[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
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[S. 1081 Reported in Senate (RS)]

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                                                       Calendar No. 429
116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1081

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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 9, 2019

  Mr. Manchin (for himself, Mr. Gardner, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Burr, Mr. 
Bennet, Ms. Collins, Mr. Tester, Mr. Daines, Mr. Udall, Mr. Alexander, 
   Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Graham, Mr. King, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Wyden, Ms. 
 Stabenow, Mr. Warner, Ms. Smith, Ms. Hirono, Ms. Warren, Mr. Merkley, 
   Mrs. Feinstein, Ms. Sinema, Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. Cortez Masto, Ms. 
Harris, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Coons, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Casey, 
   Ms. Rosen, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Booker, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Durbin, Ms. 
Baldwin, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Jones, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Markey, Mr. Leahy, Mr. 
  Brown, Mr. Peters, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Murphy, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. 
    Schumer, Mr. Schatz, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Isakson, Mrs. Capito, Mr. 
  Roberts, Mrs. Blackburn, and Ms. McSally) introduced the following 
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

                           February 25, 2020

               Reported by Ms. Murkowski, with amendments
  [Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]

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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 fiscal year 2020 and each fiscal year 
thereafter, 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 of the full amount made available 
        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 account, program, and project.
                    ``(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, on which the Act 
                        making appropriations for the Department of the 
                        Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies for 
                        the remainder of the applicable fiscal year is 
                        enacted into law, 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.''.
                                                       Calendar No. 429

116th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 1081

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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.

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                           February 25, 2020

                        Reported with amendments