[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2243 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2243

  To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to authorize funding for the 
         voluntary public access and habitat incentive program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 18, 2017

Mr. Daines (for himself and Mr. Bennet) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 
                        Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to authorize funding for the 
         voluntary public access and habitat incentive program.

    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 ``Voluntary Public Access Improvement 
Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. VOLUNTARY PUBLIC ACCESS AND HABITAT INCENTIVE PROGRAM.

    Section 1240R(f)(1) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3839bb-5(f)(1)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``practicable, $50,000,000'' and inserting 
        the following: ``practicable--
                    ``(A) $50,000,000'';
            (2) in subparagraph (A) (as so designated), by striking 
        ``2012 and $40,000,000'' and inserting the following: ``2012;
                    ``(B) $40,000,000''; and
            (3) in subparagraph (B) (as so designated), by striking the 
        period at the end and inserting the following: ``; and
                    ``(C) $150,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 
                2019 through 2023.''.
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