Land Reinvestment Act

        [Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1517 Introduced in House (IH)]

108th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1517

To amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund to limit the use of funds
available from the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to use
for maintenance.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 31, 2003

Mr. Graves (for himself, Mr. Stearns, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr.
Gibbons, Mr. Otter, Mr. Thornberry, and Mr. Cannon) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources, and
in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration
of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee
concerned

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A BILL

To amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund to limit the use of funds
available from the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to use
for maintenance.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Land Reinvestment Act''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FROM LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION
FUND.

The Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 is amended--
(1) in section 1(b)(2) (16 U.S.C. 460l-4(b)(2)) by striking
``acquisition and development'' and inserting ``maintenance'';
(2) in section 5 (16 U.S.C. 460l-7) in the last sentence,
in the text preceding paragraph (1), by striking
``acquisition'' and inserting ``maintenance'';
(3) in section 7(a) (16 U.S.C. 460l-9(a))--
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by
inserting ``for maintenance'' after ``otherwise
allotted'';
(B) in paragraph (1)--
(i) in the matter preceding the first
undesignated paragraph by striking ``For the
acquisition'' and inserting ``For the
maintenance'';
(ii) by amending the second undesignated
paragraph to read as follows:
``National forest system.--Wilderness areas of the National
Forest System, and other areas of national forests that are
primarily of value for outdoor recreation.''; and
(iii) by amending the third undesignated
paragraph to read as follows:
``National wildlife refuge system.--Federal lands that are
acquired for endangered species and threatened species under
section 5(a) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973; areas
acquired under section 2 of the Act of September 28, 1962 (16
U.S.C. 460k-1); national wildlife refuge areas acquired under
section 7(a)(5) of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C.
742f(a)(4)), and wetlands acquired under section 304 of the
Emergency Wetlands Resources Act of 1986; and any areas
acquired for the National Wildlife Refuge System by specific
Acts.''; and
(C) by striking paragraph (3);
(4) in subsection (b) of section 7 (16 U.S.C. 460l-9(b)) by
striking ``unless'' and all that follows through the end of the
subsection and inserting a period;
(5) by striking subsection (c) of section 7 (16 U.S.C.
460l-9(c)); and
(6) by striking sections 9 and 10 (16 U.S.C 460l-10a and
460l-10b).

SEC. 3. REQUIREMENT TO REDUCE BACKLOGGED MAINTENANCE.

The head of each covered landholding agency shall--
(1) by not later than the end of the 5-fiscal-year period
beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, reduce by
at least 20 percent the dollar value of backlogged maintenance
that exists on the date of the enactment of this Act with
respect to lands under the administrative jurisdiction of the
agency; and
(2) by not later than the end of each 5-fiscal-year period
thereafter, reduce the dollar value of backlogged maintenance
that exists on the first day of that period with respect to
lands under the administrative jurisdiction of the agency, by
an amount that is equal to or greater than the sum of--
(A) 20 percent of the dollar value of backlogged
maintenance that exists on the date of the enactment of
this Act with respect to such lands;
(B) the amount of any reduction in backlogged
maintenance previously required under this section that
has not been carried out; and
(C) any additional backlogged maintenance that
arose on or after the date of the enactment of this Act
and that has not been carried out.

SEC. 4. REPORTS ON REDUCTION OF BACKLOGGED MAINTENANCE.

(a) In General.--The head of each covered landholding agency shall
publish and submit reports to the Congress that--
(1) document the progress made by the agency in reducing
backlogged maintenance with respect to lands under the
administrative jurisdiction of the agency, including a
statement of--
(A) the dollar value of the reduction in backlogged
maintenance that has been achieved by the agency in the
5-fiscal-year period covered by the report;
(B) whether or not the agency, in the 5-fiscal-year
period covered by the report, has achieved the
reduction in backlogged maintenance required to be
achieved by the agency under section 3 for that period;
and
(C) the amount (if any) by which the dollar value
stated in subparagraph (A) is less than the amount of
reduction in backlogged maintenance that is required to
be achieved by the agency under section 3;
(2) include a prioritized list of construction, deferred
maintenance, and regular maintenance projects the agency must
carry out in order to achieve reductions in backlogged
maintenance required under section 3; and
(3) include a plan for carrying out such projects over the
next 5 fiscal years.
(b) Timing of Reports.--The head of a covered landholding agency--
(1) shall publish and submit the first report under this
section by not later than 30 days after the end of the first 5-
fiscal-year period beginning after the date of the enactment of
this Act; and
(2) shall publish and submit subsequent reports under this
section by not later than 30 days after the end of each
subsequent 5-fiscal-year period thereafter until all backlogged
maintenance has been completed with respect to lands under the
administratieve jurisdiction of the agency.
(c) Final Report.--Not later than December 31 of the year in which
all backlogged maintenance has been completed with respect to lands
under the administratieve jurisdiction of a covered landholding agency,
the head of the agency shall submit to the Congress a final report
that, in detail--
(1) prioritizes lands that are owned by the Federal
Government and under the administrative jurisdiction of the
agency, based on the success of programs of the agency that
relate to such lands;
(2) describes a system of regular maintenance that is
required with respect to such lands; and
(3) includes a prioritized list of capital improvement
projects for such lands.

SEC. 5. PRIORITIZATION OF LANDS.

Not later than 4 years after the date of the enactment of this Act,
the head of each covered landholding agency shall submit to the
Congress a report that prioritizes lands that are owned by the Federal
Government and under the administrative jurisdiction of the agency,
from highest to lowest priority in the order of their importance to the
success of programs carried out by the agency.

SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS.

In this Act:
(1) Backlogged maintenance.--The term ``backlogged
maintenance''--
(A) means the total dollar value of regular
maintenance, deferred maintenance, and capital
improvement to be carried out with respect to lands
under the administrative jurisdiction of a covered
landholding agency that has not been completed; and
(B) is deemed to be, on the date of the enactment
of this Act--
(i) $354,000,000 with respect to lands
under the administrative jurisdiction of the
Bureau of Land Management;
(ii) $1,500,000,000 with respect to lands
under the administrative jurisdiction of the
United States Fish and Wildlife Service;
(iii) $7,300,000,000 with respect to lands
under the administrative jurisdiction of the
Forest Service; and
(iv) $5,400,000,000 with respect to lands
under the administrative jurisdiction of the
National Park Service.
(2) Covered landholding agency.--The term ``covered
landholding agency'' means each of--
(A) the Bureau of Land Management;
(B) the United States Fish and Wildlife Service;
(C) the Forest Service; and
(D) the National Park Service.
(3) Maintenance.--The term ``maintenance'' means the upkeep
of real property, including capital improvement and
development.
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