[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 901 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 901

  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.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 5, 2011

 Mr. Tester (for himself and Mr. Risch) introduced the following bill; 
   which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 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.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Making Public Lands Public Access 
Act''.

SEC. 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:

``SEC. 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.)''.
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