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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3195 

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 

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. 

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: 


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1 ‘‘§ 200303. Availability of funds 

2 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2020 and each 

3 fiscal year thereafter, amounts deposited in the Fund 

4 under section 200302 shall be made available for expendi5 ture, without further appropriation or fiscal year limita6 tion, to carry out the purposes of the Fund (including ac7 counts and programs made available from the Fund under 

8 the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations 

9 Act, 2015 (Public Law 113–235; 128 Stat. 2130)). 

10 ‘‘(b) ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS.—Amounts made avail11 able under subsection (a) shall be in addition to amounts 

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

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

14 note; Public Law 109–432) or otherwise appropriated 

15 from the Fund. 

16 ‘‘(c) ALLOCATION AUTHORITY.— 

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

18 President shall submit to Congress detailed account, 

19 program, and project allocations to be funded under 

20 subsection (a) as part of the annual budget submis21 sion of the President. 

22 ‘‘(2) ALTERNATE ALLOCATION.— 

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

24 may provide for alternate allocation of amounts 

25 made available under subsection (a), including 

26 allocations by account and program. 


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1 ‘‘(B) ALLOCATION BY PRESIDENT.— 

2 ‘‘(i) NO ALTERNATE ALLOCATIONS.— 

3 If Congress has not enacted legislation es4 tablishing alternate allocations by the date 

5 that is 120 days after the date on which 

6 the applicable fiscal year begins, amounts 

7 made available under subsection (a) shall 

8 be allocated by the President. 

9 ‘‘(ii) INSUFFICIENT ALTERNATE AL10 LOCATION.—If Congress enacts legislation 

11 establishing alternate allocations for 

12 amounts made available under subsection 

13 (a) that are less than the full amount ap14 propriated under that subsection, the dif15 ference between the amount appropriated 

16 and the alternate allocation shall be allo17 cated by the President. 

18 ‘‘(3) RECREATIONAL PUBLIC ACCESS.— 

19 Amounts expended from the Fund under this section 

20 shall be consistent with the requirements for rec21 reational public access for hunting, fishing, rec22 reational shooting, or other outdoor recreational pur23 poses under section 200306(c). 

24 ‘‘(4) ANNUAL REPORT.—The President shall 

25 submit to Congress an annual report that describes 


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1 the final allocation by account, program, and project 

2 of amounts made available under subsection (a), in3 cluding a description of the status of obligations and 

4 expenditures.’’. 

5 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 200302(c) 

6 of title 54, United States Code, is amended by striking 

7 paragraph (3). 

8 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

9 for chapter 2003 of title 54, United States Code, is 

10 amended by striking the item relating to section 200303 

11 and inserting the following: 

‘‘200303. Availability of funds.’’. 

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