Sec. 3. Permanent authorization and full funding of the Land and Water Conservation Fund

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Section 200302 of title 54, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (b), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking During the period ending September 30, 2015, there and inserting There ; and in subsection (c)(1), by striking through September 30, 2015 . Section 200303 of title 54, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: Amounts deposited in the Fund under section 200302 shall be made available for expenditure, without further appropriation or fiscal year limitation, to carry out the purposes of the Fund (including accounts and programs made available from the Fund under the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 ( Public Law 113–235 ; 128 Stat. 2130)).

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. The President shall submit to Congress detailed account, program, and project allocations to be funded under subsection

(a)as part of the annual budget submission of the President. Appropriations Acts may provide for alternate allocation of amounts made available under subsection (a), including allocations by account and program. If Congress has not enacted legislation establishing alternate allocations by the date that is 120 days after the date on which the applicable fiscal year begins, amounts made available under subsection

(a)shall be allocated by the President. 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. 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. . The table of sections affected for title 54 is amended by striking the item relating to section 200303 and inserting the following: 200303. Availability of funds. . Section 200306 of title 54, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 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, or other recreational purposes. .

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