(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may— 
(A) cooperate with and provide technical assistance to Federal 
agencies and obtain from them information, data, reports, advice, 
and assistance that are needed and can reasonably be furnished 
in carrying out the purposes of this chapter; and 
(B) promote coordination of Federal plans and activities gen-
erally relating to outdoor recreation. 
(2) FUNDING.—An agency furnishing advice or assistance under this 
paragraph may expend its own funds for those purposes, with or with-
out reimbursement, as may be agreed to by that agency. 
(i) DONATIONS.—The Secretary may accept and use donations of money, 
property, personal services, or facilities for the purposes of this chapter. 
§ 200104. Consultations of Secretary with administrative of-
ficers; execution of administrative responsibilities 
in conformity with nationwide plan 
To carry out the policy declared in section 200101 of this title, the heads 
of Federal agencies having administrative responsibility over activities or re-
sources the conduct or use of which is pertinent to fulfillment of that policy 
shall, individually or as a group— 
(1) consult with and be consulted by the Secretary from time to time 
both with respect to their conduct of those activities and their use of 
those resources and with respect to the activities that the Secretary 
carries on under authority of this chapter that are pertinent to their 
work; and 
(2) carry out that responsibility in general conformance with the na-
tionwide plan authorized under section 200103(d) of this title. 
Chapter 2003—Land and Water 
Conservation Fund 
Sec. 
200301.
Definitions. 
200302.
Establishment of Land and Water Conservation Fund. 
200303.
Appropriations for expenditure of Fund amounts. 
200304.
Statement of estimated requirements. 
200305.
Financial assistance to States. 
200306.
Allocation of Fund amounts for Federal purposes. 
200307.
Availability of Fund amounts for publicity purposes. 
200308.
Contracts for acquisition of land and water. 
200309.
Contracts for options to acquire land and water in System. 
200310.
Transfers to and from Fund. 
§ 200301. Definitions 
In this chapter: 
(1) FUND.—The term ‘‘Fund’’ means the Land and Water Con-
servation Fund established under section 200302 of this title. 
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(2) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means a State, the District of Co-
lumbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and 
the Northern Mariana Islands. 
§ 200302. Establishment of Land and Water Conservation 
Fund 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the Treasury the Land 
and Water Conservation Fund. 
(b) DEPOSITS.—During the period ending September 30, 2015, there 
shall be deposited in the Fund the following revenues and collections: 
(1) All proceeds (except so much thereof as may be otherwise obli-
gated, credited, or paid under authority of the provisions of law set 
forth in section 572(a) or 574(a) to (c) of title 40 or under authority 
of any appropriation Act that appropriates an amount, to be derived 
from proceeds from the transfer of excess property and the disposal of 
surplus property, for necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in-
cident to the utilization and disposal of excess and surplus property) 
received from any disposal of surplus real property and related personal 
property under chapter 5 of title 40, notwithstanding any provision of 
law that such proceeds shall be credited to miscellaneous receipts of the 
Treasury. Nothing in this chapter shall affect existing laws or regula-
tions concerning disposal of real or personal surplus property to 
schools, hospitals, and States and their political subdivisions. 
(2) The amounts provided for in section 200310 of this title. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to the sum of the revenues and collec-
tions estimated by the Secretary to be deposited in the Fund pursuant 
to this section, there are authorized to be appropriated annually to the 
Fund out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated 
such amounts as are necessary to make the income of the Fund not 
less than $900,000,000 for each fiscal year through September 30, 
2015. 
(2) RECEIPTS UNDER OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF LANDS ACT.—To 
the extent that amounts appropriated under paragraph (1) are not suf-
ficient to make the total annual income of the Fund equivalent to the 
amounts provided in paragraph (1), an amount sufficient to cover the 
remainder shall be credited to the Fund from revenues due and payable 
to the United States for deposit in the Treasury as miscellaneous re-
ceipts under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 
et seq.). 
(3) AVAILABILITY OF DEPOSITS.—Notwithstanding section 200303 
of this title, money deposited in the Fund under this subsection shall 
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remain in the Fund until appropriated by Congress to carry out this 
chapter. 
§ 200303. Appropriations for expenditure of Fund amounts 
Amounts deposited in the Fund shall be available for expenditure for the 
purposes of this chapter only when appropriated for those purposes. The ap-
propriations may be made without fiscal-year limitation. Amounts made 
available for obligation or expenditure from the Fund may be obligated or 
expended only as provided in this chapter. 
§ 200304. Statement of estimated requirements 
There shall be submitted with the annual budget of the United States a 
comprehensive statement of estimated requirements during the ensuing fis-
cal year for appropriations from the Fund. Not less than 40 percent of such 
appropriations shall be available for Federal purposes. 
§ 200305. Financial assistance to States 
(a) AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY TO MAKE PAYMENTS.—The Secretary 
may provide financial assistance to the States from amounts available for 
State purposes. Payments may be made to the States by the Secretary as 
provided in this section, subject to such terms and conditions as the Sec-
retary considers appropriate and in the public interest to carry out the pur-
poses of this chapter, for outdoor recreation: 
(1) Planning. 
(2) Acquisition of land, water, or interests in land or water. 
(3) Development. 
(b) APPORTIONMENT AMONG STATES.—Amounts appropriated and avail-
able for State purposes for each fiscal year shall be apportioned among the 
States by the Secretary, whose determination shall be final, in accordance 
with the following formula: 
(1) Forty percent of the 1st $225,000,000; 30 percent of the next 
$275,000,000; and 20 percent of all additional appropriations shall be 
apportioned equally among the States. 
(2) At any time, the remaining appropriation shall be apportioned 
on the basis of need to individual States by the Secretary in such 
amounts as in the Secretary’s judgment will best accomplish the pur-
poses of this chapter. The determination of need shall include consider-
ation of—– 
(A) the proportion that the population of each State bears to 
the total population of the United States; 
(B) the use of outdoor recreation resources of each State by 
persons from outside the State; and 
(C) the Federal resources and programs in each State. 
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(3) The total allocation to a State under paragraphs (1) and (2) 
shall not exceed 10 percent of the total amount allocated to all of the 
States in any one year. 
(4) The Secretary shall notify each State of its apportionments. The 
amounts shall be available for payment to the State for planning, ac-
quisition, or development projects as prescribed. Any amount of any 
apportionment that has not been paid or obligated by the Secretary 
during the fiscal year in which the notification is given and for 2 fiscal 
years thereafter shall be reapportioned by the Secretary in accordance 
with paragraph (2) without regard to the 10 percent limitation to an 
individual State specified in this subsection. 
(5) For the purposes of paragraph (1), the District of Columbia, 
Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the 
Northern Mariana Islands shall be deemed to be one State, and shall 
receive shares of the apportionment in proportion to their populations. 
(c) MATCHING REQUIREMENTS.—Payments to any State shall cover not 
more than 50 percent of the cost of planning, acquisition, or development 
projects that are undertaken by the State. The remaining share of the cost 
shall be borne by the State in a manner and with funds or services as shall 
be satisfactory to the Secretary. 
(d) COMPREHENSIVE STATE PLAN.— 
(1) REQUIRED FOR CONSIDERATION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.—A 
comprehensive statewide outdoor recreation plan shall be required prior 
to the consideration by the Secretary of financial assistance for acquisi-
tion or development projects. The plan shall be adequate if, in the judg-
ment of the Secretary, it encompasses and will promote the purposes 
of this chapter. No plan shall be approved unless the chief executive 
official of the State certifies that ample opportunity for public partici-
pation in plan development and revision has been accorded. The Sec-
retary shall develop, in consultation with others, criteria for public par-
ticipation, which criteria shall constitute the basis for the certification 
by the chief executive official. The plan shall contain— 
(A) the name of the State agency that will have authority to 
represent and act for the State in dealing with the Secretary for 
purposes of this chapter; 
(B) an evaluation of the demand for and supply of outdoor 
recreation resources and facilities in the State; 
(C) a program for the implementation of the plan; and 
(D) other necessary information, as determined by the Sec-
retary. 
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(2) FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED.—The plan shall take into account 
relevant Federal resources and programs and shall be correlated so far 
as practicable with other State, regional, and local plans. Where there 
exists or is in preparation for any particular State a comprehensive 
plan financed in part with funds supplied by the Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development, any statewide outdoor recreation plan pre-
pared for purposes of this part shall be based on the same population, 
growth, and other pertinent factors as are used in formulating plans 
financed by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 
(3) PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE WHEN PLAN NOT OTHERWISE AVAIL-
ABLE OR TO MAINTAIN PLAN.—The Secretary may provide financial as-
sistance to any State for projects for the preparation of a comprehen-
sive statewide outdoor recreation plan when the plan is not otherwise 
available or for the maintenance of the plan. 
(4) WETLANDS.—A comprehensive statewide outdoor recreation plan 
shall specifically address wetlands within the State as an important 
outdoor recreation resource as a prerequisite to approval, except that 
a revised comprehensive statewide outdoor recreation plan shall not be 
required by the Secretary, if a State submits, and the Secretary, acting 
through the Director, approves, as a part of and as an addendum to 
the existing comprehensive statewide outdoor recreation plan, a wet-
lands priority plan developed in consultation with the State agency with 
responsibility for fish and wildlife resources and consistent with the na-
tional wetlands priority conservation plan developed under section 301 
of the Emergency Wetlands Resources Act of 1986 (16 U.S.C. 3921) 
or, if the national plan has not been completed, consistent with the pro-
visions of that section. 
(e) PROJECTS FOR LAND AND WATER ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT 
OF BASIC OUTDOOR RECREATION FACILITIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to assistance for planning projects, 
the Secretary may provide financial assistance to any State for the 
types of projects described in paragraphs (2) and (3), or combinations 
of those projects, if the projects are in accordance with the State com-
prehensive plan. 
(2) ACQUISITION OF LAND OR WATER.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Under paragraph (1), the Secretary may 
provide financial assistance for a project for the acquisition of 
land, water, or an interest in land or water, or a wetland area or 
an interest in a wetland area, as identified in the wetlands provi-
sions of the comprehensive plan (other than land, water, or an in-
terest in land or water acquired from the United States for less 
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than fair market value), but not including incidental costs relating 
to acquisition. 
(B) RETENTION OF RIGHT OF USE AND OCCUPANCY.—When a 
State provides that the owner of a single-family residence may, at 
the owner’s option, elect to retain a right of use and occupancy 
for not less than 6 months after the date of acquisition of the resi-
dence and the owner elects to retain such a right— 
(i) the owner shall be deemed to have waived any benefits 
under sections 203 to 206 of the Uniform Relocation Assist-
ance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (42 
U.S.C. 4623 to 4626); and 
(ii) for the purposes of those sections the owner shall not 
be deemed to be a displaced person as defined in section 101 
of that Act (42 U.S.C. 4601). 
(3) DEVELOPMENT OF BASIC OUTDOOR RECREATION FACILITIES.— 
Under paragraph (1), the Secretary may provide financial assistance 
for a project for development of basic outdoor recreation facilities to 
serve the general public, including the development of Federal land 
under lease to States for terms of 25 years or more. No assistance 
shall be available under this chapter to enclose or shelter a facility nor-
mally used for an outdoor recreation activity, but the Secretary may 
permit local funding, not to exceed 10 percent of the total amount allo-
cated to a State in any one year, to be used for construction of a shel-
tered facility for a swimming pool or ice skating rink in an area where 
the Secretary determines that the construction is justified by the sever-
ity of climatic conditions and the increased public use made possible 
by the construction. 
(f) PAYMENTS.— 
(1) CRITERIA FOR MAKING PAYMENTS.—The Secretary may make a 
payment to a State only for a planning, acquisition, or development 
project that is approved by the Secretary. The Secretary shall not make 
a payment for or on account of any project with respect to which finan-
cial assistance has been given or promised under any other Federal 
program or activity, and no financial assistance shall be given under 
any other Federal program or activity for or on account of any project 
with respect to which the assistance has been given or promised under 
this chapter. The Secretary may make payments from time to time in 
keeping with the rate of progress toward the satisfactory completion of 
a project. The approval of all projects and all payments, or any com-
mitments relating thereto, shall be withheld until the Secretary receives 
appropriate written assurance from the State that the State has the 
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ability and intention to finance its share of the cost of all of the 
projects, and to operate and maintain by acceptable standards, at State 
expense, the properties or facilities acquired or developed for public 
outdoor recreation use. 
(2) PAYMENT RECIPIENTS.—Payments for all projects shall be made 
by the Secretary to the chief executive official of the State or to a State 
official or agency designated by the chief executive official or by State 
law having authority and responsibility to accept and to administer 
funds paid under this section for approved projects. If consistent with 
an approved project, funds may be transferred by the State to a polit-
ical subdivision or other appropriate public agency. 
(3) CONVERSION TO OTHER THAN PUBLIC OUTDOOR RECREATION 
USE.—No property acquired or developed with assistance under this 
section shall, without the approval of the Secretary, be converted to 
other than public outdoor recreation use. The Secretary shall approve 
a conversion only if the Secretary finds it to be in accordance with the 
then-existing comprehensive statewide outdoor recreation plan and only 
on such conditions as the Secretary considers necessary to ensure the 
substitution of other recreation properties of at least equal fair market 
value and of reasonably equivalent usefulness and location. Wetland 
areas and interests therein as identified in the wetlands provisions of 
the comprehensive plan and proposed to be acquired as suitable re-
placement property within the same State that is otherwise acceptable 
to the Secretary, acting through the Director, shall be deemed to be 
of reasonably equivalent usefulness with the property proposed for con-
version. 
(4) REPORTS AND ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES.—No payment shall be 
made to any State until the State has agreed to— 
(A) provide such reports to the Secretary in such form and con-
taining such information as may be reasonably necessary to enable 
the Secretary to perform the Secretary’s duties under this chapter; 
and 
(B) provide such fiscal control and fund accounting procedures 
as may be necessary to ensure proper disbursement and account-
ing for Federal funds paid to the State under this chapter. 
(g) RECORDS.—A recipient of assistance under this chapter shall keep 
such records as the Secretary shall prescribe, including records that fully 
disclose— 
(1) the amount and the disposition by the recipient of the proceeds 
of the assistance; 
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(2) the total cost of the project or undertaking in connection with 
which the assistance is given or used; and 
(3) the amount and nature of that portion of the cost of the project 
or undertaking supplied by other sources, and such other records as 
will facilitate an effective audit. 
(h) ACCESS TO RECORDS.—The Secretary, and the Comptroller General, 
or any of their duly authorized representatives, shall have access for the 
purpose of audit and examination to any records of the recipient that are 
pertinent to assistance received under this chapter. 
(i) PROHIBITION
OF DISCRIMINATION.—With respect to property ac-
quired or developed with assistance from the Fund, discrimination on the 
basis of residence, including preferential reservation or membership systems, 
is prohibited except to the extent that reasonable differences in admission 
and other fees may be maintained on the basis of residence. 
(j) COORDINATION WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES.—To ensure consistency in 
policies and actions under this chapter with other related Federal programs 
and activities and to ensure coordination of the planning, acquisition, and 
development assistance to States under this section with other related Fed-
eral programs and activities— 
(1) the President may issue such regulations with respect thereto as 
the President considers desirable; and 
(2) the assistance may be provided only in accordance with the regu-
lations. 
(k) CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT
AND
OTHER
PROJECTS
TO
REDUCE 
CRIME.— 
(1) AVAILABILITY AND PURPOSE OF FUNDS.—In addition to assist-
ance for planning projects, and in addition to the projects identified in 
subsection (e), and from amounts appropriated out of the Violent 
Crime Reduction Trust Fund, the Secretary may provide financial as-
sistance to the States, not to exceed $15,000,000, for projects or com-
binations thereof for the purpose of making capital improvements and 
other measures to increase safety in urban parks and recreation areas, 
including funds to— 
(A) increase lighting within or adjacent to public parks and 
recreation areas; 
(B) provide emergency telephone lines to contact law enforce-
ment or security personnel in areas within or adjacent to public 
parks and recreation areas; 
(C) increase security personnel within or adjacent to public 
parks and recreation areas; and 
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(D) fund any other project intended to increase the security and 
safety of public parks and recreation areas. 
(2) ELIGIBILITY.—In addition to the requirements for project ap-
proval imposed by this section, eligibility for assistance under this sub-
section shall depend on a showing of need. In providing funds under 
this subsection, the Secretary shall give priority to projects proposed 
for urban parks and recreation areas with the highest rates of crime 
and, in particular, to urban parks and recreation areas with the highest 
rates of sexual assault. 
(3) FEDERAL
SHARE.—Notwithstanding subsection (c), the Sec-
retary may provide 70 percent improvement grants for projects under-
taken by a State for the purposes described in this subsection. 
§ 200306. Allocation of Fund amounts for Federal purposes 
(a) ALLOWABLE PURPOSES AND SUBPURPOSES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Amounts appropriated from the Fund for Federal 
purposes shall, unless otherwise allotted in the appropriation Act mak-
ing them available, be allotted by the President for the purposes and 
subpurposes stated in this subsection. 
(2) ACQUISITION OF LAND, WATER, OR AN INTEREST IN LAND OR 
WATER.— 
(A) SYSTEM
UNITS
AND
RECREATION
AREAS
ADMINISTERED 
FOR RECREATION PURPOSES.—Amounts shall be allotted for the 
acquisition of land, water, or an interest in land or water within 
the exterior boundary of— 
(i) a System unit authorized or established; and 
(ii) an area authorized to be administered by the Secretary 
for outdoor recreation purposes. 
(B) NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—Amounts shall be allotted for the acqui-
sition of land, water, or an interest in land or water within 
inholdings within— 
(I) wilderness areas of the National Forest System; 
and 
(II) other areas of national forests as the boundaries 
of those forests existed on January 1, 1965, or purchase 
units approved by the National Forest Reservation Com-
mission subsequent to January 1, 1965, all of which 
other areas are primarily of value for outdoor recreation 
purposes. 
(ii) ADJACENT LAND.—Land outside but adjacent to an ex-
isting national forest boundary, not to exceed 3,000 acres in 
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the case of any one forest, that would comprise an integral 
part of a forest recreational management area may also be 
acquired with amounts appropriated from the Fund. 
(iii) LIMITATION.—Except for areas specifically authorized 
by Act of Congress, not more than 15 percent of the acreage 
added to the National Forest System pursuant to this section 
shall be west of the 100th meridian. 
(C) ENDANGERED SPECIES AND THREATENED SPECIES; FISH 
AND WILDLIFE REFUGE AREAS; NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYS-
TEM.—Amounts shall be allotted for the acquisition of land, water, 
or an interest in land or water for— 
(i) endangered species and threatened species authorized 
under section 5(a) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 
(16 U.S.C. 1534(a)); 
(ii) areas authorized by section 2 of the Refuge Recreation 
Act (16 U.S.C. 460k–1); 
(iii) national wildlife refuge areas under section 7(a)(4) of 
the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742f(a)(4)) and 
wetlands acquired under section 304 of the Emergency Wet-
lands Resources Act of 1986 (16 U.S.C. 3922); and 
(iv) any area authorized for the National Wildlife Refuge 
System by specific Acts. 
(3) PAYMENT AS OFFSET OF CAPITAL COSTS.—Amounts shall be al-
lotted for payment into miscellaneous receipts of the Treasury as a par-
tial offset for capital costs, if any, of Federal water development 
projects authorized to be constructed by or pursuant to an Act of Con-
gress that are allocated to public recreation and the enhancement of 
fish and wildlife values and financed through appropriations to water 
resource agencies. 
(4) AVAILABILITY OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Appropriations allotted for 
the acquisition of land, water, or an interest in land or water as set 
forth under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (2) shall be avail-
able for those acquisitions notwithstanding any statutory ceiling on the 
appropriations contained in any other provision of law enacted prior to 
January 4, 1977, or, in the case of national recreation areas, prior to 
January 15, 1979, except that for any such area expenditures shall not 
exceed a statutory ceiling during any one fiscal year by 10 percent of 
the ceiling or $1,000,000, whichever is greater. 
(b) ACQUISITION RESTRICTIONS.—Appropriations from the Fund pursu-
ant to this section shall not be used for acquisition unless the acquisition 
is otherwise authorized by law. Appropriations from the Fund may be used 
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for preacquisition work where authorization is imminent and where substan-
tial monetary savings could be realized. 
§ 200307. Availability of Fund amounts for publicity pur-
poses 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Amounts derived from the sources listed in section 
200302 of this title shall not be available for publicity purposes. 
(b) EXCEPTION FOR TEMPORARY SIGNING.—In a case where significant 
acquisition or development is initiated, appropriate standardized temporary 
signing shall be located on or near the affected site, to the extent feasible, 
so as to indicate the action taken is a product of funding made available 
through the Fund. The signing may indicate the percentage amounts and 
dollar amounts financed by Federal and non-Federal funds, and that the 
source of the funding includes amounts derived from Outer Continental 
Shelf receipts. The Secretary shall prescribe standards and guidelines for 
the usage of the signing to ensure consistency of design and application. 
§ 200308. Contracts for acquisition of land and water 
Not more than $30,000,000 of the amount authorized to be appropriated 
from the Fund by section 200303 of this title may be obligated by contract 
during each fiscal year for the acquisition of land, water, or interest in land 
or water within areas specified in section 200306(a)(2) of this title. The 
contract may be executed by the head of the department concerned, within 
limitations prescribed by the Secretary. The contract shall be a contractual 
obligation of the United States and shall be liquidated with money appro-
priated from the Fund specifically for liquidation of that contract obligation. 
No contract may be entered into for the acquisition of property pursuant 
to this section unless the acquisition is otherwise authorized by Federal law. 
§ 200309. Contracts for options to acquire land and water in 
System 
The Secretary may enter into contracts for options to acquire land, water, 
or interests in land or water within the exterior boundaries of any area the 
acquisition of which is authorized by law for inclusion in the System. The 
minimum period of any such option shall be 2 years, and any sums ex-
pended for the purchase of an option shall be credited to the purchase price 
of the area. Not more than $500,000 of the sum authorized to be appro-
priated from the Fund by section 200303 of this title may be expended by 
the Secretary in any one fiscal year for the options. 
§ 200310. Transfers to and from Fund 
(a) MOTORBOAT FUEL TAXES.—There shall be set aside in the Fund the 
amounts specified in section 9503(c)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 (26 U.S.C. 9503(c)(3)(B)). 
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(b) REFUNDS OF TAXES.—There shall be paid from time to time from 
the Fund into the general fund of the Treasury amounts estimated by the 
Secretary of the Treasury as equivalent to— 
(1) the amounts paid before October 1, 2017, under section 6421 of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 6421) with respect to 
gasoline used after December 31, 1964, in motorboats, on the basis of 
claims filed for periods ending before October 1, 2016; and 
(2) 80 percent of the floor stocks refunds made before October 1, 
2017, under section 6412(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
(26 U.S.C. 6412(a)(1)) with respect to gasoline to be used in motor-
boats. 
Chapter 2005—Urban Park and Recreation 
Recovery Program 
Sec. 
200501.
Definitions. 
200502.
Federal assistance. 
200503.
Rehabilitation grants and innovation grants. 
200504.
Recovery action programs. 
200505.
State action. 
200506.
Non-Federal share of project costs. 
200507.
Conversion of recreation property. 
200508.
Coordination of program. 
200509.
Recordkeeping. 
200510.
Inapplicability of matching provisions. 
200511.
Funding limitations. 
§ 200501. Definitions 
In this chapter: 
(1) AT-RISK YOUTH RECREATION GRANT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘at-risk youth recreation grant’’ 
means a grant in a neighborhood or community with a high preva-
lence of crime, particularly violent crime or crime committed by 
youthful offenders. 
(B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘at-risk youth recreation grant’’ 
includes— 
(i) a rehabilitation grant; 
(ii) an innovation grant; and 
(iii) a matching grant for continuing program support for 
a program of demonstrated value or success in providing con-
structive alternatives to youth at risk for engaging in criminal 
behavior, including a grant for operating, or coordinating, a 
recreation program or service. 
(C) ADDITIONAL USES OF REHABILITATION GRANT.—In addi-
tion to the purposes specified in paragraph (8), a rehabilitation 
grant that serves as an at-risk youth recreation grant may be used 
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for the provision of lighting, emergency phones, or any other cap-
ital improvement that will improve the security of an urban park. 
(2) GENERAL PURPOSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—The term ‘‘general 
purpose local government’’ means— 
(A) a city, county, town, township, village, or other general pur-
pose political subdivision of a State; and 
(B) the District of Columbia. 
(3) INNOVATION GRANT.—The term ‘‘innovation grant’’ means a 
matching grant to a local government to cover costs of personnel, facili-
ties, equipment, supplies, or services designed to demonstrate innova-
tive and cost-effective ways to augment park and recreation opportuni-
ties at the neighborhood level and to address common problems related 
to facility operations and improved delivery of recreation service, not 
including routine operation and maintenance activities. 
(4) MAINTENANCE.—The term ‘‘maintenance’’ means all commonly 
accepted practices necessary to keep recreation areas and facilities op-
erating in a state of good repair and to protect them from deterioration 
resulting from normal wear and tear. 
(5) PRIVATE, NONPROFIT AGENCY.—The term ‘‘private, nonprofit 
agency’’ means a community-based, nonprofit organization, corpora-
tion, or association organized for purposes of providing recreational, 
conservation, and educational services directly to urban residents on a 
neighborhood or communitywide basis through voluntary donations, vol-
untary labor, or public or private grants. 
(6) RECOVERY ACTION PROGRAM GRANT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘recovery action program grant’’ 
means a matching grant to a local government for development of 
local park and recreation recovery action programs to meet the re-
quirements of this chapter. 
(B) USE.—A recovery action program grant shall be used for 
resource and needs assessment, coordination, citizen involvement 
and planning, and program development activities to— 
(i) encourage public definition of goals; and 
(ii) develop priorities and strategies for overall recreation 
system recovery. 
(7) RECREATION AREA OR FACILITY.—The term ‘‘recreation area or 
facility’’ means an indoor or outdoor park, building, site, or other facil-
ity that is dedicated to recreation purposes and administered by a pub-
lic or private nonprofit agency to serve the recreation needs of commu-
nity residents. Emphasis shall be on public facilities readily accessible 
to residential neighborhoods, including multiple-use community centers 
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that have recreation as one of their primary purposes, but excluding 
major sports arenas, exhibition areas, and conference halls used pri-
marily for commercial sports, spectator, or display activities. 
(8) REHABILITATION
GRANT.—The term ‘‘rehabilitation grant’’ 
means a matching capital grant to a local government for rebuilding, 
remodeling, expanding, or developing an existing outdoor or indoor 
recreation area or facility, including improvements in park landscapes, 
buildings, and support facilities, but excluding routine maintenance and 
upkeep activities. 
(9) SPECIAL PURPOSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘‘special purpose local govern-
ment’’ means a local or regional special district, public-purpose 
corporation, or other limited political subdivision of a State. 
(B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘special purpose local government’’ 
includes— 
(i) a park authority; 
(ii) a park, conservation, water, or sanitary district; and 
(iii) a school district. 
(10) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means a State, an instrumentality 
of a State approved by the Governor of the State, Puerto Rico, Guam, 
American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Is-
lands. 
§ 200502. Federal assistance 
(a) ELIGIBILITY DETERMINED
BY SECRETARY.—Eligibility of general 
purpose local governments for assistance under this chapter shall be based 
on need as determined by the Secretary. The Secretary shall publish in the 
Federal Register a list of local governments eligible to participate in this 
program, to be accompanied by a discussion of criteria used in determining 
eligibility. Criteria shall be based on factors that the Secretary determines 
are related to deteriorated recreational facilities or systems and physical and 
economic distress. 
(b) ADDITIONAL ELIGIBLE GENERAL PURPOSE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.— 
In addition to eligible local governments established in accordance with sub-
section (a), the Secretary may establish eligibility, in accord with the find-
ings and purpose of the Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Act of 1978 
(Public Law 95–625, 92 Stat. 3538), of other general purpose local govern-
ments in metropolitan statistical areas as defined by the Director of the Of-
fice of Management and Budget. 
(c) PRIORITY CRITERIA FOR PROJECT SELECTION AND APPROVAL.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish priority criteria for 
project selection and approval that consider such factors as— 
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(A) population; 
(B) condition of existing recreation areas and facilities; 
(C) demonstrated deficiencies in access to neighborhood recre-
ation opportunities, particularly for minority and low- and mod-
erate-income residents; 
(D) public participation in determining rehabilitation or develop-
ment needs; 
(E) the extent to which a project supports or complements tar-
get activities undertaken as part of a local government’s overall 
community development and urban revitalization program; 
(F) the extent to which a proposed project would provide— 
(i) employment opportunities for minorities, youth, and 
low- and moderate-income residents in the project neighbor-
hood; 
(ii) for participation of neighborhood, nonprofit, or tenant 
organizations in the proposed rehabilitation activity or in sub-
sequent maintenance, staffing, or supervision of recreation 
areas and facilities; or 
(iii) both; and 
(G) the amount of State and private support for a project as 
evidenced by commitments of non-Federal resources to project 
construction or operation. 
(2) AT-RISK YOUTH RECREATION GRANTS.—For at-risk youth recre-
ation grants, the Secretary shall give a priority to each of the following 
criteria: 
(A) Programs that are targeted to youth who are at the greatest 
risk of becoming involved in violence and crime. 
(B) Programs that teach important values and life skills, includ-
ing teamwork, respect, leadership, and self-esteem. 
(C) Programs that offer tutoring, remedial education, men-
toring, and counseling in addition to recreation opportunities. 
(D) Programs that offer services during late night or other non-
school hours. 
(E) Programs that demonstrate collaboration between local park 
and recreation, juvenile justice, law enforcement, and youth social 
service agencies and nongovernmental entities, including the pri-
vate sector and community and nonprofit organizations. 
(F) Programs that leverage public or private recreation invest-
ments in the form of services, materials, or cash. 
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(G) Programs that show the greatest potential of being contin-
ued with non-Federal funds or that can serve as models for other 
communities. 
(d) LIMITATION OF FUNDS.—Grants to discretionary applicants under 
subsection (b) may not be more than 15 percent of the total amount of 
funds appropriated under this chapter for rehabilitation grants, innovation 
grants, and recovery action program grants. 
§ 200503. Rehabilitation grants and innovation grants 
(a) MATCHING GRANTS.—The Secretary may provide 70 percent match-
ing rehabilitation grants and innovation grants directly to eligible general 
purpose local governments on the Secretary’s approval of applications for 
the grants by the chief executive officials of those governments. 
(b) SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS.—An innovation grant should be closely 
tied to goals, priorities, and implementation strategies expressed in local 
park and recreation recovery action programs, with particular regard to the 
special considerations listed in section 200504(c)(2) of this title. 
(c) TRANSFER.—If consistent with an approved application, a grant re-
cipient may transfer a rehabilitation grant or innovation grant in whole or 
in part to an independent special purpose local government, private non-
profit agency, or county or regional park authority if the assisted recreation 
area or facility owned or managed by the transferree offers recreation op-
portunities to the general population within the jurisdictional boundaries of 
the grant recipient. 
(d) PAYMENTS.—Payments may be made only for a rehabilitation project 
or innovation project that has been approved by the Secretary. Payments 
may be made from time to time in keeping with the rate of progress toward 
the satisfactory completion of the project, except that the Secretary, when 
appropriate, may make advance payments on an approved rehabilitation 
project or innovation project in an amount not to exceed 20 percent of the 
total project cost. 
(e) MODIFICATION OF PROJECT.—The Secretary may authorize modifica-
tion of an approved project only when a grant recipient adequately dem-
onstrates that the modification is necessary because of circumstances not 
foreseeable at the time at which the project was proposed. 
§ 200504. Recovery action programs 
(a) EVIDENCE OF LOCAL COMMITMENT TO ONGOING PROGRAMS.—As a 
requirement for project approval, local governments applying for assistance 
under this chapter shall submit to the Secretary evidence of their commit-
ments to ongoing planning, rehabilitation, service, operation, and mainte-
nance programs for their park and recreation systems. These commitments 
will be expressed in local park and recreation recovery action programs that 
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