[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4179 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4179

To amend title 54, United States Code, to apply the same apportionment 
 formula to territories and the District of Columbia as is applied to 
 States with respect to amounts made available for State purposes from 
     the Land and Water Conservation Fund, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 31, 2017

  Ms. Bordallo (for herself, Miss Gonzalez-Colon of Puerto Rico, Ms. 
 Norton, Mrs. Radewagen, Mr. Sablan, and Ms. Plaskett) introduced the 
    following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 
                               Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 54, United States Code, to apply the same apportionment 
 formula to territories and the District of Columbia as is applied to 
 States with respect to amounts made available for State purposes from 
     the Land and Water Conservation Fund, 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 ``LWCF Parity for Territories and DC 
Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Chapter 2003 of title 54, United States Code, 
        establishes the Land and Water Conservation Fund and defines 
        the term ``State'' to include the District of Columbia, Puerto 
        Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the 
        Northern Mariana Islands.
            (2) According to the Bureau of the Census, the estimated 
        population of--
                    (A) the District of Columbia currently exceeds the 
                populations of two States; and
                    (B) Puerto Rico currently exceeds the populations 
                of 21 States.

SEC. 3. PARITY FOR TERRITORIES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

    Section 200305(b) of title 54, United States Code, is amended by 
striking paragraph (5).
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