I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2950 
To amend section 200303 of title 54, United States Code, to ensure that 
amounts are made available for projects to provide recreational public 
access, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 20, 2017 
Mr. PEARCE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To amend section 200303 of title 54, United States Code, 
to ensure that amounts are made available for projects 
to provide recreational public access, and for other pur-
poses. 
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 ‘‘Making Public Lands 
Public Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. AVAILABILITY OF LAND AND WATER CONSERVA-
TION FUND FOR CERTAIN PUBLIC ACCESS 
PROJECTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 200303 of title 54, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 200303. Availability of funds for certain priority 
projects 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior and the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall ensure that, of the amounts 
appropriated for the fund for each fiscal year, not less 
than the greater of 3 percent of the amounts or 
$20,000,000 shall be made available for projects identified 
on the priority list developed under subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) PRIORITY LIST.—The Secretary of the Interior 
and the Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with the 
head of each affected Federal agency, shall annually de-
velop a priority list for projects related to Federal land 
under the jurisdiction of the applicable Secretary. 
‘‘(c) CRITERIA.—Projects identified on the priority 
list developed under subsection (b) shall— 
‘‘(1) maintain or increase public access to exist-
ing Federal public land for hunting, fishing, or rec-
reational shooting through acquisition of rights-of- 
way or acquisition of land (or any interest in land) 
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through equal value land exchanges from willing 
owners; or 
‘‘(2) enhance, maintain, or restore access on ex-
isting roads, trails, or rights-of-way.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) LAND
AND
WATER
CONSERVATION
FUND 
ACT.—Chapter 2003 of title 54, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(A) in the first sentence of section 200308, 
by striking ‘‘by section 200303 of this title’’; 
and 
(B) in the third sentence of section 
200309, by striking ‘‘by section 200303 of this 
title’’. 
(2) FEDERAL
LAND
TRANSACTION
FACILITA-
TION ACT.—Section 206(f)(2) of the Federal Land 
Transaction Facilitation Act (43 U.S.C. 2305(f)(2)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘section 3 of the Land and 
Water Conservation Fund Act (16 U.S.C. 460l–6)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘chapter 2003 of title 54, United 
States Code’’. 
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