S.1265 - Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2011
A bill to amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to provide consistent and reliable authority for, and for the funding of, the land and water conservation fund to maximize the effectiveness of the fund for future generations, and for other purposes.
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To amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to provide consistent and reliable authority for, and for the funding of, the land and water conservation fund to maximize the effectiveness of the fund for future generations, and for other purposes.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself, Mr. BAUCUS, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, and Mr. TESTER) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural ResourcesCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
To amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to provide consistent and reliable authority for, and for the funding of, the land and water conservation fund to maximize the effectiveness of the fund for future generations, and for other purposes.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2011’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(1) to provide consistent and reliable authority for, and for the funding of, the land and water conservation fund established under section 2 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l-5); andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(1) PERMANENT AUTHORIZATION- Section 2 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l-5) is amended--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(A) in the matter preceding subsection (a), by striking ‘During the period ending September 30, 2015, there’ and inserting ‘There’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(2) FULL FUNDING- Section 3 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l-6) is amended to read as follows:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘SEC. 3. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.
‘Monies covered into the fund under section 2 shall be available for expenditure to carry out the purposes of this Act, without further appropriation.’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(c) Public Access- Section 7 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l-9) is amended by adding at the end the following:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(d) Public Access- Not less than 1.5 percent of the annual authorized funding amount shall be made available each year for projects that secure recreational public access to existing Federal public land for hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes.’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
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U.S. Congress - Text of S.1265 as Introduced in Senate Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2011
