54 U.S.C. § 200304 — Statement of estimated requirements

Page 87 TITLE 54—NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND RELATED PROGRAMS § 200305 the Committees on Appropriations 30 days before tak- ing any actions authorized by this subsection if the amount reallocated from the ‘Contingency Fund’ line for a project is projected to be 10 percent or greater than the following, as applicable: ‘‘(A) The amount allocated to that project in the table titled ‘Allocation of Funds: National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund Fiscal Year 2024’ in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act) [138 Stat. 26]; or ‘‘(B) The initial estimate in the most recent re- port submitted, prior to enactment of this Act, to the Committees on Appropriations pursuant to sec- tion 431(e) of division G of the Consolidated Appro- priations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117–328) [136 Stat. 4830].’’ Similar provisions were contained in the following appropriation acts: Pub. L. 117–328, div. G, title IV, § 431(a)–(c), Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 4827, 4828. Pub. L. 117–103, div. G, title IV, § 431(a)–(c), Mar. 15, 2022, 136 Stat. 416, 417. Pub. L. 116–260, div. G, title IV, § 434(a)–(c), Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 1543, 1544. Executive Documents DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021 COST ESTIMATES AND ANNUAL REPORTS TO THE CONGRESS FOR THE LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND Memorandum of President of the United States, Nov. 9, 2020, 85 F.R. 72889, provided: Memorandum for the Secretary of the Interior [and] the Secretary of Agriculture By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 301 of title 3, United States Code, it is hereby ordered as follows: SECTION 1. The Secretary of the Interior and the Sec- retary of Agriculture are hereby authorized to submit, for their respective agencies: (a) the cost estimates to the Congress required by 54 U.S.C. 200303(c)(1)(A), as amended by section 3(a) of the Great American Outdoors Act (Public Law 116–152) (the ‘‘Act’’); and (b) annually, the report to the Congress required by 54 U.S.C. 200303(c)(4), as amended by section 3(a) of the Act. SEC. 2. (a) Nothing in this memorandum shall be con- strued to impair or otherwise affect: (i) the authority granted by law to an executive de- partment or agency, or the head thereof; or (ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Man- agement and Budget relating to budgetary, administra- tive, or legislative proposals. (b) This memorandum shall be implemented con- sistent with applicable law and subject to the avail- ability of appropriations. (c) This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or proce- dural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person. (d) The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and di- rected to publish this memorandum in the Federal Reg- ister. DONALD J. TRUMP. § 200304. Statement of estimated requirements (a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be submitted with the annual budget of the United States a comprehensive statement of estimated require- ments during the ensuing fiscal year for appro- priations from the Fund. (b) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Of the total amount made available to the Fund through ap- propriations or deposited in the Fund under sec- tion 105(a)(2)(B) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Se- curity Act of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331 note; Public Law 109–432)— (1) not less than 40 percent shall be used for Federal purposes; and (2) not less than 40 percent shall be used to provide financial assistance to States. (Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3172; Pub. L. 116–9, title III, § 3001(b), Mar. 12, 2019, 133 Stat. 755.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Revised Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 200304 ......... 16 U.S.C. 460l–7. Pub. L. 88–578, title I, § 5, formerly § 4, Sept. 3, 1964, 78 Stat. 900; Pub. L. 90–401, § 3, July 15, 1968, 82 Stat. 355; renumbered § 5, Pub. L. 92–347, § 2, July 11, 1972, 86 Stat. 459; Pub. L. 94–273, § 3(4), Apr. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 376; Pub. L. 94–422, title I, § 101(2), Sept. 28, 1976, 90 Stat. 1314; Pub. L. 95–42, § 1(2), June 10, 1977, 91 Stat. 210. The references to fiscal years 1978 and 1979 and the special account are omitted as obsolete. Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT Section 105(a)(2)(B) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Se- curity Act of 2006, referred to in subsec. (b), is section 105(a)(2)(B) of title I of div. C of Pub. L. 109–432, which is set out in a note under section 1331 of Title 43, Public Lands. AMENDMENTS 2019—Pub. L. 116–9 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and inserted heading, struck out ‘‘Not less than 40 percent of such appropriations shall be avail- able for Federal purposes.’’ after ‘‘Fund.’’, and added subsec. (b). § 200305. Financial assistance to States (a) AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY TO MAKE PAY- MENTS.—The Secretary may provide financial assistance to the States from amounts available for State purposes. Payments may be made to the States by the Secretary as provided in this section, subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary considers appropriate and in the public interest to carry out the purposes of this chapter, for outdoor recreation: (1) Planning. (2) Acquisition of land, water, or interests in land or water. (3) Development. (b) APPORTIONMENT AMONG STATES.—Amounts appropriated and available for State purposes for each fiscal year shall be apportioned among the States by the Secretary, whose determina- tion shall be final, in accordance with the fol- lowing formula: (1) Forty percent of the 1st $225,000,000; 30 percent of the next $275,000,000; and 20 percent of all additional appropriations shall be appor- tioned equally among the States. (2) At any time, the remaining appropriation shall be apportioned on the basis of need to in- dividual States by the Secretary in such