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TITLE 
IV—URBAN 
PARK 
AND
RECREATION RECOVERY PRO-
GRAM AMENDMENTS
SEC. 401. AMENDMENT OF URBAN PARK AND RECREATION
RECOVERY ACT OF 1978.
Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in
this title an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of
an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision,
the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or
other provision of the Urban Park and Recreation Recovery
Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2501 and following).
SEC. 402. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this title is to provide a dedicated
source of funding to assist local governments in improving
their park and recreation systems.
SEC. 403. TREATMENT OF AMOUNTS TRANSFERRED FROM
CONSERVATION 
AND 
REINVESTMENT 
ACT
FUND.
Section 1013 (16 U.S.C. 2512) is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘TREATMENT OF AMOUNTS TRANSFERRED FROM
CONSERVATION AND REINVESTMENT ACT FUND
‘‘SEC. 1013. (a) IN GENERAL.—Amounts transferred
to the Secretary of the Interior under section 5(b)(4) of the
Conservation and Reinvestment Act of 1999 in a fiscal year
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shall be available to the Secretary without further appro-
priation to carry out this title. Any amount that has not
been paid or obligated by the Secretary before the end of
the second fiscal year beginning after the first fiscal year
in which the amount is available shall be reapportioned by
the Secretary among grantees under this title.
‘‘(b) LIMITATIONS
ON
ANNUAL
GRANTS.—Of the
amounts available in a fiscal year under subsection (a)—
‘‘(1) not more that 3 percent may be used for
grants for the development of local park and recre-
ation recovery action programs pursuant to sections
1007(a) and 1007(c);
‘‘(2) not more than 10 percent may be used for
innovation grants pursuant to section 1006; and
‘‘(3) not more than 15 percent may be provided
as grants (in the aggregate) for projects in any one
State.
‘‘(c) LIMITATION ON USE FOR GRANT ADMINISTRA-
TION.—The Secretary shall establish a limit on the portion
of any grant under this title that may be used for grant
and program administration.’’.
SEC. 404. AUTHORITY TO DEVELOP NEW AREAS AND FACILI-
TIES.
Section 1003 (16 U.S.C. 2502) is amended by insert-
ing ‘‘development of new recreation areas and facilities, in-
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cluding the acquisition of lands for such development,’’ after
‘‘rehabilitation of critically needed recreation areas, facili-
ties,’’.
SEC. 405. DEFINITIONS.
Section 1004 (16 U.S.C. 2503) is amended as follows:
(1) In paragraph (j) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the
semicolon.
(2) In paragraph (k) by striking the period at
the end and inserting a semicolon.
(3) By adding at the end the following:
‘‘(l) ‘development grants’—
‘‘(1) subject to subparagraph (2) means
matching capital grants to units of local govern-
ment to cover costs of development, land acquisi-
tion, and construction on existing or new neigh-
borhood recreation sites, including indoor and
outdoor recreational areas and facilities, support
facilities, and landscaping; and
‘‘(2) does not include routine maintenance,
and upkeep activities; and
‘‘(m) ‘Secretary’ means the Secretary of the Inte-
rior.’’.
SEC. 406. ELIGIBILITY.
Section 1005(a) (16 U.S.C. 2504(a)) is amended to
read as follows:
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‘‘(a) Eligibility of general purpose local governments
to compete for assistance under this title shall be based upon
need as determined by the Secretary. Generally, eligible gen-
eral purpose local governments shall include the following:
‘‘(1) All political subdivisions of Metropolitan,
Primary, or Consolidated Statistical Areas, as deter-
mined by the most recent Census.
‘‘(2) Any other city, town, or group of cities or
towns (or both) within such a Metropolitan Statis-
tical Area, that has a total population of 50,000 or
more as determined by the most recent Census.
‘‘(3) Any other county, parish, or township with
a total population of 250,000 or more as determined
by the most recent Census.’’.
SEC. 407. GRANTS.
Section 1006 (16 U.S.C. 2505) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a) by redesignating paragraph
(3) as paragraph (4); and
(2) by striking so much as precedes subsection
(a)(4) (as so redesignated) and inserting the fol-
lowing:
‘‘GRANTS
‘‘SEC. 1006. (a)(1) The Secretary may provide 70 per-
cent matching grants for rehabilitation, development, and
innovation purposes to any eligible general purpose local
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government upon approval by the Secretary of an applica-
tion submitted by the chief executive of such government.
‘‘(2) At the discretion of such an applicant, a grant
under this section may be transferred in whole or part to
independent special purpose local governments, private
nonprofit agencies, or county or regional park authorities,
if—
‘‘(A) such transfer is consistent with the ap-
proved application for the grant; and
‘‘(B) the applicant provides assurance to the Sec-
retary that the applicant will maintain public recre-
ation opportunities at assisted areas and facilities
owned or managed by the applicant in accordance
with section 1010.
‘‘(3) Payments may be made only for those rehabilita-
tion, development, or innovation projects that have been ap-
proved by the Secretary. Such payments may be made from
time to time in keeping with the rate of progress toward
completion of a project, on a reimbursable basis.’’.
SEC. 408. RECOVERY ACTION PROGRAMS.
Section 1007(a) (16 U.S.C. 2506(a)) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a) in the first sentence by in-
serting ‘‘development,’’ after ‘‘commitments to ongo-
ing planning,’’; and
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(2) in subsection (a)(2) by inserting ‘‘develop-
ment and’’ after ‘‘adequate planning for’’.
SEC. 409. STATE ACTION INCENTIVES.
Section 1008 (16 U.S.C. 2507) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’ before the
first sentence; and
(2) by striking the last sentence of subsection (a)
(as designated by paragraph (1) of this section) and
inserting the following:
‘‘(b) COORDINATION WITH LAND AND WATER CON-
SERVATION FUND ACTIVITIES.—(1) The Secretary and gen-
eral purpose local governments are encouraged to coordinate
preparation of recovery action programs required by this
title with State Plans or Agendas required under section
6 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965,
including by allowing flexibility in preparation of recovery
action programs so they may be used to meet State and
local qualifications for local receipt of Land and Water
Conservation Fund grants or State grants for similar pur-
poses or for other conservation or recreation purposes.
‘‘(2) The Secretary shall encourage States to consider
the findings, priorities, strategies, and schedules included
in the recovery action programs of their urban localities
in preparation and updating of State plans in accordance
with the public coordination and citizen consultation re-
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quirements of subsection 6(d) of the Land and Water Con-
servation Fund Act of 1965.’’.
SEC. 410. CONVERSION OF RECREATION PROPERTY.
Section 1010 (16 U.S.C. 2509) is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘CONVERSION OF RECREATION PROPERTY
‘‘SEC. 1010. (a)(1) No property developed, acquired,
or rehabilitated under this title shall, without the approval
of the Secretary, be converted to any purpose other than
public recreation purposes.
‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall apply to—
‘‘(A) property developed with amounts provided
under this title; and
‘‘(B) the park, recreation, or conservation area of
which the property is a part.
‘‘(b)(1) The Secretary shall approve such conversion
only if the grantee demonstrates no prudent or feasible al-
ternative exists.
‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall apply to property that is no
longer a viable recreation facility due to changes in demo-
graphics or that must be abandoned because of environ-
mental contamination which endangers public health or
safety.
‘‘(c) Any conversion must satisfy any conditions the
Secretary considers necessary to assure substitution of other
recreation property that is—
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‘‘(1) of at least equal fair market value, or rea-
sonably equivalent usefulness and location; and
‘‘(2) in accord with the current recreation recov-
ery action plan of the grantee.’’.
SEC. 411. REPEAL.
Section 1015 (16 U.S.C. 2514) is repealed.
TITLE V—HISTORIC
PRESERVATION FUND
SEC. 501. TREATMENT OF AMOUNTS TRANSFERRED FROM
CONSERVATION 
AND 
REINVESTMENT 
ACT
FUND.
Section 108 of the National Historic Preservation Act
(16 U.S.C. 470h) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ before the first sentence;
(2) in subsection (a) (as designated by para-
graph (1) of this section) by striking all after the first
sentence; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(b) Amounts transferred to the Secretary under sec-
tion 5(b)(5) of the Conservation and Reinvestment Act of
1999 in a fiscal year shall be deposited into the Fund and
shall be available without further appropriation, in that fis-
cal year, to carry out this Act.
‘‘(c) At least 1⁄2 of the funds obligated or expended each
fiscal year under this Act shall be used in accordance with
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this Act for preservation projects on historic properties. In
making such funds available, the Secretary shall give pri-
ority to the preservation of endangered historic properties.’’.
SEC. 502. STATE USE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION ASSIST-
ANCE FOR NATIONAL HERITAGE AREAS AND
CORRIDORS.
Title I of the National Historic Preservation Act (16
U.S.C. 470a and following) is amended by adding at the
end the following:
‘‘SEC. 114. STATE USE OF ASSISTANCE FOR NATIONAL HER-
ITAGE AREAS AND CORRIDORS.
‘‘In addition to other uses authorized by this Act,
amounts provided to a State under this title may be used
by the State to provide financial assistance to the manage-
ment entity for any national heritage area or national her-
itage corridor established under the laws of the United
States, to support cooperative historic preservation plan-
ning and development.’’.
TITLE VI—FEDERAL AND INDIAN
LANDS RESTORATION
SEC. 601. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this title is to provide a dedicated
source of funding for a coordinated program on Federal and
Indian lands to restore degraded lands, protect resources
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that are threatened with degradation, and protect public
health and safety.
SEC. 602. TREATMENT OF AMOUNTS TRANSFERRED FROM
CONSERVATION 
AND 
REINVESTMENT 
ACT
FUND; ALLOCATION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Amounts transferred to the Sec-
retary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture
under section 5(b)(6) of this Act in a fiscal year shall be
available without further appropriation, in that fiscal year,
to carry out this title.
(b) ALLOCATION.—Amounts referred to in subsection
(a) year shall be allocated and available as follows:
(1) DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.—60 percent
shall be allocated and available to the Secretary of the
Interior to carry out the purpose of this title on lands
within the National Park System, lands within the
National Wildlife Refuge System, and public lands
administered by the Bureau of Land Management.
(2) DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.—30 percent
shall be allocated and available to the Secretary of
Agriculture to carry out the purpose of this title on
lands within the National Forest System.
(3) INDIAN TRIBES.—10 percent shall be allo-
cated and available to the Secretary of the Interior for
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competitive grants to qualified Indian tribes under
section 603(b).
SEC. 603. AUTHORIZED USES OF TRANSFERRED AMOUNTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Funds made available to carry out
this title shall be used solely for restoration of degraded
lands, resource protection, maintenance activities related to
resource protection, or protection of public health or safety.
(b) COMPETITIVE GRANTS TO INDIAN TRIBES.—
(1) GRANT AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of the
Interior shall administer a competitive grant pro-
gram for Indian tribes, giving priority to projects
based upon the protection of significant resources, the
severity of damages or threats to resources, and the
protection of public health or safety.
(2) LIMITATION.—The amount received for a fis-
cal year by a single Indian tribe in the form of
grants under this subsection may not exceed 10 per-
cent of the total amount available for that fiscal year
for grants under this subsection.
(c) PRIORITY LIST.—The Secretary of the Interior and
the Secretary of Agriculture shall each establish priority
lists for the use of funds available under this title. Each
list shall give priority to projects based upon the protection
of significant resources, the severity of damages or threats
to resources, and the protection of public health or safety.
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(d) COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE PLANS.—Any
project carried out on Federal lands with amounts provided
under this title shall be carried out in accordance with all
management plans that apply under Federal law to the
lands.
(e) TRACKING RESULTS.—Not later than the end of the
first full fiscal year for which funds are available under
this title, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary
of Agriculture shall jointly establish a coordinated program
for—
(1) tracking the progress of activities carried out
with amounts made available by this title; and
(2) determining the extent to which demonstrable
results are being achieved by those activities.
SEC. 604. INDIAN TRIBE DEFINED.
In this title, the term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ means an Indian
or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, or
community that the Secretary of the Interior recognizes as
an Indian tribe under section 104 of the Federally Recog-
nized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 479a–1).
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TITLE 
VII—CONSERVATION
EASEMENTS 
AND 
ENDAN-
GERED 
AND 
THREATENED
SPECIES RECOVERY
Subtitle A—Conservation
Easements
SEC. 701. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this subtitle is to provide a dedicated
source of funding to the Secretary of the Interior for pro-
grams to provide matching grants to certain eligible entities
to facilitate the purchase of permanent conservation ease-
ments in order to—
(1) protect the ability of these lands to maintain
their traditional uses; and
(2) prevent the loss of their value to the public
because of development that is inconsistent with their
traditional uses.
SEC. 702. TREATMENT OF AMOUNTS TRANSFERRED FROM
CONSERVATION 
AND 
REINVESTMENT 
ACT
FUND.
Amounts transferred to the Secretary of the Interior
under section 5(b)(7)(A) in a fiscal year shall be available
to the Secretary of the Interior without further appropria-
tion, in that fiscal year, to carry out this subtitle.