[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8741 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8741

 To provide that funds made available under chapter 2003 of title 54, 
United States Code, for Federal and State land acquisitions be used for 
the acquisition of lands and waters for coastal conservation, shoreline 
      protection, and recreational access, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 12, 2020

  Mr. Graves of Louisiana (for himself, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Biggs, and Mr. 
  Crawford) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide that funds made available under chapter 2003 of title 54, 
United States Code, for Federal and State land acquisitions be used for 
the acquisition of lands and waters for coastal conservation, shoreline 
      protection, and recreational 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. USE OF LWCF AMOUNTS.

    For each of fiscal years 2021 through 2046, not less than 25 
percent of the funds provided under chapter 2003 of title 54, United 
States Code, for Federal acquisition of land, water, or an interest in 
land or water shall be made available to States and territories of the 
United States for conservation, restoration, or acquisition of land, 
water, or an interest in land or water not more than 10 miles from the 
ocean or one of the Great Lakes, with priority given to lands and 
waters for coastal conservation, shoreline protection, and recreational 
access.
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