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                                                 Union Calendar No. 222
116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3195

                          [Report No. 116-277]

To amend title 54, United States Code, to provide permanent, dedicated 
    funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 11, 2019

 Mr. Van Drew (for himself, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Sablan, Mr. 
    Huffman, Ms. Haaland, Mr. Cox of California, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. 
Fitzpatrick, Mr. Katko, and Mr. Zeldin) introduced the following bill; 
        which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

                            November 8, 2019

 Additional sponsors: Mr. Horsford, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Cunningham, Ms. 
  Kuster of New Hampshire, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Shalala, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. 
 Espaillat, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Gabbard, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. 
 Welch, Mr. O'Halleran, Mrs. Kirkpatrick, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Khanna, 
Mr. Tonko, Mr. Levin of California, Mr. Takano, Mr. Brown of Maryland, 
 Ms. Jayapal, Ms. Barragan, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Mrs. 
 Napolitano, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Aguilar, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
Clay, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Soto, Mr. Rouda, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, 
 Mr. McEachin, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Pappas, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Langevin, Mr. 
 Meeks, Ms. Castor of Florida, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Rush, Mr. Rose of New 
York, Ms. Escobar, Mr. Levin of Michigan, Mr. Foster, Mr. Morelle, Mr. 
  Courtney, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Casten of Illinois, Mr. McHenry, Mr. 
  Fleischmann, Mr. Collins of New York, Mr. Neguse, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. 
    Cartwright, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mrs. Trahan, Mr. Kim, Mr. 
  Brindisi, Ms. Omar, Mr. Kind, Ms. Dean, Mr. Sires, Ms. DelBene, Mr. 
   Rouzer, Mr. Lawson of Florida, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Sarbanes, Ms. 
  Brownley of California, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Ms. Pingree, Ms. 
 Slotkin, Mr. Kennedy, Ms. Underwood, Ms. Meng, Mr. Hurd of Texas, Mr. 
 Trone, Mr. Schrader, Mr. Delgado, Mr. Stanton, Ms. Titus, Mr. Kildee, 
 Mr. Malinowski, Mr. Heck, Mrs. Axne, Mr. Mooney of West Virginia, Mr. 
Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, Mr. Harder of California, Ms. Clarke 
     of New York, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Connolly, Mr. 
Gottheimer, Mr. Peters, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Mr. Costa, Mrs. Lee 
 of Nevada, Mrs. Fletcher, Mr. Golden, Mr. Ryan, Mr. Fortenberry, Ms. 
 Matsui, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Hill of California, Ms. Speier, Mr. 
Gomez, Mr. Correa, Ms. Torres Small of New Mexico, Mr. Perlmutter, Mr. 
Ruiz, Mr. Raskin, Ms. Porter, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. McAdams, Ms. 
 Schrier, Mr. Neal, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mr. 
  Lujan, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. 
  Pallone, Mr. Marshall, Ms. Stevens, Mr. Jeffries, Ms. McCollum, Mr. 
Michael F. Doyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Cardenas, Mr. Gonzalez of Texas, 
Mr. Sherman, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Engel, Mr. Crow, Mr. DeFazio, Ms. Scanlon, 
 Ms. Sanchez, Mrs. McBath, Mrs. Demings, Mr. King of New York, Ms. Lee 
   of California, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. McNerney, Ms. Mucarsel-
Powell, Ms. Craig, Mr. Norcross, Mr. Payne, Mr. Deutch, Mr. Vargas, Mr. 
    Quigley, Ms. Sewell of Alabama, Ms. Judy Chu of California, Mr. 
Cuellar, Mr. Rooney of Florida, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Thompson of California, 
  Ms. Wexton, Mr. Phillips, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Pressley, Mr. 
Schiff, Ms. Plaskett, Mr. Cleaver, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Higgins of New York, 
   Mr. Clyburn, Ms. Waters, Mr. Lamb, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. Allred, Ms. 
  Sherrill, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Riggleman, Mrs. 
 Luria, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Ted Lieu of California, Ms. Wild, Mr. Veasey, 
 Mrs. Lawrence, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Scott of Virginia, 
Mr. Crist, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Mr. Swalwell of California, Ms. 
Houlahan, Mrs. Torres of California, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, 
 Ms. Spanberger, Ms. Bass, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Keating, Miss Rice of 
New York, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Bera, Mr. Himes, Mr. Cisneros, Mrs. Murphy of 
 Florida, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. Evans, Ms. Adams, Ms. DeLauro, 
   Mr. Cummings, Ms. Davids of Kansas, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mrs. 
 Bustos, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Ms. 
 Kendra S. Horn of Oklahoma, Mr. Stivers, Mr. Schneider, Ms. Frankel, 
 Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Kustoff of Tennessee, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Ms. 
                   Blunt Rochester, and Mr. Loebsack


                            November 8, 2019

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
 [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 
                               11, 2019]


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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 54, United States Code, to provide permanent, dedicated 
    funding for 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 ``Land and Water Conservation Fund 
Permanent Funding Act''.

SEC. 2. PERMANENT FULL FUNDING OF THE LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND.

    (a) In General.--Section 200303 of title 54, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 200303. Availability of funds
    ``(a) In General.--For each fiscal year beginning after the date of 
the enactment of this section, amounts deposited in the Fund under 
section 200302 shall be made available for expenditure, without further 
appropriation or fiscal year limitation, to carry out the purposes of 
the Fund (including accounts and programs made available from the Fund 
under the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 
(Public Law 113-235; 128 Stat. 2130)).
    ``(b) Additional Amounts.--Amounts made available under subsection 
(a) shall be in addition to amounts made available to the Fund under 
section 105 of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (43 
U.S.C. 1331 note; Public Law 109-432) or otherwise appropriated from 
the Fund.
    ``(c) Allocation Authority.--
            ``(1) Submission of cost estimates.--The President shall 
        submit to Congress detailed account, program, and project 
        allocations to be funded under subsection (a) as part of the 
        annual budget submission of the President.
            ``(2) Alternate allocation.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Appropriations Acts may provide 
                for alternate allocation of amounts made available 
                under subsection (a), including allocations by account 
                and program.
                    ``(B) Allocation by president.--
                            ``(i) No alternate allocations.--If 
                        Congress has not enacted legislation 
                        establishing alternate allocations by the date 
                        that is 120 days after the date on which the 
                        applicable fiscal year begins, amounts made 
                        available under subsection (a) shall be 
                        allocated by the President.
                            ``(ii) Insufficient alternate allocation.--
                        If Congress enacts legislation establishing 
                        alternate allocations for amounts made 
                        available under subsection (a) that are less 
                        than the full amount appropriated under that 
                        subsection, the difference between the amount 
                        appropriated and the alternate allocation shall 
                        be allocated by the President.
            ``(3) Recreational public access.--Amounts expended from 
        the Fund under this section shall be consistent with the 
        requirements for recreational public access for hunting, 
        fishing, recreational shooting, or other outdoor recreational 
        purposes under section 200306(c).
            ``(4) Annual report.--The President shall submit to 
        Congress an annual report that describes the final allocation 
        by account, program, and project of amounts made available 
        under subsection (a), including a description of the status of 
        obligations and expenditures.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 200302(c) of title 54, United 
States Code, is amended by striking paragraph (3).
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 2003 of 
title 54, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating 
to section 200303 and inserting the following:

``200303. Availability of funds.''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 222

116th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 3195

                          [Report No. 116-277]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

To amend title 54, United States Code, to provide permanent, dedicated 
    funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, and for other 
                               purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                            November 8, 2019

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed