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113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3962 
To amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to ensure 
that amounts are made available for projects to provide recreational 
public access, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 29, 2014 
Mr. DAINES introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 
1965 to ensure that amounts are made available for 
projects to provide recreational public access, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Making Public Lands 
Public Access Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. AVAILABILITY OF LAND AND WATER CONSERVA-
TION FUND FOR RECREATIONAL PUBLIC AC-
CESS PROJECTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3 of the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–6) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 3. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR CERTAIN PROJECTS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior and the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall ensure that, of the amounts 
requested for the fund for each fiscal year, not less than 
the greater of 1.5 percent of the amounts or $10,000,000 
shall be made available for projects identified on the pri-
ority list developed under subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) PRIORITY LIST.—The Secretary of the Interior 
and the Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with the 
head of each affected Federal agency, shall annually de-
velop a priority list for the sites under the jurisdiction of 
the applicable Secretary. 
‘‘(c) CRITERIA.—Projects identified on the priority 
list developed under subsection (b) shall secure rec-
reational public access to Federal public land in existence 
as of the date of enactment of this section that has signifi-
cantly restricted access for hunting, fishing, and other rec-
reational purposes through rights-of-way or acquisition of 
land (or any interest in land) from willing sellers.’’. 
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(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) LAND
AND
WATER
CONSERVATION
FUND 
ACT.—The Land and Water Conservation Fund Act 
of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–4 et seq.) is amended— 
(A) in the proviso at the end of section 
2(c)(2) (16 U.S.C. 460l–5(c)(2)), by striking 
‘‘notwithstanding the provisions of section 3 of 
this Act’’; 
(B) in the first sentence of section 9 (16 
U.S.C. 460l–10a), by striking ‘‘by section 3 of 
this Act’’; and 
(C) in the third sentence of section 10 (16 
U.S.C. 460l–10b), by striking ‘‘by section 3 of 
this Act’’. 
(2) FEDERAL
LAND
TRANSACTION
FACILITA-
TION ACT.—Section 206(f)(2) of the Federal Land 
Transaction Facilitation Act (43 U.S.C. 2305(f)(2)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘section 3 of the Land and 
Water Conservation Fund Act (16 U.S.C. 460l–6)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the Land and Water Conservation 
Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–4 et seq.)’’. 
Æ 
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