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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 390 

To amend title 54, United States Code, to ensure that amounts in the 

land and water conservation fund are made available for projects to 

provide recreational public access, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 5, 2015 

Mr. TESTER 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 ensure that 

amounts in the land and water conservation fund are 

made available for projects to provide recreational public 

access, 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 ‘‘Making Public Land 

5 Public Access Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. AVAILABILITY OF LAND AND WATER CONSERVA2 TION FUND FOR RECREATIONAL PUBLIC AC3 CESS PROJECTS. 

4 (a) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Section 200303 of 

5 title 54, United States Code, is amended to read as fol6 lows: 

7 ‘‘§ 200303. Availability of funds for certain projects 

8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other pro9 vision of this Act, the Secretary and the Secretary of Agri10 culture shall ensure that, of the amounts requested for the 

11 fund for each fiscal year, not less than the greater of 1.5 

12 percent of the amounts or $10,000,000 shall be made 

13 available for projects identified on the priority list devel14 oped under subsection (b). 

15 ‘‘(b) PRIORITY LIST.—The Secretary and the Sec16 retary of Agriculture, in consultation with the head of each 

17 affected Federal agency, shall annually develop a priority 

18 list for the sites under the jurisdiction of the applicable 

19 Secretary. 

20 ‘‘(c) CRITERIA.—Projects identified on the priority 

21 list developed under subsection (b) shall secure rec22 reational public access to Federal public land in existence 

23 as of the date of enactment of this section that has signifi24 cantly restricted access for hunting, fishing, and other rec25 reational purposes through rights-of-way or acquisition of 

26 land (or any interest in land) from willing sellers.’’. 


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1 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

2 (1) TITLE 54.— 

3 (A) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of 

4 sections affected for title 54 is amended by 

5 striking the item relating to section 200303 and 

6 inserting the following: 

‘‘200303. Availability of funds for certain projects.’’. 

7 (B) AVAILABILITY OF DEPOSITS.—Section 

8 200302(c)(3) of title 54, United States Code, is 

9 amended by striking ‘‘Notwithstanding section 

10 200303 of this title, money’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘Money’’. 

12 (C) CONTRACTS FOR ACQUISITION OF

13 LAND AND WATER.—Section 200308 of title 54, 

14 United States Code, is amended in the first 

15 sentence, by striking ‘‘by section 200303 of this 

16 title’’. 

17 (D) CONTRACTS FOR OPTIONS TO ACQUIRE

18 LAND AND WATER IN SYSTEM.—Section 200309 

19 of title 54, United States Code, is amended in 

20 the third sentence by striking ‘‘by section 

21 200303 of this title’’. 

22 (2) FEDERAL LAND TRANSACTION FACILITA23 TION ACT.—Section 206(f)(2) of the Federal Land 

24 Transaction Facilitation Act (43 U.S.C. 2305(f)(2)) 


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1 is amended by striking ‘‘section 200303 of title 54’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘chapter 2003 of title 54’’. 

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