I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6759 
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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 10, 2018 
Mr. GRIJALVA (for himself and Mr. COSTELLO of Pennsylvania) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Re-
sources, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period 
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
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. 
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 ‘‘Land and Water Con-
servation Authorization and Funding Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PERMANENT AUTHORIZATION AND FULL FUNDING 
OF THE LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION 
FUND. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—Section 200302 of title 54, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b), in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘During the period end-
ing September 30, 2018, there’’ and inserting 
‘‘There’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘through 
September 30, 2018’’; and 
(3) by striking subsection (c)(3). 
(b) FULL FUNDING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 200303 of title 54, 
United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 200303. Availability of funds 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Amounts deposited in the Fund 
under section 200302 shall be made available for expendi-
ture, without further appropriation or fiscal year limita-
tion, to carry out the purposes of the Fund (including ac-
counts and programs made available from the Fund under 
the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations 
Act, 2015 (Public Law 113–235)). 
‘‘(b) ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS.—Amounts made avail-
able under subsection (a) shall be in addition to amounts 
made available to the Fund under section 105 of the Gulf 
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of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331 
note; Public Law 109–432) or otherwise appropriated 
from the Fund. 
‘‘(c) ALLOCATION AUTHORITY.— 
‘‘(1) SUBMISSION
OF
COST
ESTIMATES.—The 
President shall submit to Congress detailed account, 
program, and project allocations to be funded under 
subsection (a) as part of the annual budget submis-
sion of the President. 
‘‘(2) ALTERNATE ALLOCATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Appropriations Acts 
may provide for alternate allocation of amounts 
made available under subsection (a), including 
allocations by account and program. 
‘‘(B) ALLOCATION BY PRESIDENT.— 
‘‘(i) NO ALTERNATE ALLOCATIONS.— 
If Congress has not enacted legislation es-
tablishing alternate allocations by the date 
that is 120 days after the date on which 
the applicable fiscal year begins, amounts 
made available under subsection (a) shall 
be allocated by the President. 
‘‘(ii) INSUFFICIENT
ALTERNATE
AL-
LOCATION.—If Congress enacts legislation 
establishing 
alternate 
allocations 
for 
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amounts made available under subsection 
(a) that are less than the full amount ap-
propriated under that subsection, the dif-
ference between the amount appropriated 
and the alternate allocation shall be allo-
cated by the President. 
‘‘(3) ANNUAL
REPORT.—The President shall 
submit to Congress an annual report that describes 
the final allocation by account, program, and project 
of amounts made available under subsection (a), in-
cluding a description of the status of obligations and 
expenditures.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions for chapter 2003 of title 54, United States 
Code, is amended by striking the item relating to 
section 200303 and inserting the following: 
‘‘200303. Availability of funds.’’. 
(c) PUBLIC ACCESS.—Section 200306 of title 54, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(c) PUBLIC ACCESS.—Not less than 1.5 percent of 
the annual authorized funding amount shall be made 
available each year for projects that secure recreational 
public access to existing Federal public land for hunting, 
fishing, or other recreational purposes.’’. 
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