Bill > HR4151

Introduced Session

To amend chapter 2003 of title 54, United States Code, to fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund and provide for the use of such funds, and for other purposes. This bill makes permanent the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF). Of the appropriations from the LWCF: (1) at least 40% shall be used collectively for federal purposes for certain land and water acquisitions (as currently); (2) at least 40% shall be used collectively to provide financial assistance to states for LWCF purposes and for outdoor recreation, for the Forest Legacy Program, for cooperative endangered species grants, and for the American Battlefield Protection Program; and (3) at least 1.5% or $10 million, whichever is greater, shall be used for projects that secure recreational public access to federal public land for hunting, fishing, or other recreational purposes. The Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture shall consider the acquisition of conservation easements and other similar interests in land where it is appropriate and feasible, taking specified considerations into account. The bill establishes a National Park Service Critical Maintenance and Revitalization Conservation Fund in the Treasury for the deposit of specified amounts from revenues due and payable to the United States under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. Amounts deposited in the Fund shall: (1) be used only for the high priority deferred maintenance needs of the National Park Service that support critical infrastructure and visitor services, and (2) be available for expenditure only after amounts are appropriated for such purposes. Amounts in the Fund shall not be used for acquiring land.

Committee Categories

Mike Simpson (R)*,  Chris Collins (R),  Ryan Costello (R),  Robert Dold (R),  Daniel Donovan (R),  Michael Fitzpatrick (R),  Chuck Fleischmann (R),  Jeff Fortenberry (R),  Christopher Gibson (R),  Frank Guinta (R),  Richard Hanna (R),  Evan Jenkins (R),  Dave Joyce (R),  John Katko (R),  Peter King (R),  Frank LoBiondo (R),  Patrick Meehan (R),  David Reichert (R),  Elise Stefanik (R),  Lee Zeldin (R),  Ryan Zinke (R), 

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry. (on 12/18/2015)

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