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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5220 

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 

JULY 28, 2014 

Mr. GRAVES of Missouri 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 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 ‘‘No More Land Act’’. 

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

6 WATER CONSERVATION FUND. 

7 The Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 

8 is amended— 


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

2 by striking ‘‘acquisition and development’’ and in3 serting ‘‘maintenance’’; 

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

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

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

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

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

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

10 allotted’’; 

11 (B) in paragraph (1)— 

12 (i) in the matter preceding the first 

13 undesignated paragraph by striking ‘‘For 

14 the acquisition’’ and inserting ‘‘For the 

15 maintenance’’; 

16 (ii) by amending the second undesig17 nated paragraph to read as follows: 

18 ‘‘NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM.—Wilderness 

19 areas of the National Forest System, and other 

20 areas of national forests that are primarily of value 

21 for outdoor recreation.’’. 

22 (iii) by amending the third undesig23 nated paragraph to read as follows: 

24 ‘‘NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM.—Fed25 eral lands that are acquired for endangered species 


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1 and threatened species under section 5(a) of the En2 dangered Species Act of 1973; areas acquired under 

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

4 U.S.C. 460k–1); national wildlife refuge areas ac5 quired under section 7(a)(5) of the Fish and Wildlife 

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

7 acquired under section 304 of the Emergency Wet8 lands Resources Act of 1986; and any areas ac9 quired for the National Wildlife Refuge System by 

10 specific Acts.’’; and 

11 (C) by striking paragraph (3); 

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

13 460l–9(b)) by striking ‘‘unless’’ and all that follows 

14 through the end of the subsection and inserting a 

15 period; 

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

17 U.S.C. 460l–9(c)); and 

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

19 460l–10a and 460l–10b). 

20 SEC. 3. REQUIREMENT TO REDUCE BACKLOGGED MAINTE21 NANCE. 

22 The head of each covered landholding agency shall— 

23 (1) by not later than the end of the 5-fiscal24 year period beginning on the date of the enactment 

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


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1 value of backlogged maintenance that exists on the 

2 date of the enactment of this Act with respect to 

3 lands under the administrative jurisdiction of the 

4 agency; and 

5 (2) by not later than the end of each 5-fiscal6 year period thereafter, reduce the dollar value of 

7 backlogged maintenance that exists on the first day 

8 of that period with respect to lands under the ad9 ministrative jurisdiction of the agency, by an amount 

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

11 (A) 20 percent of the dollar value of back12 logged maintenance that exists on the date of 

13 the enactment of this Act with respect to such 

14 lands; 

15 (B) the amount of any reduction in back16 logged maintenance previously required under 

17 this section that has not been carried out; and 

18 (C) any additional backlogged maintenance 

19 that arose on or after the date of the enactment 

20 of this Act and that has not been carried out. 

21 SEC. 4. REPORTS ON REDUCTION OF BACKLOGGED MAIN22 TENANCE. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—The head of each covered land24 holding agency shall publish and submit reports to the 

25 Congress that— 


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1 (1) document the progress made by the agency 

2 in reducing backlogged maintenance with respect to 

3 lands under the administrative jurisdiction of the 

4 agency, including a statement of— 

5 (A) the dollar value of the reduction in 

6 backlogged maintenance that has been achieved 

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

8 by the report; 

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

10 fiscal-year period covered by the report, has 

11 achieved the reduction in backlogged mainte12 nance required to be achieved by the agency 

13 under section 3 for that period; and 

14 (C) the amount (if any) by which the dol15 lar value stated in subparagraph (A) is less 

16 than the amount of reduction in backlogged 

17 maintenance that is required to be achieved by 

18 the agency under section 3; 

19 (2) include a prioritized list of construction, de20 ferred maintenance, and regular maintenance 

21 projects the agency must carry out in order to 

22 achieve reductions in backlogged maintenance re23 quired under section 3; and 

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

25 over the next 5 fiscal years. 


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

2 landholding agency— 

3 (1) shall publish and submit the first report 

4 under this section by not later than 30 days after 

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

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

7 (2) shall publish and submit subsequent reports 

8 under this section by not later than 30 days after 

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

10 thereafter until all backlogged maintenance has been 

11 completed with respect to lands under the adminis12 trative jurisdiction of the agency. 

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

14 the year in which all backlogged maintenance has been 

15 completed with respect to lands under the administrative 

16 jurisdiction of a covered landholding agency, the head of 

17 the agency shall submit to the Congress a final report 

18 that, in detail— 

19 (1) prioritizes lands that are owned by the Fed20 eral Government and under the administrative juris21 diction of the agency, based on the success of pro22 grams of the agency that relate to such lands; 

23 (2) describes a system of regular maintenance 

24 that is required with respect to such lands; and 


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1 (3) includes a prioritized list of capital improve2 ment projects for such lands. 

3 SEC. 5. PRIORITIZATION OF LANDS. 

4 Not later than 4 years after the date of the enact5 ment of this Act, the head of each covered landholding 

6 agency shall submit to the Congress a report that 

7 prioritizes lands that are owned by the Federal Govern8 ment and under the administrative jurisdiction of the 

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

10 importance to the success of programs carried out by the 

11 agency. 

12 SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS. 

13 In this Act: 

14 (1) BACKLOGGED MAINTENANCE.—The term 

15 ‘‘backlogged maintenance’’— 

16 (A) means the total dollar value of regular 

17 maintenance, deferred maintenance, and capital 

18 improvement to be carried out with respect to 

19 lands under the administrative jurisdiction of a 

20 covered landholding agency that has not been 

21 completed; and 

22 (B) is deemed to be, on the date of the en23 actment of this Act— 


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1 (i) $600,000,000 with respect to lands 

2 under the administrative jurisdiction of the 

3 Bureau of Land Management; 

4 (ii) $2,300,000,000 with respect to 

5 lands under the administrative jurisdiction 

6 of the United States Fish and Wildlife 

7 Service; 

8 (iii) $314,000,000 with respect to 

9 lands under the administrative jurisdiction 

10 of the Forest Service; and 

11 (iv) $11,500,000,000 with respect to 

12 lands under the administrative jurisdiction 

13 of the National Park Service. 

14 (2) COVERED LANDHOLDING AGENCY.—The 

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

16 (A) the Bureau of Land Management; 

17 (B) the United States Fish and Wildlife 

18 Service; 

19 (C) the Forest Service; and 

20 (D) the National Park Service. 

21 (3) MAINTENANCE.—The term ‘‘maintenance’’ 

22 means the upkeep of real property, including capital 

23 improvement and development. 

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