. HIMES, Mr. 

CISNEROS, Mrs. MURPHY of Florida, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. 

EVANS, Ms. ADAMS, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. CUMMINGS, Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE

of Pennsylvania, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Ms. KENDRA S. HORN of Oklahoma, Mr. STIVERS, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Ms. FRANKEL, Ms. ROYBALALLARD, Mr. KUSTOFF of Tennessee, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Ms. BLUNT

ROCHESTER, and Mr. LOEBSACK


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NOVEMBER 8, 2019 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 11, 2019] 


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A BILL 

To amend title 54, United States Code, to provide permanent, dedicated funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, and for other purposes. 


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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 and Water Con5 servation Fund Permanent Funding Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PERMANENT FULL FUNDING OF THE LAND AND 

7 WATER CONSERVATION FUND. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 200303 of title 54, United 

9 States Code, is amended to read as follows: 

10 ‘‘§ 200303. Availability of funds 

11 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For each fiscal year beginning 

12 after the date of the enactment of this section, amounts de13 posited in the Fund under section 200302 shall be made 

14 available for expenditure, without further appropriation or 

15 fiscal year limitation, to carry out the purposes of the Fund 

16 (including accounts and programs made available from the 

17 Fund under the Consolidated and Further Continuing Ap18 propriations Act, 2015 (Public Law 113–235; 128 Stat. 

19 2130)). 

20 ‘‘(b) ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS.—Amounts made avail21 able under subsection (a) shall be in addition to amounts 

22 made available to the Fund under section 105 of the Gulf 

23 of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331 

24 note; Public Law 109–432) or otherwise appropriated from 

25 the Fund. 


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1 ‘‘(c) ALLOCATION AUTHORITY.— 

2 ‘‘(1) SUBMISSION OF COST ESTIMATES.—The 

3 President shall submit to Congress detailed account, 

4 program, and project allocations to be funded under 

5 subsection (a) as part of the annual budget submis6 sion of the President. 

7 ‘‘(2) ALTERNATE ALLOCATION.— 

8 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Appropriations Acts 

9 may provide for alternate allocation of amounts 

10 made available under subsection (a), including 

11 allocations by account and program. 

12 ‘‘(B) ALLOCATION BY PRESIDENT.— 

13 ‘‘(i) NO ALTERNATE ALLOCATIONS.—If 

14 Congress has not enacted legislation estab15 lishing alternate allocations by the date that 

16 is 120 days after the date on which the ap17 plicable fiscal year begins, amounts made 

18 available under subsection (a) shall be allo19 cated by the President. 

20 ‘‘(ii) INSUFFICIENT ALTERNATE ALLO21 CATION.—If Congress enacts legislation es22 tablishing alternate allocations for amounts 

23 made available under subsection (a) that 

24 are less than the full amount appropriated 

25 under that subsection, the difference between 


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1 the amount appropriated and the alternate 

2 allocation shall be allocated by the Presi3 dent. 

4 ‘‘(3) RECREATIONAL PUBLIC ACCESS.—Amounts 

5 expended from the Fund under this section shall be 

6 consistent with the requirements for recreational pub7 lic access for hunting, fishing, recreational shooting, 

8 or other outdoor recreational purposes under section 

9 200306(c). 

10 ‘‘(4) ANNUAL REPORT.—The President shall sub11 mit to Congress an annual report that describes the 

12 final allocation by account, program, and project of 

13 amounts made available under subsection (a), includ14 ing a description of the status of obligations and ex15 penditures.’’. 

16 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 200302(c) of 

17 title 54, United States Code, is amended by striking para18 graph (3). 

19 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for 

20 chapter 2003 of title 54, United States Code, is amended 

21 by striking the item relating to section 200303 and insert22 ing the following: 

‘‘200303. Availability of funds.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 222 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3195 

[Report No. 116–277] 

A BILL 

To amend title 54, United States Code, to provide 

poses. Water Conservation Fund, and for other purpermanent, dedicated funding for the Land and 

NOVEMBER 8, 2019 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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