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What the Great American Outdoors Act funded

The law established the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund and changed the availability of money in the Land and Water Conservation Fund. [U.S. Government Publishing Office]

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Public Law 116-152 as enacted in August 2020; not an audit of spending or completed projects.

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Section 2 established a restoration fund for deferred maintenance on specified federal lands and facilities. [U.S. Government Publishing Office]

Section 3 made amounts deposited in the Land and Water Conservation Fund available without further appropriation or fiscal-year limitation. [U.S. Government Publishing Office]

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An enacted funding mechanism is not evidence that every proposed project was completed. The law specifies allocation rules and limitations; this file does not measure environmental outcomes or later implementation. [U.S. Government Publishing Office]

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  1. Enacted text · U.S. Government Publishing OfficePublic Law 116-152: Great American Outdoors Act

    Sections 2 and 3; approval date

    https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-116publ152/html/PLAW-116publ152.htm

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