[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 23 (Wednesday, February 6, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S1008]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SA 119. Mr. BARRASSO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill S. 47, to provide for the management of the natural
resources of the United States, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 3001 and insert the following:
SEC. 3001. LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND.
(a) Reauthorization.--Section 200302 of title 54, United
States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (b), in the matter preceding paragraph
(1), by striking ``September 30, 2018'' and inserting
``September 30, 2043''; and
(2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ``September 30,
2018'' and inserting ``September 30, 2043''.
(b) Allocation of Funds.--Section 200304 of title 54,
United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking ``There'' and inserting the following:
``(a) In General.--There''; and
(2) by striking the second sentence and inserting the
following:
``(b) Allocation.--
``(1) In general.--Of the appropriations from the Fund--
``(A) not less than 60 percent shall be used collectively
to provide financial assistance to States under section
200305;
``(B) not less than 30 percent shall be used collectively
for Federal purposes under section 200306; and
``(C) not less than 10 percent shall be used collectively--
``(i) for the Forest Legacy Program established under
section 7 of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978
(16 U.S.C. 2103c);
``(ii) for cooperative endangered species grants authorized
under section 6 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16
U.S.C. 1535); and
``(iii) for the American Battlefield Protection Program
established under chapter 3081.
``(2) Requirement.--Of the appropriations from the Fund,
not less than 1.5 percent or $10,000,000, whichever is
greater, shall be used for projects that secure recreational
public access to Federal public land for hunting, fishing, or
other recreational purposes.''.
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