54 U.S.C. § 200306 — Allocation of Fund amounts for Federal

Page 90 TITLE 54—NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND RELATED PROGRAMS § 200306 out of the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund, the Secretary may provide financial as- sistance to the States, not to exceed $15,000,000, for projects or combinations there- of for the purpose of making capital improve- ments and other measures to increase safety in urban parks and recreation areas, including funds to— (A) increase lighting within or adjacent to public parks and recreation areas; (B) provide emergency telephone lines to contact law enforcement or security per- sonnel in areas within or adjacent to public parks and recreation areas; (C) increase security personnel within or adjacent to public parks and recreation areas; and (D) fund any other project intended to in- crease the security and safety of public parks and recreation areas. (2) ELIGIBILITY.—In addition to the require- ments for project approval imposed by this section, eligibility for assistance under this subsection shall depend on a showing of need. In providing funds under this subsection, the Secretary shall give priority to projects pro- posed for urban parks and recreation areas with the highest rates of crime and, in par- ticular, to urban parks and recreation areas with the highest rates of sexual assault. (3) FEDERAL SHARE.—Notwithstanding sub- section (c), the Secretary may provide 70 per- cent improvement grants for projects under- taken by a State for the purposes described in this subsection. (Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3172; Pub. L. 116–9, title III, § 3001(c), Mar. 12, 2019, 133 Stat. 755.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Revised Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 200305 ......... 16 U.S.C. 460l–8(less (b)(5) (last sen- tence)). Pub. L. 88–578, title I, § 6, formerly § 5(less (b)(5) (last sentence)), Sept. 3, 1964, 78 Stat. 900; renum- bered § 6, Pub. L. 92–347, § 2, July 11, 1972, 86 Stat. 459; Pub. L. 93–303, § 2, June 7, 1974, 88 Stat. 194; Pub. L. 94–422, title I, § 101(3), Sept. 28, 1976, 90 Stat. 1314. 1315; Pub. L. 95–625, title VI, § 606, Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3519; Pub. L. 99–645, title III, § 303, Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3587; Pub. L. 103–322, title IV, § 40133, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1918; Pub. L. 103–437, § 6(p)(2), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4586; Pub. L. 104–333, div. I, title VIII, § 814(d)(1)(H), Nov. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 4196. In subsection (b)(5), the words ‘‘(when such islands achieve Commonwealth status)’’ are omitted as obso- lete. In subsection (c), the words ‘‘No payment may be made to any State for or on account of any cost or obli- gation incurred or any service rendered prior to Sep- tember 3, 1964’’ are omitted as obsolete. In subsection (d)(2), the words ‘‘Secretary of Housing and Urban Development’’ are substituted for ‘‘Housing and Home Finance Agency’’ because of 42 U.S.C. 3534. In subsection (d)(4), the words ‘‘For fiscal year 1988 and thereafter’’ are omitted as obsolete. In subsection (e)(3), the words ‘‘and after September 28, 1976’’ are omitted as obsolete. In subsection (f)(2), the words ‘‘chief executive offi- cial’’ are substituted for ‘‘Governor’’ for clarity and for consistency in the new title. In subsection (j), the words ‘‘(including those con- ducted pursuant to title VII of the Housing Act of 1961 and section 701 of the Housing Act of 1954)’’ are omitted as obsolete. The authority to make grants or loans under title VII terminated on December 31, 1974. Sec- tion 701 was repealed by section 313(b) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (Public Law 97–35, 95 Stat. 398). In subsection (k)(3), the words ‘‘and the remaining share of the cost shall be borne by the State’’ are omit- ted as unnecessary. Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2019—Subsec. (b)(5). Pub. L. 116–9 struck out par. (5) which read as follows: ‘‘For the purposes of paragraph (1), the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands shall be deemed to be one State, and shall receive shares of the apportionment in proportion to their populations.’’ § 200306. Allocation of Fund amounts for Federal purposes (a) ALLOWABLE PURPOSES AND SUBPURPOSES.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Amounts appropriated from the Fund for Federal purposes shall, unless otherwise allotted in the appropriation Act making them available, be allotted by the President for the purposes and subpurposes stated in this subsection. (2) ACQUISITION OF LAND, WATER, OR AN INTER- EST IN LAND OR WATER.— (A) SYSTEM UNITS AND RECREATION AREAS ADMINISTERED FOR RECREATION PURPOSES.— Amounts shall be allotted for the acquisi- tion of land, water, or an interest in land or water within the exterior boundary of— (i) a System unit authorized or estab- lished; and (ii) an area authorized to be adminis- tered by the Secretary for outdoor recre- ation purposes. (B) NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM.— (i) IN GENERAL.—Amounts shall be allot- ted for the acquisition of land, water, or an interest in land or water within inholdings within— (I) wilderness areas of the National Forest System; and (II) other areas of national forests as the boundaries of those forests existed on January 1, 1965, or purchase units ap- proved by the National Forest Reserva- tion Commission subsequent to January 1, 1965, all of which other areas are pri- marily of value for outdoor recreation purposes. (ii) ADJACENT LAND.—Land outside but adjacent to an existing national forest boundary, not to exceed 3,000 acres in the case of any one forest, that would com- prise an integral part of a forest rec- reational management area may also be acquired with amounts appropriated from the Fund. (C) ENDANGERED SPECIES AND THREATENED SPECIES; FISH AND WILDLIFE REFUGE AREAS; Page 91 TITLE 54—NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND RELATED PROGRAMS § 200307 NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM.— Amounts shall be allotted for the acquisi- tion of land, water, or an interest in land or water for— (i) endangered species and threatened species authorized under section 5(a) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1534(a)); (ii) areas authorized by section 2 of the Refuge Recreation Act (16 U.S.C. 460k–1); (iii) national wildlife refuge areas under section 7(a)(4) of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742f(a)(4)) and wetlands acquired under section 304 of the Emer- gency Wetlands Resources Act of 1986 (16 U.S.C. 3922); and (iv) any area authorized for the National Wildlife Refuge System by specific Acts. (3) PAYMENT AS OFFSET OF CAPITAL COSTS.— Amounts shall be allotted for payment into miscellaneous receipts of the Treasury as a partial offset for capital costs, if any, of Fed- eral water development projects authorized to be constructed by or pursuant to an Act of Congress that are allocated to public recre- ation and the enhancement of fish and wildlife values and financed through appropriations to water resource agencies. (4) AVAILABILITY OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Ap- propriations allotted for the acquisition of land, water, or an interest in land or water as set forth under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (2) shall be available for those ac- quisitions notwithstanding any statutory ceil- ing on the appropriations contained in any other provision of law enacted prior to Janu- ary 4, 1977, or, in the case of national recre- ation areas, prior to January 15, 1979, except that for any such area expenditures shall not exceed a statutory ceiling during any one fis- cal year by 10 percent of the ceiling or $1,000,000, whichever is greater. (b) ACQUISITION RESTRICTIONS.—Appropriations from the Fund pursuant to this section shall not be used for acquisition unless the acquisition is otherwise authorized by law. Appropriations from the Fund may be used for preacquisition work where authorization is imminent and where substantial monetary savings could be re- alized. (c) RECREATIONAL PUBLIC ACCESS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts made avail- able for expenditure in any fiscal year under section 200303, there shall be made available for recreational public access projects identi- fied on the priority list developed under para- graph (2) not less than the greater of— (A) an amount equal to 3 percent of those amounts; or (B) $15,000,000. (2) PRIORITY LIST.—The Secretary and the Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with the head of each affected Federal agency, shall annually develop a priority list for projects that, through acquisition of land (or an inter- est in land), secure recreational public access to Federal land under the jurisdiction of the applicable Secretary for hunting, fishing, rec- reational shooting, or other outdoor rec- reational purposes. (d) ACQUISITION CONSIDERATIONS.—In deter- mining whether to acquire land (or an interest in land) under this section, the Secretary and the Secretary of Agriculture shall take into ac- count— (1) the significance of the acquisition; (2) the urgency of the acquisition; (3) management efficiencies; (4) management cost savings; (5) geographic distribution; (6) threats to the integrity of the land; and (7) the recreational value of the land. (Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3177; Pub. L. 116–9, title III, § 3001(d), (e), Mar. 12, 2019, 133 Stat. 755; Pub. L. 116–152, § 3(b)(2), Aug. 4, 2020, 134 Stat. 687.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Revised Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 200306 ......... 16 U.S.C. 460l–9(a), (b). Pub. L. 88–578, title I, § 7, formerly § 6, Sept. 3, 1964, 78 Stat. 903; Pub. L. 90–401, § 1(c), July 15, 1968, 82 Stat. 355; renumbered § 7, Pub. L. 92–347, § 2, July 11, 1972, 86 Stat. 459; amended Pub. L. 93–205, § 13(c), Dec. 28, 1973, 87 Stat. 902; Pub. L. 94–422, title I, § 101(4), Sept. 28, 1976, 90 Stat. 1317; Pub. L. 95–42, § 1(3)–(5), June 10, 1977, 91 Stat. 210, 211; Pub. L. 96–203, § 2, Mar. 10, 1980, 94 Stat. 81; Pub. L. 99–645, title III, § 302, Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3587; Pub. L. 103–437, § 6(p)(3), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4586; Pub. L. 104–333, div. I, title VIII, § 814(b), (d)(2)(C), Nov. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 4194, 4196; Pub. L. 106–176, title I, §§ 120(b), 129, Mar. 10, 2000, 114 Stat. 28, 30. In subsection (a)(4), the words ‘‘January 4, 1977’’ are substituted for ‘‘the convening of the Ninety-fifth Con- gress’’, and the words ‘‘January 15, 1979’’ are sub- stituted for ‘‘ the convening of the Ninety-sixth Con- gress’’, for clarity. Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2020—Subsec. (a)(2)(B)(iii). Pub. L. 116–152 struck out cl. (iii). Text read as follows: ‘‘Except for areas specifi- cally authorized by Act of Congress, not more than 15 percent of the acreage added to the National Forest System pursuant to this section shall be west of the 100th meridian.’’ 2019—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 116–9, § 3001(d), added subsec. (c). Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 116–9, § 3001(e), added subsec. (d). § 200307. Availability of Fund amounts for pub- licity purposes (a) IN GENERAL.—Amounts derived from the sources listed in section 200302 of this title shall not be available for publicity purposes. (b) EXCEPTION FOR TEMPORARY SIGNING.—In a case where significant acquisition or develop- ment is initiated, appropriate standardized tem- porary signing shall be located on or near the af- fected site, to the extent feasible, so as to indi- cate the action taken is a product of funding made available through the Fund. The signing may indicate the percentage amounts and dollar amounts financed by Federal and non-Federal