[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2318 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2318

 To reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund for 10 years, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 19, 2015

 Mr. Barrasso 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 reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund for 10 years, 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. REAUTHORIZATION OF LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND.

    Section 200302 of title 54, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``September 30, 2015'' each place it appears and inserting 
``September 30, 2025''.

SEC. 2. ALLOCATION FOR FEDERAL AND STATE PURPOSES.

    (a) In General.--Section 200303 of title 54, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in the first sentence, by striking ``Amounts 
        deposited'' and inserting the following:
    ``(a) In General.--Amounts deposited'';
            (2) in the second sentence, by striking ``The 
        appropriations'' and inserting the following:
    ``(b) Availability.--The appropriations'';
            (3) in the third sentence, by striking ``Amounts made 
        available'' and inserting the following:
    ``(c) Restriction.--Amounts made available''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) Allocation for Federal and State Purposes.--The 
appropriations deposited in the Fund under this section shall be made 
available as described in this chapter in the ratio of--
            ``(1) 60 percent for State purposes; and
            ``(2) 40 percent for Federal purposes.''.
    (b) Statement of Estimated Requirements.--Section 200304 of title 
54, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence, by striking ``There'' and 
        inserting the following:
    ``(a) In General.--There''; and
            (2) by striking the second sentence and inserting the 
        following:
    ``(b) Allocation Requirement.--The statement under subsection (a) 
shall include assurances that, in accordance with section 200303(d), of 
the amounts made available from the Fund for the ensuing fiscal year--
            ``(1) 60 percent shall be used for State purposes; and
            ``(2) 40 percent shall be used for Federal purposes.''.
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