[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1732 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1732

 To amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to provide 
for off-budget treatment of the receipts and disbursements of the land 
and water conservation fund and the special accounts established under 
                               such Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 22, 1997

  Mr. Kildee introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
                        the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to provide 
for off-budget treatment of the receipts and disbursements of the land 
and water conservation fund and the special accounts established under 
                               such Act.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. OFF-BUDGET TREATMENT FOR RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS OF LAND 
              AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND.

    Section 3 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 
U.S.C. 460l-6) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(a)'' before ``Appropriations''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(b) Off-Budget Treatment.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the receipts and disbursements of the fund or a special account 
established under section 4(i)--
            ``(1) shall not be counted as new budget authority, 
        outlays, receipts, or deficit or surplus for purposes of--
                    ``(A) the budget of the United States Government as 
                submitted by the President;
                    ``(B) the congressional budget (including 
                allocations of budget authority and outlays provided 
                therein); or
                    ``(C) the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
                Control Act of 1985; and
            ``(2) shall be exempt from any general budget limitation 
        imposed by statute on expenditures and net lending (budget 
        outlays) of the United States Government.''.
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