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    16 USC Sec. 460l-7                                          01/08/2008

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    TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION
    CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
    SUBCHAPTER LXIX - OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS
    Part B - Land and Water Conservation Fund

HEAD

    Sec. 460l-7. Allocation of land and water conservation fund for
      State and Federal purposes

STATUTE

      There shall be submitted with the annual budget of the United
    States a comprehensive statement of estimated requirements during
    the ensuing fiscal year for appropriations from the fund. Not less
    than 40 per centum of such appropriations shall be available for
    Federal purposes. Those appropriations from the fund up to and
    including $600,000,000 in fiscal year 1978 and up to and including
    $750,000,000 in fiscal year 1979 shall continue to be allocated in
    accordance with this section. There shall be credited to a special
    account within the fund $300,000,000 in fiscal year 1978 and
    $150,000,000 in fiscal year 1979 from the amounts authorized by
    section 460l-5 of this title. Amounts credited to this account
    shall remain in the account until appropriated. Appropriations from
    the special account shall be available only with respect to areas
    existing and authorizations enacted prior to the convening of the
    Ninety-fifth Congress, for acquisition of lands, waters, or
    interests in lands or waters within the exterior boundaries, as
    aforesaid, of -
        (1) the national park system;
        (2) national scenic trails;
        (3) the national wilderness preservation system;
        (4) federally administered components of the National Wild and
      Scenic Rivers System; and
        (5) national recreation areas administered by the Secretary of
      Agriculture.

SOURCE

    (Pub. L. 88-578, title I, Sec. 5, formerly Sec. 4, Sept. 3, 1964,
    78 Stat. 900; Pub. L. 90-401, Sec. 3, July 15, 1968, 82 Stat. 355;
    renumbered Sec. 5, Pub. L. 92-347, Sec. 2, July 11, 1972, 86 Stat.
    459; amended Pub. L. 94-273, Sec. 3(4), Apr. 21, 1976, 90 Stat.
    376; Pub. L. 94-422, title I, Sec. 101(2), Sept. 28, 1976, 90 Stat.
    1314; Pub. L. 95-42, Sec. 1(2), June 10, 1977, 91 Stat. 210.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

      The convening of the Ninety-fifth Congress, referred to in text,
    took place on Jan. 4, 1977.

PRIOR PROVISIONS

      A prior section 5 of Pub. L. 88-578 was renumbered section 6 and
    is classified to section 460l-8 of this title.
                                AMENDMENTS
      1977 - Pub. L. 95-42 inserted last four sentences providing that
    appropriations from the fund up to and including $600,000,000 in
    fiscal year 1978 and up to and including $750,000,000 in fiscal
    year 1979 continue to be allocated in accordance with this section,
    that there be credited to a special account within the fund
    $300,000,000 in fiscal year 1978 and $150,000,000 in fiscal year
    1979 from the amounts authorized by section 460l-5 of this title,
    that amounts credited to this account remain in the account until
    appropriated, and that appropriations from the special account be
    available only with respect to areas existing and authorizations
    enacted prior to the convening of the Ninety-fifth Congress, for
    acquisition of lands, waters, or interests in lands or waters
    within the exterior boundaries of the national park system,
    national scenic trails, the national wilderness preservation
    system, federally administered components of the National Wild and
    Scenic Rivers System, and national recreation areas administered by
    the Secretary of Agriculture.
      1976 - Pub. L. 94-422 revised subsec. (a), striking out
    designation "(a)" and striking out provisions relating to the
    authority of the President to vary percentages of the fund to be
    made available to the States and Federal government, and struck out
    subsec. (b) relating to advance appropriations to be allocated for
    State and Federal purposes and the schedule and procedure for
    repayment of such appropriations.
      Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 94-273 substituted "October" for "July"
    wherever appearing.
      1968 - Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 90-401 substituted "until the end of
    fiscal year 1969" for "for a total of eight years" in provision
    spelling out the term during which the advance appropriations are
    authorized from moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated
    in amounts averaging not more than $60,000,000 for each fiscal
    year.