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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1081 

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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 9, 2019 

Mr. MANCHIN (for himself, Mr. GARDNER, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. BURR, Mr. 

BENNET, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. TESTER, Mr. DAINES, Mr. UDALL, Mr. 

ALEXANDER, Mr. HEINRICH, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. KING, and Mrs. SHAHEEN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Energy and 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’’. 


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

2 WATER CONSERVATION FUND. 

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

4 States Code, is amended to read as follows: 

5 ‘‘§ 200303. Availability of funds 

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

7 fiscal year thereafter, amounts deposited in the Fund 

8 under section 200302 shall be made available for expendi9 ture, without further appropriation or fiscal year limita10 tion, to carry out the purposes of the Fund (including ac11 counts and programs made available from the Fund under 

12 the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations 

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

14 ‘‘(b) ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS.—Amounts made avail15 able under subsection (a) shall be in addition to amounts 

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

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

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

19 from the Fund. 

20 ‘‘(c) ALLOCATION AUTHORITY.— 

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

22 President shall submit to Congress detailed account, 

23 program, and project allocations to be funded under 

24 subsection (a) as part of the annual budget submis25 sion of the President. 

26 ‘‘(2) ALTERNATE ALLOCATION.— 


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

2 may provide for alternate allocation of amounts 

3 made available under subsection (a), including 

4 allocations by account and program. 

5 ‘‘(B) ALLOCATION BY PRESIDENT.— 

6 ‘‘(i) NO ALTERNATE ALLOCATIONS.— 

7 If Congress has not enacted legislation es8 tablishing alternate allocations by the date 

9 that is 120 days after the date on which 

10 the applicable fiscal year begins, amounts 

11 made available under subsection (a) shall 

12 be allocated by the President. 

13 ‘‘(ii) INSUFFICIENT ALTERNATE AL14 LOCATION.—If Congress enacts legislation 

15 establishing alternate allocations for 

16 amounts made available under subsection 

17 (a) that are less than the full amount ap18 propriated under that subsection, the dif19 ference between the amount appropriated 

20 and the alternate allocation shall be allo21 cated by the President. 

22 ‘‘(3) RECREATIONAL PUBLIC ACCESS.— 

23 Amounts expended from the Fund under this section 

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1 reational shooting, or other outdoor recreational pur2 poses under section 200306(c). 

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

4 submit to Congress an annual report that describes 

5 the final allocation by account, program, and project 

6 of amounts made available under subsection (a), in7 cluding a description of the status of obligations and 

8 expenditures.’’. 

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

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

11 paragraph (3). 

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

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

14 amended by striking the item relating to section 200303 

15 and inserting the following: 

‘‘200303. Availability of funds.’’. 

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