Senator Lankford Offers Amendment to Reform Land and Water Conservation Fund
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Issues: Government Operations Environment
Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today delivered a speech on the Senate floor on the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2016 and his amendment (#3210) to reform the broken Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF). Specifically, the amendment would require spending on land acquisition to not exceed spending on maintenance; require that land acquisitions funded through the LWCF include funding for maintenance needs on the land to be acquired; and require Congressional authorization for acquisitions under LWCF that cost more than $50,000 per acre.
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