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President to Sign LWCF Bill

Jun 4, 2019

President Trump's fiscal 2020 budget recommends essentially zeroing out the beloved Land and Water Conservation Fund — a program that he will permanently reauthorize today in a much-anticipated White House signing ceremony for the broad public lands package.

The budget request would provide roughly $8 million in new funding to the federal portion of LWCF, but it also recommends a $31 million rescission from already appropriated funds.

That translates into a proposed clawback of about $23.45 million, which ultimately means a less-than-zero administration proposal for the 54-year-old land and water conservation program in fiscal 2020.

The omnibus spending bill that Trump signed into law last month gave LWCF $435 million for fiscal 2019.

Kellie Lunney, E&E News reporterPublished: Tuesday, March 12, 2019

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