ability and intention to finance its share of the cost of all of the 
projects, and to operate and maintain by acceptable standards, at State 
expense, the properties or facilities acquired or developed for public 
outdoor recreation use. 
(2) PAYMENT RECIPIENTS.—Payments for all projects shall be made 
by the Secretary to the chief executive official of the State or to a State 
official or agency designated by the chief executive official or by State 
law having authority and responsibility to accept and to administer 
funds paid under this section for approved projects. If consistent with 
an approved project, funds may be transferred by the State to a polit-
ical subdivision or other appropriate public agency. 
(3) CONVERSION TO OTHER THAN PUBLIC OUTDOOR RECREATION 
USE.—No property acquired or developed with assistance under this 
section shall, without the approval of the Secretary, be converted to 
other than public outdoor recreation use. The Secretary shall approve 
a conversion only if the Secretary finds it to be in accordance with the 
then-existing comprehensive statewide outdoor recreation plan and only 
on such conditions as the Secretary considers necessary to ensure the 
substitution of other recreation properties of at least equal fair market 
value and of reasonably equivalent usefulness and location. Wetland 
areas and interests therein as identified in the wetlands provisions of 
the comprehensive plan and proposed to be acquired as suitable re-
placement property within the same State that is otherwise acceptable 
to the Secretary, acting through the Director, shall be deemed to be 
of reasonably equivalent usefulness with the property proposed for con-
version. 
(4) REPORTS AND ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES.—No payment shall be 
made to any State until the State has agreed to— 
(A) provide such reports to the Secretary in such form and con-
taining such information as may be reasonably necessary to enable 
the Secretary to perform the Secretary’s duties under this chapter; 
and 
(B) provide such fiscal control and fund accounting procedures 
as may be necessary to ensure proper disbursement and account-
ing for Federal funds paid to the State under this chapter. 
(g) RECORDS.—A recipient of assistance under this chapter shall keep 
such records as the Secretary shall prescribe, including records that fully 
disclose— 
(1) the amount and the disposition by the recipient of the proceeds 
of the assistance; 
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(2) the total cost of the project or undertaking in connection with 
which the assistance is given or used; and 
(3) the amount and nature of that portion of the cost of the project 
or undertaking supplied by other sources, and such other records as 
will facilitate an effective audit. 
(h) ACCESS TO RECORDS.—The Secretary, and the Comptroller General, 
or any of their duly authorized representatives, shall have access for the 
purpose of audit and examination to any records of the recipient that are 
pertinent to assistance received under this chapter. 
(i) PROHIBITION
OF DISCRIMINATION.—With respect to property ac-
quired or developed with assistance from the Fund, discrimination on the 
basis of residence, including preferential reservation or membership systems, 
is prohibited except to the extent that reasonable differences in admission 
and other fees may be maintained on the basis of residence. 
(j) COORDINATION WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES.—To ensure consistency in 
policies and actions under this chapter with other related Federal programs 
and activities and to ensure coordination of the planning, acquisition, and 
development assistance to States under this section with other related Fed-
eral programs and activities— 
(1) the President may issue such regulations with respect thereto as 
the President considers desirable; and 
(2) the assistance may be provided only in accordance with the regu-
lations. 
(k) CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT
AND
OTHER
PROJECTS
TO
REDUCE 
CRIME.— 
(1) AVAILABILITY AND PURPOSE OF FUNDS.—In addition to assist-
ance for planning projects, and in addition to the projects identified in 
subsection (e), and from amounts appropriated out of the Violent 
Crime Reduction Trust Fund, the Secretary may provide financial as-
sistance to the States, not to exceed $15,000,000, for projects or com-
binations thereof for the purpose of making capital improvements and 
other measures to increase safety in urban parks and recreation areas, 
including funds to— 
(A) increase lighting within or adjacent to public parks and 
recreation areas; 
(B) provide emergency telephone lines to contact law enforce-
ment or security personnel in areas within or adjacent to public 
parks and recreation areas; 
(C) increase security personnel within or adjacent to public 
parks and recreation areas; and 
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(D) fund any other project intended to increase the security and 
safety of public parks and recreation areas. 
(2) ELIGIBILITY.—In addition to the requirements for project ap-
proval imposed by this section, eligibility for assistance under this sub-
section shall depend on a showing of need. In providing funds under 
this subsection, the Secretary shall give priority to projects proposed 
for urban parks and recreation areas with the highest rates of crime 
and, in particular, to urban parks and recreation areas with the highest 
rates of sexual assault. 
(3) FEDERAL
SHARE.—Notwithstanding subsection (c), the Sec-
retary may provide 70 percent improvement grants for projects under-
taken by a State for the purposes described in this subsection. 
§ 200306. Allocation of Fund amounts for Federal purposes 
(a) ALLOWABLE PURPOSES AND SUBPURPOSES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Amounts appropriated from the Fund for Federal 
purposes shall, unless otherwise allotted in the appropriation Act mak-
ing them available, be allotted by the President for the purposes and 
subpurposes stated in this subsection. 
(2) ACQUISITION OF LAND, WATER, OR AN INTEREST IN LAND OR 
WATER.— 
(A) SYSTEM
UNITS
AND
RECREATION
AREAS
ADMINISTERED 
FOR RECREATION PURPOSES.—Amounts shall be allotted for the 
acquisition of land, water, or an interest in land or water within 
the exterior boundary of— 
(i) a System unit authorized or established; and 
(ii) an area authorized to be administered by the Secretary 
for outdoor recreation purposes. 
(B) NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—Amounts shall be allotted for the acqui-
sition of land, water, or an interest in land or water within 
inholdings within— 
(I) wilderness areas of the National Forest System; 
and 
(II) other areas of national forests as the boundaries 
of those forests existed on January 1, 1965, or purchase 
units approved by the National Forest Reservation Com-
mission subsequent to January 1, 1965, all of which 
other areas are primarily of value for outdoor recreation 
purposes. 
(ii) ADJACENT LAND.—Land outside but adjacent to an ex-
isting national forest boundary, not to exceed 3,000 acres in 
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the case of any one forest, that would comprise an integral 
part of a forest recreational management area may also be 
acquired with amounts appropriated from the Fund. 
(iii) LIMITATION.—Except for areas specifically authorized 
by Act of Congress, not more than 15 percent of the acreage 
added to the National Forest System pursuant to this section 
shall be west of the 100th meridian. 
(C) ENDANGERED SPECIES AND THREATENED SPECIES; FISH 
AND WILDLIFE REFUGE AREAS; NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYS-
TEM.—Amounts shall be allotted for the acquisition of land, water, 
or an interest in land or water for— 
(i) endangered species and threatened species authorized 
under section 5(a) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 
(16 U.S.C. 1534(a)); 
(ii) areas authorized by section 2 of the Refuge Recreation 
Act (16 U.S.C. 460k–1); 
(iii) national wildlife refuge areas under section 7(a)(4) of 
the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742f(a)(4)) and 
wetlands acquired under section 304 of the Emergency Wet-
lands Resources Act of 1986 (16 U.S.C. 3922); and 
(iv) any area authorized for the National Wildlife Refuge 
System by specific Acts. 
(3) PAYMENT AS OFFSET OF CAPITAL COSTS.—Amounts shall be al-
lotted for payment into miscellaneous receipts of the Treasury as a par-
tial offset for capital costs, if any, of Federal water development 
projects authorized to be constructed by or pursuant to an Act of Con-
gress that are allocated to public recreation and the enhancement of 
fish and wildlife values and financed through appropriations to water 
resource agencies. 
(4) AVAILABILITY OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Appropriations allotted for 
the acquisition of land, water, or an interest in land or water as set 
forth under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (2) shall be avail-
able for those acquisitions notwithstanding any statutory ceiling on the 
appropriations contained in any other provision of law enacted prior to 
January 4, 1977, or, in the case of national recreation areas, prior to 
January 15, 1979, except that for any such area expenditures shall not 
exceed a statutory ceiling during any one fiscal year by 10 percent of 
the ceiling or $1,000,000, whichever is greater. 
(b) ACQUISITION RESTRICTIONS.—Appropriations from the Fund pursu-
ant to this section shall not be used for acquisition unless the acquisition 
is otherwise authorized by law. Appropriations from the Fund may be used 
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