S.Amdt. 1665

SA 1665. Mr. LEE 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 8, strike line 19 and all that follows
through the matter following line 18 on page 14 and insert
the following:
``(h) Submission of Annual List of Projects to Congress.--
Until the date on which all of the amounts in the Fund are
expended, the President shall annually submit to Congress,
together with the annual budget of the United States--
``(1) a list of projects that are to be funded from the
Fund for the applicable fiscal year that includes a detailed
description of each project, including the estimated
expenditures from the Fund for the project for the applicable
fiscal year; and
``(2) a list of projects that received funding during the
preceding fiscal year from the Fund that includes a detailed
description of each project, including--
``(A) the total amount of expenditures expended for the
projects listed as of the date on which the list is
submitted; and
``(B) the total amount of expenditures estimated to be
required to complete the projects listed.
``(i) Alternate Allocation.--
``(1) In general.--Appropriations Acts may provide for
alternate allocation of amounts made available under this
section, consistent with the allocations to covered agencies
under subsection (e)(1).
``(2) Allocation by president.--
``(A) No alternate allocations.--If Congress has not
enacted legislation establishing alternate allocations by the
date on which the Act making full-year appropriations for the
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
for the applicable fiscal year is enacted into law, amounts
made available under subsection (c) shall be allocated by the
President.
``(B) Insufficient alternate allocation.--If Congress
enacts legislation establishing alternate allocations for
amounts made available under subsection (c) that are

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less than the full amount appropriated under that subsection,
the difference between the amount appropriated and the
alternate allocation shall be allocated by the President.
``(j) Public Donations.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary and the Secretary of
Agriculture may accept public cash or in-kind donations that
advance efforts--
``(A) to reduce the deferred maintenance backlog; and
``(B) to encourage relevant public-private partnerships.
``(2) Credits to fund.--Any cash donations accepted under
paragraph (1) shall be--
``(A) credited to, and form a part of, the Fund; and
``(B) allocated to the covered agency for which the
donation was made.
``(3) Other allocations.--Any donations allocated to a
covered agency under paragraph (2)(B) shall be allocated to
the applicable covered agency independently of the
allocations under subsection (e)(1).
``(k) Required Consideration for Accessibility.--In
expending amounts from the Fund, the Secretary and the
Secretary of Agriculture shall incorporate measures to
improve the accessibility of assets and accommodate visitors
and employees with disabilities in accordance with applicable
law.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of chapters for subtitle
II of title 54, United States Code, is amended by inserting
after the item relating to chapter 2003 the following:

``2004.  National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration200401''.....

(c) GAO Study.--Not later than 5 years after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United
States shall--
(1) conduct a study on the implementation of this section
and the amendments made by this section, including whether
this section and the amendments made by this section have
effectively reduced the priority deferred maintenance backlog
of the covered agencies (as that term is defined in section
200401 of title 54, United States Code); and
(2) submit to Congress a report that describes the results
of the study under paragraph (1).

SEC. 3. PERMANENT FULL FUNDING OF THE LAND AND WATER
CONSERVATION FUND.

(a) In General.--Section 200303 of title 54, United States
Code, is amended to read as follows:

``Sec. 200303. Availability of funds

``(a) In General.--Any amounts deposited in the Fund under
section 200302 for fiscal year 2020 and each fiscal year
thereafter shall be made available for expenditure for fiscal
year 2021 and each fiscal year thereafter, without further
appropriation or fiscal year limitation, to carry out the
purposes of the Fund (including accounts and programs made
available from the Fund pursuant to the Further Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116-94; 133 Stat.
2534)).
``(b) Additional Amounts.--Amounts made available under
subsection (a) shall be in addition to amounts made available
to the Fund under section 105 of the Gulf of Mexico Energy
Security Act of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331 note; Public Law 109-
432) or otherwise appropriated from the Fund.
``(c) Allocation Authority.--
``(1) Submission of cost estimates.--The President shall
submit to Congress detailed account, program, and project
allocations of the full amount made available under
subsection (a)--
``(A) for fiscal year 2021, not later than 90 days after
the date of enactment of the Great American Outdoors Act; and
``(B) for each fiscal year thereafter, as part of the
annual budget submission of the President.
``(2) Alternate allocation.--
``(A) In general.--Appropriations Acts may provide for
alternate allocation of amounts made available under
subsection (a), including allocations by account, program,
and project.
``(B) Allocation by president.--
``(i) No alternate allocations.--If Congress has not
enacted legislation establishing alternate allocations by the
date on which the Act making full-year appropriations for the
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
for the applicable fiscal year is enacted into law, amounts
made available under subsection (a) shall be allocated by the
President.
``(ii) Insufficient alternate allocation.--If Congress
enacts legislation establishing alternate allocations for
amounts made available under subsection (a) that are less
than the full amount appropriated under that subsection, the
difference between the amount appropriated and the alternate
allocation shall be allocated by the President.
``(3) Recreational public access.--Amounts expended from
the Fund under this section shall be consistent with the
requirements for recreational public access for hunting,
fishing, recreational shooting, or other outdoor recreational
purposes under section 200306(c).
``(4) Annual report.--The President shall submit to
Congress an annual report that describes the final allocation
by account, program, and project of amounts made available
under subsection (a), including a description of the status
of obligations and expenditures.''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Section 200302(c) of title 54, United States Code, is
amended by striking paragraph (3).
(2) Section 200306(a)(2)(B) of title 54, United States
Code, is amended by striking clause (iii).
(c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter
2003 of title 54, United States Code, is amended by striking
the item relating to section 200303 and inserting the
following:

``200303. Availability of funds.''.

SEC. 4. CERTAIN REPORTS REQUIRED PRIOR TO ACQUISITION OF LAND
USING AMOUNTS FROM THE LAND AND WATER
CONSERVATION FUND.

Section 200306 of title 54, United States Code, is amended
by adding at the end the following:
``(e) Reports Required Prior to Acquisition.--Before
acquiring any land under this section, the Secretary or the
Secretary of Agriculture, as applicable, shall submit--
``(1) to Congress a report that describes the estimated
cost to the Secretary or the Secretary of Agriculture, as
applicable, of acquiring, administering, and maintaining the
land; and
``(2) to the State and unit of local government in which
the land is located a report that provides an estimate of the
property tax revenue that would be lost as a result of the
acquisition by the Secretary or the Secretary of Agriculture,
as applicable.''.
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