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Union Calendar No. 222 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3195 
[Report No. 116–277] 
To amend title 54, United States Code, to provide permanent, dedicated 
funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 11, 2019 
Mr. VAN DREW (for himself, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. 
HUFFMAN, Ms. HAALAND, Mr. COX of California, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. 
FITZPATRICK, Mr. KATKO, and Mr. ZELDIN) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
NOVEMBER 8, 2019 
Additional sponsors: Mr. HORSFORD, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Ms. 
KUSTER
of New Hampshire, Mr. COHEN, Ms. SHALALA, Mr. 
GARAMENDI, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. KILMER, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. 
GABBARD, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. WELCH, Mr. O’HALLERAN, Mrs. KIRK-
PATRICK, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. TONKO, Mr. LEVIN of 
California, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. BROWN of Maryland, Ms. JAYAPAL, Ms. 
BARRAGA´N, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mrs. NAPOLI-
TANO, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. AGUILAR, Ms. NORTON, Mr. 
CLAY, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. SOTO, Mr. ROUDA, Mr. 
KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. MCEACHIN, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. PAPPAS, Ms. 
ESHOO, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Ms. 
DEGETTE, Mr. RUSH, Mr. ROSE of New York, Ms. ESCOBAR, Mr. LEVIN 
of Michigan, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. MORELLE, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. BLU-
MENAUER, Mr. CASTEN of Illinois, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. FLEISCHMANN, 
Mr. COLLINS of New York, Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. CART-
WRIGHT, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. KIM, Mr. BRIN-
DISI, Ms. OMAR, Mr. KIND, Ms. DEAN, Mr. SIRES, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. 
ROUZER, Mr. LAWSON of Florida, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. 
BROWNLEY of California, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Ms. PINGREE, Ms. 
SLOTKIN, Mr. KENNEDY, Ms. UNDERWOOD, Ms. MENG, Mr. HURD of 
Texas, Mr. TRONE, Mr. SCHRADER, Mr. DELGADO, Mr. STANTON, Ms. 
TITUS, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. MALINOWSKI, Mr. HECK, Mrs. AXNE, Mr. 
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MOONEY of West Virginia, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, 
Mr. HARDER of California, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. HASTINGS, 
Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. PETERS, Ms. 
CLARK of Massachusetts, Mr. COSTA, Mrs. LEE of Nevada, Mrs. 
FLETCHER, Mr. GOLDEN, Mr. RYAN, Mr. FORTENBERRY, Ms. MATSUI, 
Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. HILL of California, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. 
GOMEZ, Mr. CORREA, Ms. TORRES SMALL of New Mexico, Mr. PERL-
MUTTER, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. PORTER, Mr. SMITH of Wash-
ington, Mr. MCADAMS, Ms. SCHRIER, Mr. NEAL, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. 
PASCRELL, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. LUJA´N, Mr. LARSON of Con-
necticut, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. MARSHALL, 
Ms. STEVENS, Mr. JEFFRIES, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE 
of Pennsylvania, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mr. GONZALEZ of Texas, Mr. SHER-
MAN, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. CROW, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. SCANLON, 
Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Mrs. MCBATH, Mrs. DEMINGS, Mr. KING of New York, 
Ms. LEE of California, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. MCNERNEY, Ms. 
MUCARSEL-POWELL, Ms. CRAIG, Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. 
DEUTCH, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. QUIGLEY, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Ms. 
JUDY CHU of California, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. ROONEY of Florida, Mr. 
NADLER, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Ms. WEXTON, Mr. PHILLIPS, Ms. 
WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. PLASKETT, Mr. 
CLEAVER, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Mr. CLYBURN, Ms. 
WATERS, Mr. LAMB, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. ALLRED, Ms. SHERRILL, Ms. 
LOFGREN, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. RIGGLEMAN, Mrs. LURIA, Mr. 
MOULTON, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Ms. WILD, Mr. VEASEY, Mrs. 
LAWRENCE, Mr. POCAN, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, 
Mr. CRIST, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. SWALWELL of California, 
Ms. HOULAHAN, Mrs. TORRES of California, Mr. LEWIS, Mr. GARCI´A of 
Illinois, Ms. SPANBERGER, Ms. BASS, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. KEATING, 
Miss RICE of New York, Mr. BEYER, Mr. BERA, Mr. HIMES, Mr. 
CISNEROS, Mrs. MURPHY of Florida, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. 
EVANS, Ms. ADAMS, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. CUMMINGS, Ms. DAVIDS of Kan-
sas, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE 
of Pennsylvania, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Ms. KENDRA S. HORN of Okla-
homa, Mr. STIVERS, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Ms. FRANKEL, Ms. ROYBAL- 
ALLARD, Mr. KUSTOFF of Tennessee, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Ms. BLUNT 
ROCHESTER, and Mr. LOEBSACK 
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NOVEMBER 8, 2019 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 11, 2019] 
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A BILL 
To amend title 54, United States Code, to provide perma-
nent, dedicated funding for the Land and Water Con-
servation Fund, and for other purposes. 
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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 Fund Permanent Funding Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PERMANENT FULL FUNDING OF THE LAND AND 
WATER CONSERVATION FUND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 200303 of title 54, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 200303. Availability of funds 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For each fiscal year beginning 
after the date of the enactment of this section, amounts de-
posited in the Fund under section 200302 shall be made 
available for expenditure, without further appropriation or 
fiscal year limitation, to carry out the purposes of the Fund 
(including accounts and programs made available from the 
Fund under the Consolidated and Further Continuing Ap-
propriations Act, 2015 (Public Law 113–235; 128 Stat. 
2130)). 
‘‘(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 
of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331 
note; Public Law 109–432) or otherwise appropriated from 
the Fund. 
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‘‘(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 estab-
lishing alternate allocations by the date that 
is 120 days after the date on which the ap-
plicable fiscal year begins, amounts made 
available under subsection (a) shall be allo-
cated by the President. 
‘‘(ii) INSUFFICIENT ALTERNATE ALLO-
CATION.—If Congress enacts legislation es-
tablishing alternate allocations for amounts 
made available under subsection (a) that 
are less than the full amount appropriated 
under that subsection, the difference between 
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the amount appropriated and the alternate 
allocation shall be allocated by the Presi-
dent. 
‘‘(3) RECREATIONAL PUBLIC ACCESS.—Amounts 
expended from the Fund under this section shall be 
consistent with the requirements for recreational pub-
lic access for hunting, fishing, recreational shooting, 
or other outdoor recreational purposes under section 
200306(c). 
‘‘(4) ANNUAL REPORT.—The President shall sub-
mit to Congress an annual report that describes the 
final allocation by account, program, and project of 
amounts made available under subsection (a), includ-
ing a description of the status of obligations and ex-
penditures.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 200302(c) of 
title 54, United States Code, is amended by striking para-
graph (3). 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for 
chapter 2003 of title 54, United States Code, is amended 
by striking the item relating to section 200303 and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘200303. Availability of funds.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 222 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3195 
[Report No. 116–277] 
A BILL 
To amend title 54, United States Code, to provide 
permanent, dedicated funding for the Land and 
Water Conservation Fund, and for other pur-
poses. 
NOVEMBER 8, 2019 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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