[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 107 (Wednesday, June 10, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S2897]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1656. Mr. LANKFORD (for himself and Mr. Johnson) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1617 proposed by Mr. 
Gardner (for himself, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Daines, Mr. Warner, Mr. Portman, 
Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Alexander, Mr. King, Mr. Burr, Mr. Tester, Ms. 
Collins, Mr. Udall, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Blunt, Ms. Harris, 
Mrs. Capito, Mr. Peters, Mr. Tillis, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. McSally, Mr. 
Casey, Mr. Graham, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Bennet, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. 
Sanders, Mr. Booker, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Wyden, Mr. 
Kaine, Ms. Sinema, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Coons, Ms. Smith, Ms. Hassan, Mrs. 
Gillibrand, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Durbin, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. 
Jones, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Brown, Ms. Hirono, 
Ms. Warren, Mr. Murphy, Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. 
Leahy, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Markey, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Perdue, Mr. Cramer, 
and Mr. Schatz) to the bill H.R. 1957, to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to modernize and improve the Internal Revenue Service, and 
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        Beginning on page 3 of the amendment, strike line 22 and 
     all that follows through page 5, line 5, and insert the 
     following:
       ``(b) Funding.--
       ``(1) In general.--The Fund shall consist of such amounts 
     as are--
       ``(A) appropriated to the Fund pursuant to section 
     200303(d); and
       ``(B) transferred to the Fund pursuant to section 
     200310(c).
       ``(2) Availability.--Amounts in the Fund shall remain 
     available until expended.
       On page 11 of the amendment, between lines 16 and 17, 
     insert the following:
       (d) Transfers to National Parks and Public Land Legacy 
     Restoration Fund.--
       (1) In general.--Section 200310 of title 54, United States 
     Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(c) Transfers to National Parks and Public Land Legacy 
     Restoration Fund.--For each fiscal year in which a Federal 
     landholding agency has a deferred maintenance backlog in 
     excess of $2,000,000,000, if discretionary appropriations (as 
     defined in section 250(c) of the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900(c))) were 
     made available for the acquisition of land, water, or an 
     interest in land or water under section 200306(a)(2) during 
     the preceding fiscal year (referred to in this subsection as 
     the `transfer amount')--
       ``(1) the amount made available from the Fund under section 
     200303(a) for the applicable fiscal year for the acquisition 
     of land, water, or an interest in land or water under section 
     200306(a)(2) shall be reduced by the transfer amount; and
       ``(2) there shall be transferred from the Fund to the 
     National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund for 
     the applicable fiscal year an amount equal to the transfer 
     amount.''.
       (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 200302(b)(2) of title 
     54, United States Code, is amended by striking ``200310'' and 
     inserting ``200310(a)''.
       On page 14 of the amendment, strike line 9 and insert the 
     following:
     expenditures.
       ``(d) Availability of Unobligated Balance.--Out of amounts 
     deposited in the Fund under section 200302 for any fiscal 
     year prior to fiscal year 2020, there is authorized to be 
     appropriated for deposit in the National Parks and Public 
     Land Legacy Restoration Fund $9,500,000,000.''.
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