| HR 1517 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.
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
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';
(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.
(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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