To amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to provide that not less than 40 percent of amounts available from the fund under that Act shall be available for the Land and Water Conservation Fund State Assistance Program.

Bill: 113-hr-2727
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2013-07-18
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Appropriations

Land transfers

Land use and conservation

Outdoor recreation

Parks, recreation areas, trails
Latest action: action_date: 2013-07-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-07-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to require that the comprehensive statement of estimated requirements submitted with the annual U.S. budget specify that not less than 40% of appropriations from the Land and Water Conservation Fund be made available for the Land and Water Conservation Fund State Assistance Program.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2727 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 18, 2013 Mr. McKinley (for himself, Mrs. Lummis , Mr. Gene Green of Texas , and Mr. Lowenthal ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to provide that not less than 40 percent of amounts available from the fund under that Act shall be available for the Land and Water Conservation Fund State Assistance Program.

1. Allocation of funds for the Land and Water Conservation Fund State Assistance Program Section 5 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 ( 16 U.S.C. 460l–7 ) is amended by inserting and not less than 40 per centum of such appropriations shall be available for the Land and Water Conservation Fund State Assistance Program after Not less than 40 per centum of such appropriations shall be available for Federal purposes .