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Land and Water Conservation Fund: Current Status and Issues (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Jan. 28, 2002
Report Number 97-792
Authors Jeffrey A. Zinn, Resources, Science, and Industry Division
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
Summary:

The Land and Water Conservation Fund has been the principal federal source of monies to acquire new recreation lands. The policy issues for the fund have changed little in recent years. One issue has been the size of and the need for an annual appropriation. A second issue has been the congressional role in deciding which lands federal agencies should acquire. One context for debating these issues is the annual Interior Appropriations bill, and a second is a legislative proposal, known as CARA, that could provide full appropriations and could make funding mandatory. The House Resources Committee passed a version of CARA, H.R. 701. The Bush Administration has not announced a position on this measure, but it called for full LWCF funding in FY2002.