[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 23 (Wednesday, February 6, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1009-S1010]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 124. Mr. LANKFORD (for himself, Mr. Lee, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Cruz, Mr. 
Rubio, Mrs. Fischer, and Mr. Braun) submitted an amendment intended to 
be proposed to amendment SA 111 submitted by Ms. Murkowski (for herself 
and Mr. Manchin) and intended to be proposed 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, 2023''; and
       (2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ``September 30, 
     2018'' and inserting ``September 30, 2023''.

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       (b) Allocation of Funds.--Section 200304 of title 54, 
     United States Code, is amended--
       (1) by striking ``There'' and inserting ``(a) In General.--
     There''; and
       (2) by striking the second sentence and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(b) Allocation.--Of the appropriations from the Fund--
       ``(1) not less than 50 percent shall be used to provide 
     financial assistance to States under section 200305; and
       ``(2) not more than 50 percent shall be used collectively 
     for Federal purposes under section 200306, of which not less 
     than 50 percent shall be used for deferred maintenance needs 
     on Federal land under subsection (a)(2)(D) of that 
     section.''.
       (c) Certain Land Acquisition Requirements.--Section 200306 
     of title 54, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), in paragraph (2)--
       (A) in the paragraph heading, by striking ``or water'' and 
     inserting ``or water; deferred maintenance needs''; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(D) Deferred maintenance needs.--Amounts shall be 
     allotted for deferred maintenance needs on Federal land.''; 
     and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(c) Maintenance Needs.--
       ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (3), funds 
     appropriated for the acquisition of land under this section 
     shall include any funds necessary to address maintenance 
     needs at the time of acquisition on the acquired land.
       ``(2) Acceptance of donations.--A Federal agency may 
     accept, hold, administer, and use donations to address 
     maintenance needs on land acquired under this section.
       ``(3) Limitation.--If a Federal agency accepts a donation 
     under paragraph (2) to address maintenance needs on land 
     acquired under this section, the funds appropriated for the 
     acquisition under paragraph (1) shall not include funds 
     equivalent to the amount of that donation.
       ``(d) Congressional Approval of Certain Land 
     Acquisitions.--For any acquisition of land under this section 
     for which the cost of the land is greater than $50,000 per 
     acre, as indexed for United States dollar inflation from the 
     date of enactment of the Natural Resources Management Act (as 
     measured by the Consumer Price Index)--
       ``(1) before acquiring the land, the Secretary shall submit 
     to Congress a report that describes the land proposed to be 
     acquired; and
       ``(2) no acquisition may be made unless the proposed 
     acquisition is--
       ``(A) reported to Congress in accordance with paragraph 
     (1); and
       ``(B) approved by the enactment of a bill or joint 
     resolution.''.
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