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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1026 
To provide for consistent and reliable authority and funding to meet conserva-
tion and deferred maintenance needs affecting lands under the adminis-
trative jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior and the Department 
of Agriculture, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 6, 2019 
Mr. SIMPSON (for himself and Mr. KILMER) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addi-
tion to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently de-
termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for consistent and reliable authority and funding 
to meet conservation and deferred maintenance needs 
affecting lands under the administrative jurisdiction of 
the Department of the Interior and the Department of 
Agriculture, 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 National 
Park Deferred Maintenance Act’’ or the ‘‘LAND Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND. 
(a) REAUTHORIZATION.—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’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘through 
September 30, 2018’’. 
(b) FUNDING.—Section 200303 of title 54, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 200303. Funding 
‘‘(a) FUNDING FOR FISCAL YEARS 2020 THROUGH 
2029.—From amounts covered into the fund under sec-
tion 200302 of this chapter— 
‘‘(1) $450,000,000 in each fiscal year shall be 
available for expenditure to carry out the purposes 
of this Act, without further appropriation or fiscal 
year limitation, to carry out the purposes of the 
Fund (including accounts and programs made avail-
able from the Fund under the Consolidated Appro-
priations Act, 2017 (Public Law 115–31)); and 
‘‘(2) the remainder of amounts covered into the 
fund shall be available subject to appropriations, 
which may be made without fiscal year limitation. 
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‘‘(b) USES.—Amounts made available for obligation 
or expenditure from the fund may be obligated or ex-
pended only as provided in this chapter.’’. 
(c) ALLOCATION
AND USES
OF FUNDS.—Section 
200304 of title 54, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘There’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) IN 
GENERAL.—There’’; and 
(2) by striking the second sentence and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(b) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Of the total amount 
made available to the Fund through appropriations or de-
posited in the Fund under section 105(a)(2)(B) of the 
Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 
1331 note; Public Law 109–432)— 
‘‘(1) not less than 40 percent shall be used for 
Federal purposes; and 
‘‘(2) not less than 40 percent shall be used to 
provide financial assistance to States. 
‘‘(c) PRIORITIES.—The President shall, as part of the 
President’s annual budget submission to Congress, submit 
to Congress detailed account, program, and project alloca-
tions for funds made available under paragraph (b)(1). 
Acts of appropriation may provide alternate allocations for 
such amounts. 
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‘‘(d) PROHIBITION ON USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN.— 
No funds made available to a State under this Act may 
be used for the acquisition of land, water, or an interest 
in land or water by eminent domain.’’. 
(d) RECREATION ACCESS.—Section 200306 of title 
54, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(c) PUBLIC ACCESS.—Not less than 3 percent of 
amounts appropriated or expended under this chapter in 
each fiscal year shall be made available for the fiscal year 
for projects that secure recreational public access to exist-
ing Federal public land for hunting, fishing, and other rec-
reational purposes.’’. 
(e) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Title 54, United 
States Code— 
(1) in section 200302, paragraph (3) of sub-
section (c) is amended by inserting ‘‘or otherwise ex-
pended’’ after ‘‘Congress’’; 
(2) in section 200304— 
(A) the first sentence is amended by in-
serting ‘‘or expenditures’’ after ‘‘appropria-
tions’’; and 
(B) the second sentence is amended by in-
serting ‘‘or expenditures’’ after ‘‘appropria-
tions’’; 
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(3) in section 200305— 
(A) the matter preceding paragraph (1) of 
subsection (b) is amended by inserting ‘‘or oth-
erwise provided’’ after ‘‘appropriated’’; 
(B) paragraph (1) of subsection (b) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘expenditures’’ after ‘‘ap-
propriations’’; and 
(C) paragraph (2) of subsection (b) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘expenditure’’ after ‘‘ap-
propriation’’; and 
(4) in section 200306— 
(A) paragraph (1) is amended by inserting 
‘‘or expended’’ after ‘‘appropriated’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), subparagraph (B)(ii) 
is amended by inserting ‘‘or expended’’ after 
‘‘appropriated’’; 
(C) paragraph (4) is amended by inserting 
‘‘or expenditures’’ after ‘‘appropriations’’ each 
time it appears; and 
(D) subsection (b) is amended by inserting 
‘‘or expenditures’’ after ‘‘Appropriations’’ each 
time it appears. 
(f) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for chapter 2003 of title 54, United States Code, is 
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amended by striking the item relating to section 200303 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘200303. Funding.’’. 
SEC. 3. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MAINTENANCE AND RE-
VITALIZATION CONSERVATION FUND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is hereby established in the 
Treasury a special account to be known as the ‘‘National 
Park Service and Related Agencies Maintenance and Revi-
talization Conservation Fund’’. 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—For each of fiscal 
years 2020 through 2029, $450,000,000 shall be available 
for expenditure to carry out the purposes of this Act, with-
out further appropriation or fiscal year limitation, to carry 
out the purposes of the Fund. Amounts from the Fund 
shall not be used for the acquisition of land or interests 
in land. 
(c) DEPOSITS.—At the beginning of each applicable 
fiscal year, there shall be deposited in the Fund 
$450,000,000 from mineral revenues due and payable to 
the United States that are not otherwise credited, covered, 
or deposited under Federal law. 
(d) DEPARTMENT
OF
THE INTERIOR.—Of funds 
made available under subsection (b) each fiscal year, the 
Secretary of the Interior shall use the following amounts 
for priority deferred maintenance needs that support crit-
ical infrastructure and visitor services: 
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(1) Eighty percent of amounts in the Fund 
shall be allocated for priority deferred maintenance 
projects, including other infrastructure deficiencies 
directly related to such deferred maintenance 
projects, as determined by the Secretary of the Inte-
rior and the Director of the National Park Service, 
with the goal of ensuring overall parity between 
amounts allocated to transportation and non-trans-
portation projects. 
(2) Ten percent of amounts in the Fund shall 
be allocated for purposes of addressing the national 
wildlife refuge system maintenance backlog, as de-
termined by the Secretary of the Interior and the 
Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service. 
(3) Five percent of amounts in the Fund shall 
be allocated for the purposes of addressing the pub-
lic access and recreation backlog on public lands, as 
determined by the Secretary of the Interior and the 
Director of the Bureau of Land Management. 
(4) Five percent of amounts in the Fund shall 
be for the purposes of addressing the Bureau of In-
dian Education school construction and deferred 
maintenance backlogs, as determined by the Sec-
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retary of the Interior and the Director of the Bu-
reau of Indian Education. 
(e) PROHIBITED USE OF FUNDS.—No amounts in 
the Fund shall be used— 
(1) to supplant discretionary funding made 
available for the annually recurring facility oper-
ations, maintenance, and construction needs of the 
entities for which amounts from the Fund are allo-
cated under subsection (d); or 
(2) for performance awards for Federal employ-
ees who are employed in implementing this Act. 
(f) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary of 
the Interior shall submit to the Committees on Appropria-
tions and Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate 
and to the Committees on Appropriations and Natural Re-
sources in the House of Representatives, with the annual 
budget submission of the President, a list of projects for 
which the amounts in the Fund are allocated under this 
section, including a description of each such project. 
(g) DONATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Inte-
rior, the Director of the National Park Service, the 
Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service, the Director of the Bureau of Land Man-
agement, and the Assistant Secretary of Indian Af-
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fairs may accept public cash or in-kind donations 
that advance efforts— 
(A) to reduce the deferred maintenance 
backlog of the National Park Service, the na-
tional wildlife refuge system maintenance back-
log of the United States Fish and Wildlife Serv-
ice, the public access and recreation backlog of 
the Bureau of Land Management, and the 
school construction backlog of the Bureau of 
Indian Education, respectively; and 
(B) to encourage relevant public-private 
partnerships. 
(2) CREDITS TO FUND.—Any cash donations 
accepted under paragraph (1) shall be credited to, 
and form a part of, the Fund. 
(3) REPORTING.—Each donation received under 
paragraph (1) that is used for, or directly related to, 
the reduction of the deferred maintenance backlog of 
the National Park Service, the national wildlife ref-
uge system maintenance backlog of the United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service, the public access 
and recreation backlog of the Bureau of Land Man-
agement, and the school construction backlog of the 
Bureau of Indian Education, shall be included with 
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