I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5220 
To amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund to limit the use of 
funds available from the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 
1965 to use for maintenance. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 28, 2014 
Mr. GRAVES of Missouri introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee 
on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak-
er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju-
risdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund to limit 
the use of funds available from the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to use for maintenance. 
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 ‘‘No More Land Act’’. 
SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FROM LAND AND 
WATER CONSERVATION FUND. 
The Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 
is amended— 
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(1) in section 1(b)(2) (16 U.S.C. 460l–4(b)(2)) 
by striking ‘‘acquisition and development’’ and in-
serting ‘‘maintenance’’; 
(2) in section 5 (16 U.S.C. 460l–7) in the last 
sentence, in the text preceding paragraph (1), by 
striking ‘‘acquisition’’ and inserting ‘‘maintenance’’; 
(3) in section 7(a) (16 U.S.C. 460l–9(a))— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) 
by inserting ‘‘for maintenance’’ after ‘‘otherwise 
allotted’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in the matter preceding the first 
undesignated paragraph by striking ‘‘For 
the acquisition’’ and inserting ‘‘For the 
maintenance’’; 
(ii) by amending the second undesig-
nated paragraph to read as follows: 
‘‘NATIONAL
FOREST
SYSTEM.—Wilderness 
areas of the National Forest System, and other 
areas of national forests that are primarily of value 
for outdoor recreation.’’. 
(iii) by amending the third undesig-
nated paragraph to read as follows: 
‘‘NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM.—Fed-
eral lands that are acquired for endangered species 
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and threatened species under section 5(a) of the En-
dangered Species Act of 1973; areas acquired under 
section 2 of the Act of September 28, 1962 (16 
U.S.C. 460k–1); national wildlife refuge areas ac-
quired under section 7(a)(5) 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; and any areas ac-
quired for the National Wildlife Refuge System by 
specific Acts.’’; and 
(C) by striking paragraph (3); 
(4) in subsection (b) of section 7 (16 U.S.C. 
460l–9(b)) by striking ‘‘unless’’ and all that follows 
through the end of the subsection and inserting a 
period; 
(5) by striking subsection (c) of section 7 (16 
U.S.C. 460l–9(c)); and 
(6) by striking sections 9 and 10 (16 U.S.C. 
460l–10a and 460l–10b). 
SEC. 3. REQUIREMENT TO REDUCE BACKLOGGED MAINTE-
NANCE. 
The head of each covered landholding agency shall— 
(1) by not later than the end of the 5-fiscal- 
year period beginning on the date of the enactment 
of this Act, reduce by at least 20 percent the dollar 
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(b) TIMING OF REPORTS.—The head of a covered 
landholding agency— 
(1) shall publish and submit the first report 
under this section by not later than 30 days after 
the end of the first 5-fiscal-year period beginning 
after the date of the enactment of this Act; and 
(2) shall publish and submit subsequent reports 
under this section by not later than 30 days after 
the end of each subsequent 5-fiscal-year period 
thereafter until all backlogged maintenance has been 
completed with respect to lands under the adminis-
trative jurisdiction of the agency. 
(c) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than December 31 of 
the year in which all backlogged maintenance has been 
completed with respect to lands under the administrative 
jurisdiction of a covered landholding agency, the head of 
the agency shall submit to the Congress a final report 
that, in detail— 
(1) prioritizes lands that are owned by the Fed-
eral Government and under the administrative juris-
diction of the agency, based on the success of pro-
grams of the agency that relate to such lands; 
(2) describes a system of regular maintenance 
that is required with respect to such lands; and 
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(3) includes a prioritized list of capital improve-
ment projects for such lands. 
SEC. 5. PRIORITIZATION OF LANDS. 
Not later than 4 years after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the head of each covered landholding 
agency shall submit to the Congress a report that 
prioritizes lands that are owned by the Federal Govern-
ment and under the administrative jurisdiction of the 
agency, from highest to lowest priority in the order of their 
importance to the success of programs carried out by the 
agency. 
SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) BACKLOGGED
MAINTENANCE.—The term 
‘‘backlogged maintenance’’— 
(A) means the total dollar value of regular 
maintenance, deferred maintenance, and capital 
improvement to be carried out with respect to 
lands under the administrative jurisdiction of a 
covered landholding agency that has not been 
completed; and 
(B) is deemed to be, on the date of the en-
actment of this Act— 
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(i) $600,000,000 with respect to lands 
under the administrative jurisdiction of the 
Bureau of Land Management; 
(ii) $2,300,000,000 with respect to 
lands under the administrative jurisdiction 
of the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service; 
(iii) $314,000,000 with respect to 
lands under the administrative jurisdiction 
of the Forest Service; and 
(iv) $11,500,000,000 with respect to 
lands under the administrative jurisdiction 
of the National Park Service. 
(2) COVERED
LANDHOLDING
AGENCY.—The 
term ‘‘covered landholding agency’’ means each of— 
(A) the Bureau of Land Management; 
(B) the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service; 
(C) the Forest Service; and 
(D) the National Park Service. 
(3) MAINTENANCE.—The term ‘‘maintenance’’ 
means the upkeep of real property, including capital 
improvement and development. 
Æ 
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