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Calendar No. 429 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D 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, Mrs. SHAHEEN, 

Mr. WYDEN, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. WARNER, Ms. SMITH, Ms. HIRONO, 

Ms. WARREN, Mr. MERKLEY, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Ms. SINEMA, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Ms. HARRIS, Ms. HASSAN, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. COONS, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. CASEY, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. KAINE, 

Mr. BOOKER, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. DURBIN, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. JONES, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. BROWN, 

Mr. PETERS, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. MURPHY, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. 

SCHUMER, Mr. SCHATZ, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. ISAKSON, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. 

ROBERTS, Mrs. BLACKBURN, and Ms. MCSALLY) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

FEBRUARY 25, 2020 

Reported by Ms. MURKOWSKI, with amendments 

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic] 

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 fiscal year 2020 and each 

12 fiscal year thereafter, amounts deposited in the Fund 

13 under section 200302 shall be made available for expendi14 ture, without further appropriation or fiscal year limita15 tion, to carry out the purposes of the Fund (including ac16 counts and programs made available from the Fund under 

17 the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations 

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

19 ‘‘(b) ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS.—Amounts made avail20 able under subsection (a) shall be in addition to amounts 

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

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

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

24 from the Fund. 

25 ‘‘(c) ALLOCATION AUTHORITY.— 


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

2 President shall submit to Congress detailed account, 

3 program, and project allocations to be funded of the 

4 full amount made available under subsection (a) as 

5 part of the annual budget submission of the Presi6 dent. 

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 account, 

12 program, and project. 

13 ‘‘(B) ALLOCATION BY PRESIDENT.— 

14 ‘‘(i) NO ALTERNATE ALLOCATIONS.— 

15 If Congress has not enacted legislation es16 tablishing alternate allocations by the date 

17 that is 120 days after the date on which 

18 the applicable fiscal year begins, on which 

19 the Act making appropriations for the De20 partment of the Interior, Environment, and 

21 Related Agencies for the remainder of the 

22 applicable fiscal year is enacted into law, 

23 amounts made available under subsection 

24 (a) shall be allocated by the President. 


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1 ‘‘(ii) INSUFFICIENT ALTERNATE AL2 LOCATION.—If Congress enacts legislation 

3 establishing alternate allocations for 

4 amounts made available under subsection 

5 (a) that are less than the full amount ap6 propriated under that subsection, the dif7 ference between the amount appropriated 

8 and the alternate allocation shall be allo9 cated by the President. 

10 ‘‘(3) RECREATIONAL PUBLIC ACCESS.— 

11 Amounts expended from the Fund under this section 

12 shall be consistent with the requirements for rec13 reational public access for hunting, fishing, rec14 reational shooting, or other outdoor recreational pur15 poses under section 200306(c). 

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

17 submit to Congress an annual report that describes 

18 the final allocation by account, program, and project 

19 of amounts made available under subsection (a), in20 cluding a description of the status of obligations and 

21 expenditures.’’. 

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

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

24 paragraph (3). 


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

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

3 amended by striking the item relating to section 200303 

4 and inserting the following: 

‘‘200303. Availability of funds.’’. 


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Calendar No. 429 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1081 

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 

FEBRUARY 25, 2020 

Reported with amendments 


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