Land and Water Conservation Fund Permanent Funding Act

II 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. 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. KLO- BUCHAR, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Ms. HARRIS, Ms. HASSAN, Mr. VAN HOL- LEN, Mr. COONS, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. CASEY, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. KAINE, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. DURBIN, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. SAND- ERS, 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 fol- lowing bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on En- ergy and Natural Resources FEBRUARY 25, 2020 Reported by Ms. MURKOWSKI, with amendments [Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic] A BILL To amend title 54, United States Code, to provide perma- nent, dedicated funding for the Land and Water Con- servation Fund, and for other purposes. VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:15 Feb 25, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\S1081.RS S1081 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •S 1081 RS Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Land and Water Con- 4 servation Fund Permanent Funding Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. PERMANENT FULL FUNDING OF THE LAND AND 6 WATER CONSERVATION FUND. 7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 200303 of title 54, United 8 States Code, is amended to read as follows: 9 ‘‘§ 200303. Availability of funds 10 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2020 and each 11 fiscal year thereafter, amounts deposited in the Fund 12 under section 200302 shall be made available for expendi- 13 ture, without further appropriation or fiscal year limita- 14 tion, to carry out the purposes of the Fund (including ac- 15 counts and programs made available from the Fund under 16 the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations 17 Act, 2015 (Public Law 113–235; 128 Stat. 2130)). 18 ‘‘(b) ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS.—Amounts made avail- 19 able under subsection (a) shall be in addition to amounts 20 made available to the Fund under section 105 of the Gulf 21 of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331 22 note; Public Law 109–432) or otherwise appropriated 23 from the Fund. 24 ‘‘(c) ALLOCATION AUTHORITY.— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:15 Feb 25, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1081.RS S1081 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •S 1081 RS ‘‘(1) SUBMISSION OF COST ESTIMATES.—The 1 President shall submit to Congress detailed account, 2 program, and project allocations to be funded of the 3 full amount made available under subsection (a) as 4 part of the annual budget submission of the Presi- 5 dent. 6 ‘‘(2) ALTERNATE ALLOCATION.— 7 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Appropriations Acts 8 may provide for alternate allocation of amounts 9 made available under subsection (a), including 10 allocations by account and program account, 11 program, and project. 12 ‘‘(B) ALLOCATION BY PRESIDENT.— 13 ‘‘(i) NO ALTERNATE ALLOCATIONS.— 14 If Congress has not enacted legislation es- 15 tablishing alternate allocations by the date 16 that is 120 days after the date on which 17 the applicable fiscal year begins, on which 18 the Act making appropriations for the De- 19 partment of the Interior, Environment, and 20 Related Agencies for the remainder of the 21 applicable fiscal year is enacted into law, 22 amounts made available under subsection 23 (a) shall be allocated by the President. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:15 Feb 25, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1081.RS S1081 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •S 1081 RS ‘‘(ii) INSUFFICIENT ALTERNATE AL- 1 LOCATION.—If Congress enacts legislation 2 establishing alternate allocations for 3 amounts made available under subsection 4 (a) that are less than the full amount ap- 5 propriated under that subsection, the dif- 6 ference between the amount appropriated 7 and the alternate allocation shall be allo- 8 cated by the President. 9 ‘‘(3) RECREATIONAL PUBLIC ACCESS.— 10 Amounts expended from the Fund under this section 11 shall be consistent with the requirements for rec- 12 reational public access for hunting, fishing, rec- 13 reational shooting, or other outdoor recreational pur- 14 poses under section 200306(c). 15 ‘‘(4) ANNUAL REPORT.—The President shall 16 submit to Congress an annual report that describes 17 the final allocation by account, program, and project 18 of amounts made available under subsection (a), in- 19 cluding a description of the status of obligations and 20 expenditures.’’. 21 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 200302(c) 22 of title 54, United States Code, is amended by striking 23 paragraph (3). 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:15 Feb 25, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1081.RS S1081 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 5 •S 1081 RS (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 1 for chapter 2003 of title 54, United States Code, is 2 amended by striking the item relating to section 200303 3 and inserting the following: 4 ‘‘200303. Availability of funds.’’. VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:15 Feb 25, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6211 E:\BILLS\S1081.RS S1081 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS Calendar No. 429 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. 1081 A BILL To amend title 54, United States Code, to provide permanent, dedicated funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, and for other pur- poses. FEBRUARY 25, 2020 Reported with amendments VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:15 Feb 25, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\S1081.RS S1081 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS