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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 890 

To amend title 54, United States Code, to provide consistent and reliable 

authority for, and for the funding of, the Land and Water Conservation 

Fund to maximize the effectiveness of the Fund for future generations, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 26, 2015 

Ms. CANTWELL (for herself, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. BENNET, Mr. HEINRICH, Mr. 

TESTER, and Mr. UDALL) 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 consistent 

and reliable authority for, and for the funding of, the 

Land and Water Conservation Fund to maximize the 

effectiveness of the Fund for future generations, 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 Authorization and Funding Act of 2015’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PERMANENT AUTHORIZATION AND FULL FUNDING 

2 OF THE LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION 

3 FUND. 

4 (a) AUTHORIZATION.—Section 200302 of title 54, 

5 United States Code, is amended— 

6 (1) in subsection (b), in the matter preceding 

7 paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘During the period end8 ing September 30, 2015, there’’ and inserting 

9 ‘‘There’’; and 

10 (2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘through 

11 September 30, 2015’’. 

12 (b) FULL FUNDING.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 200303 of title 54, 

14 United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 

15 ‘‘§ 200303. Availability of funds 

16 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Amounts deposited in the Fund 

17 under section 200302 shall be made available for expendi18 ture, without further appropriation or fiscal year limita19 tion, to carry out the purposes of the Fund (including ac20 counts and programs made available from the Fund under 

21 the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations 

22 Act, 2015 (Public Law 113–235)). 

23 ‘‘(b) ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS.—Amounts made avail24 able under subsection (a) shall be in addition to amounts 

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

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


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

2 from the Fund. 

3 ‘‘(c) ALLOCATION AUTHORITY.— 

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

5 President shall submit to Congress detailed account, 

6 program, and project allocations to be funded under 

7 subsection (a) as part of the annual budget submis8 sion of the President. 

9 ‘‘(2) ALTERNATE ALLOCATION.— 

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

11 may provide for alternate allocation of amounts 

12 made available under subsection (a), including 

13 allocations by account and program. 

14 ‘‘(B) ALLOCATION BY PRESIDENT.— 

15 ‘‘(i) NO ALTERNATE ALLOCATIONS.— 

16 If Congress has not enacted legislation es17 tablishing alternate allocations by the date 

18 that is 120 days after the date on which 

19 the applicable fiscal year begins, amounts 

20 made available under subsection (a) shall 

21 be allocated by the President. 

22 ‘‘(ii) INSUFFICIENT ALTERNATE AL23 LOCATION.—If Congress enacts legislation 

24 establishing alternate allocations for 

25 amounts made available under subsection 


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1 (a) that are less than the full amount ap2 propriated under that subsection, the dif3 ference between the amount appropriated 

4 and the alternate allocation shall be allo5 cated by the President. 

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

7 submit to Congress an annual report that describes 

8 the final allocation by account, program, and project 

9 of amounts made available under subsection (a), in10 cluding a description of the status of obligations and 

11 expenditures.’’. 

12 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec13 tions affected for title 54 is amended by striking the 

14 item relating to section 200303 and inserting the 

15 following: 

‘‘200303. Availability of funds.’’. 

16 (c) PUBLIC ACCESS.—Section 200306 of title 54, 

17 United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 

18 following: 

19 ‘‘(c) PUBLIC ACCESS.—Not less than 1.5 percent of 

20 the annual authorized funding amount shall be made 

21 available each year for projects that secure recreational 

22 public access to existing Federal public land for hunting, 

23 fishing, or other recreational purposes.’’. 

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