Making Public Lands Public Access Act

Bill: 113-hr-3962
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Daines, Steve [R-MT-At Large]
Introduced: 2014-01-29
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Appropriations

Hunting and fishing

Land transfers

Land use and conservation

Outdoor recreation
Latest action: action_date: 2014-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-01-29
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p> Making Public Lands Public Access Act - Amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to ensure, from amounts requested for the Land and Water Conservation Fund per fiscal year, that not less than the greater of 1.5% of the requested amounts or $10 million be made available for certain projects identified on an annual priority list to be developed pursuant to this Act. </p> <p>Requires projects identified on such a list to secure, through rights-of-way or the acquisition of lands or interests from willing sellers, recreational public access to existing federal public lands that have significantly restricted access to hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 3962 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 29, 2014 Mr. Daines 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 ensure that amounts are made available for projects to provide recreational public access, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Making Public Lands Public Access Act . 2. Availability of land and water conservation fund for recreational public access projects (a) In general Section 3 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 ( 16 U.S.C. 460l–6 ) is amended to read as follows: 3. Availability of funds for certain projects (a) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall ensure that, of the amounts requested for the fund for each fiscal year, not less than the greater of 1.5 percent of the amounts or $10,000,000 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 develop a priority list for the sites under the jurisdiction of the applicable Secretary. (c) Criteria Projects identified on the priority list developed under subsection (b) shall secure recreational public access to Federal public land in existence as of the date of enactment of this section that has significantly restricted access for hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes through rights-of-way or acquisition of land (or any interest in land) from willing sellers. . (b) Conforming amendments (1) Land and water conservation fund act The Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 ( 16 U.S.C. 460l–4 et seq. ) is amended— (A) in the proviso at the end of section 2(c)(2) ( 16 U.S.C. 460l–5(c)(2) ), by striking notwithstanding the provisions of section 3 of this Act ; (B) in the first sentence of section 9 ( 16 U.S.C. 460l–10a ), by striking by section 3 of this Act ; and (C) in the third sentence of section 10 ( 16 U.S.C. 460l–10b ), by striking by section 3 of this Act . (2) Federal land transaction facilitation 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 the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 ( 16 U.S.C. 460l–4 et seq. ) .