To prohibit the expenditure of certain amounts from the Land and Water Conservation Fund for land acquisition.

SA 1209. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 948 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 3055, making
appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science,
and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

Beginning on page 225, strike line 15 and all that follows
through page 241, line 23, and insert the following:

land acquisition

(including rescission of funds)

For expenses necessary to carry out sections 205, 206, and
318(d) of Public Law 94-579, including administrative
expenses, $28,800,000, to be derived from the Land and Water
Conservation Fund and to remain available until expended.
Of the unobligated balances from amounts made available for
Land Acquisition and derived from the Land and Water
Conservation Fund, $2,367,000 is hereby permanently rescinded
from projects with cost savings or failed or partially failed
projects:  Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from
amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emergency
requirement pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the
Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985.

oregon and california grant lands

For expenses necessary for management, protection, and
development of resources and for construction, operation, and
maintenance of access roads, reforestation, and other
improvements on the revested Oregon and California Railroad
grant lands, on other

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Federal lands in the Oregon and California land-grant
counties of Oregon, and on adjacent rights-of-way; and
acquisition of lands or interests therein, including existing
connecting roads on or adjacent to such grant lands;
$106,985,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided,
That 25 percent of the aggregate of all receipts during the
current fiscal year from the revested Oregon and California
Railroad grant lands is hereby made a charge against the
Oregon and California land-grant fund and shall be
transferred to the General Fund in the Treasury in accordance
with the second paragraph of subsection (b) of title II of
the Act of August 28, 1937 (43 U.S.C. 2605).

range improvements

For rehabilitation, protection, and improvement of Federal
rangelands pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Land Policy
and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1751), notwithstanding
any other Act, sums equal to 50 percent of all moneys
received during the prior fiscal year under sections 3 and 15
of the Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 315b, 315m) and the
amount designated for range improvements from grazing fees
and mineral leasing receipts from Bankhead-Jones lands
transferred to the Department of the Interior pursuant to
law, but not less than $10,000,000, to remain available until
expended:  Provided, That not to exceed $600,000 shall be
available for administrative expenses.

service charges, deposits, and forfeitures

For administrative expenses and other costs related to
processing application documents and other authorizations for
use and disposal of public lands and resources, for costs of
providing copies of official public land documents, for
monitoring construction, operation, and termination of
facilities in conjunction with use authorizations, and for
rehabilitation of damaged property, such amounts as may be
collected under Public Law 94-579 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.),
and under section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C.
185), to remain available until expended:  Provided, That
notwithstanding any provision to the contrary of section
305(a) of Public Law 94-579 (43 U.S.C. 1735(a)), any moneys
that have been or will be received pursuant to that section,
whether as a result of forfeiture, compromise, or settlement,
if not appropriate for refund pursuant to section 305(c) of
that Act (43 U.S.C. 1735(c)), shall be available and may be
expended under the authority of this Act by the Secretary to
improve, protect, or rehabilitate any public lands
administered through the Bureau of Land Management which have
been damaged by the action of a resource developer,
purchaser, permittee, or any unauthorized person, without
regard to whether all moneys collected from each such action
are used on the exact lands damaged which led to the action:
Provided further, That any such moneys that are in excess of
amounts needed to repair damage to the exact land for which
funds were collected may be used to repair other damaged
public lands.

miscellaneous trust funds

In addition to amounts authorized to be expended under
existing laws, there is hereby appropriated such amounts as
may be contributed under section 307 of Public Law 94-579 (43
U.S.C. 1737), and such amounts as may be advanced for
administrative costs, surveys, appraisals, and costs of
making conveyances of omitted lands under section 211(b) of
that Act (43 U.S.C. 1721(b)), to remain available until
expended.

administrative provisions

The Bureau of Land Management may carry out the operations
funded under this Act by direct expenditure, contracts,
grants, cooperative agreements and reimbursable agreements
with public and private entities, including with States.
Appropriations for the Bureau shall be available for
purchase, erection, and dismantlement of temporary
structures, and alteration and maintenance of necessary
buildings and appurtenant facilities to which the United
States has title; up to $100,000 for payments, at the
discretion of the Secretary, for information or evidence
concerning violations of laws administered by the Bureau;
miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement
activities authorized or approved by the Secretary and to be
accounted for solely on the Secretary's certificate, not to
exceed $10,000:  Provided, That notwithstanding Public Law
90-620 (44 U.S.C. 501), the Bureau may, under cooperative
cost-sharing and partnership arrangements authorized by law,
procure printing services from cooperators in connection with
jointly produced publications for which the cooperators share
the cost of printing either in cash or in services, and the
Bureau determines the cooperator is capable of meeting
accepted quality standards:  Provided further, That projects
to be funded pursuant to a written commitment by a State
government to provide an identified amount of money in
support of the project may be carried out by the Bureau on a
reimbursable basis. Appropriations herein made shall not be
available for the destruction of healthy, unadopted, wild
horses and burros in the care of the Bureau or its
contractors or for the sale of wild horses and burros that
results in their destruction for processing into commercial
products.

United States Fish and Wildlife Service

resource management

For necessary expenses of the United States Fish and
Wildlife Service, as authorized by law, and for scientific
and economic studies, general administration, and for the
performance of other authorized functions related to such
resources, $1,357,182,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2021:  Provided, That not to exceed $18,318,000
shall be used for implementing subsections (a), (b), (c), and
(e) of section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16
U.S.C. 1533) (except for processing petitions, developing and
issuing proposed and final regulations, and taking any other
steps to implement actions described in subsection (c)(2)(A),
(c)(2)(B)(i), or (c)(2)(B)(ii)).

construction

For construction, improvement, acquisition, or removal of
buildings and other facilities required in the conservation,
management, investigation, protection, and utilization of
fish and wildlife resources, and the acquisition of lands and
interests therein; $43,226,000, to remain available until
expended.

land acquisition

(including rescission of funds)

For expenses necessary to carry out chapter 2003 of title
54, United States Code, including administrative expenses, in
accordance with statutory authority applicable to the United
States Fish and Wildlife Service, $58,770,000, to be derived
from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and to remain
available until expended:  Provided, That none of the funds
appropriated for specific land acquisition projects may be
used to pay for any administrative overhead, planning or
other management costs.
Of the unobligated balances from amounts made available for
the Fish and Wildlife Service and derived from the Land and
Water Conservation Fund, $3,628,000 is hereby permanently
rescinded from projects with cost savings or failed or
partially failed projects:  Provided further, That no amounts
may be rescinded from amounts that were designated by the
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to the
Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

cooperative endangered species conservation fund

(including rescission of funds)

For expenses necessary to carry out section 6 of the
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1535), $53,495,000,
to remain available until expended, of which $22,695,000 is
to be derived from the Cooperative Endangered Species
Conservation Fund; and of which $30,800,000 is to be derived
from the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
Of the unobligated balances made available from the
Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund, $18,771,000
is permanently rescinded from projects or from other grant
programs with an unobligated carry over balance:  Provided,
That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement
pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

national wildlife refuge fund

For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October 17,
1978 (16 U.S.C. 715s), $13,228,000.

north american wetlands conservation fund

For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the
North American Wetlands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4401 et
seq.), $44,000,000, to remain available until expended.

neotropical migratory bird conservation

For expenses necessary to carry out the Neotropical
Migratory Bird Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.),
$4,910,000, to remain available until expended.

multinational species conservation fund

For expenses necessary to carry out the African Elephant
Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201 et seq.), the Asian Elephant
Conservation Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 4261 et seq.), the
Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 5301
et seq.), the Great Ape Conservation Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C.
6301 et seq.), and the Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004
(16 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.), $12,800,000, to remain available
until expended.

state and tribal wildlife grants

For wildlife conservation grants to States and to the
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States
Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa,
and Indian tribes under the provisions of the Fish and
Wildlife Act of 1956 and the Fish and Wildlife Coordination
Act, for the development and implementation of programs for
the benefit of wildlife and their habitat, including species
that are not hunted or fished, $65,171,000, to remain
available until expended:  Provided, That of the amount
provided herein, $4,809,000 is for a competitive grant
program for Indian tribes not subject to the remaining
provisions of this appropriation:  Provided further, That
$6,362,000 is for a competitive grant program to implement
approved plans for States, territories, and other
jurisdictions and at the discretion of affected States, the
regional Associations of fish and wildlife agencies, not
subject to the remaining provisions of this appropriation:
Provided further, That the Secretary shall, after deducting
$10,571,000 and administrative expenses, apportion the amount
provided herein in the following manner: (1) to the District
of Columbia and to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, each a
sum equal

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to not more than one-half of 1 percent thereof; and (2) to
Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, each a sum
equal to not more than one-fourth of 1 percent thereof:
Provided further, That the Secretary shall apportion the
remaining amount in the following manner: (1) one-third of
which is based on the ratio to which the land area of such
State bears to the total land area of all such States; and
(2) two-thirds of which is based on the ratio to which the
population of such State bears to the total population of all
such States:  Provided further, That the amounts apportioned
under this paragraph shall be adjusted equitably so that no
State shall be apportioned a sum which is less than 1 percent
of the amount available for apportionment under this
paragraph for any fiscal year or more than 5 percent of such
amount:  Provided further, That the Federal share of planning
grants shall not exceed 75 percent of the total costs of such
projects and the Federal share of implementation grants shall
not exceed 65 percent of the total costs of such projects:
Provided further, That the non-Federal share of such projects
may not be derived from Federal grant programs:  Provided
further, That any amount apportioned in 2020 to any State,
territory, or other jurisdiction that remains unobligated as
of September 30, 2021, shall be reapportioned, together with
funds appropriated in 2022, in the manner provided herein.

administrative provisions

(including rescission of funds)

The United States Fish and Wildlife Service may carry out
the operations of Service programs by direct expenditure,
contracts, grants, cooperative agreements and reimbursable
agreements with public and private entities. Appropriations
and funds available to the United States Fish and Wildlife
Service shall be available for repair of damage to public
roads within and adjacent to reservation areas caused by
operations of the Service; options for the purchase of land
at not to exceed $1 for each option; facilities incident to
such public recreational uses on conservation areas as are
consistent with their primary purpose; and the maintenance
and improvement of aquaria, buildings, and other facilities
under the jurisdiction of the Service and to which the United
States has title, and which are used pursuant to law in
connection with management, and investigation of fish and
wildlife resources:  Provided, That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C.
501, the Service may, under cooperative cost sharing and
partnership arrangements authorized by law, procure printing
services from cooperators in connection with jointly produced
publications for which the cooperators share at least one-
half the cost of printing either in cash or services and the
Service determines the cooperator is capable of meeting
accepted quality standards:  Provided further, That the
Service may accept donated aircraft as replacements for
existing aircraft:  Provided further, That notwithstanding 31
U.S.C. 3302, all fees collected for non-toxic shot review and
approval shall be deposited under the heading ``United States
Fish and Wildlife Service--Resource Management'' and shall be
available to the Secretary, without further appropriation, to
be used for expenses of processing of such non-toxic shot
type or coating applications and revising regulations as
necessary, and shall remain available until expended.

National Park Service

operation of the national park system

For expenses necessary for the management, operation, and
maintenance of areas and facilities administered by the
National Park Service and for the general administration of
the National Park Service, $2,564,597,000, of which
$10,032,000 shall be for planning and interagency
coordination in support of Everglades restoration and
$135,980,000 shall be for maintenance, repair, or
rehabilitation projects for constructed assets and
$153,575,000 for cyclic maintenance projects for constructed
assets and cultural resources shall remain available until
September 30, 2021:  Provided, That funds appropriated under
this heading in this Act are available for the purposes of
section 5 of Public Law 95-348:  Provided further, That
notwithstanding section 9(a) of the United States
Semiquincentennial Commission Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-
196; 130 Stat. 691), $3,300,000 of the funds made available
under this heading shall be provided to the organization
selected under section 9(b) of that Act for expenditure by
the United States Semiquincentennial Commission in accordance
with that Act.

national recreation and preservation

For expenses necessary to carry out recreation programs,
natural programs, cultural programs, heritage partnership
programs, environmental compliance and review, international
park affairs, and grant administration, not otherwise
provided for, $68,084,000.

historic preservation fund

For expenses necessary in carrying out the National
Historic Preservation Act (division A of subtitle III of
title 54, United States Code), $113,160,000, to be derived
from the Historic Preservation Fund and to remain available
until September 30, 2020, of which $14,000,000 shall be for
Save America's Treasures grants for preservation of national
significant sites, structures and artifacts as authorized by
section 7303 of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of
2009 (54 U.S.C. 3089):  Provided, That an individual Save
America's Treasures grant shall be matched by non-Federal
funds:  Provided further, That individual projects shall only
be eligible for one grant:  Provided further, That all
projects to be funded shall be approved by the Secretary of
the Interior in consultation with the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations:  Provided further, That of the
funds provided for the Historic Preservation Fund, $750,000
is for competitive grants for the survey and nomination of
properties to the National Register of Historic Places and as
National Historic Landmarks associated with communities
currently under-represented, as determined by the Secretary,
$16,250,000 is for competitive grants to preserve the sites
and stories of the Civil Rights movement, $9,000,000 is for
grants to Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and
$7,500,000 is for competitive grants for the restoration of
historic properties of national, State and local significance
listed on or eligible for inclusion on the National Register
of Historic Places, to be made without imposing the usage or
direct grant restrictions of section 101(e)(3) (54 U.S.C.
302904) of the National Historical Preservation Act:
Provided further, That such competitive grants shall be made
without imposing the matching requirements in section
302902(b)(3) of title 54, United States Code, to States and
Indian tribes as defined in chapter 3003 of such title,
Native Hawaiian organizations, local governments, including
Certified Local Governments, and non-profit organizations.

construction

For construction, improvements, repair, or replacement of
physical facilities, and compliance and planning for programs
and areas administered by the National Park Service,
$392,185,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, for any
project initially funded in fiscal year 2020 with a future
phase indicated in the National Park Service 5-Year Line Item
Construction Plan, a single procurement may be issued which
includes the full scope of the project:  Provided further,
That the solicitation and contract shall contain the clause
availability of funds found at 48 CFR 52.232-18:  Provided
further, That National Park Service Donations, Park
Concessions Franchise Fees, and Recreation Fees may be made
available for the cost of adjustments and changes within the
original scope of effort for projects funded by the National
Park Service Construction appropriation:  Provided further,
That the Secretary of the Interior shall consult with the
Committees on Appropriations, in accordance with current
reprogramming thresholds, prior to making any charges
authorized by this section.

land acquisition and state assistance

(including rescission of funds)

For expenses necessary to carry out chapter 2003 of title
54, United States Code, including administrative expenses, in
accordance with the statutory authority applicable to the
National Park Service, $199,899,000, to be derived from the
Land and Water Conservation Fund and to remain available
until expended, of which $140,000,000 is for the State
assistance program and of which $10,000,000 shall be for the
American Battlefield Protection Program grants as authorized
by chapter 3081 of title 54, United States Code.
Of the unobligated balances from amounts made available for
the National Park Service and derived from the Land and Water
Conservation Fund, $2,279,000 is hereby permanently rescinded
from projects or from other grant programs with an
unobligated carry over balance:  Provided, That no amounts
may be rescinded from amounts that were designed by the
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to the
Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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