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| https://www.daines.senate.gov/news/press-releases/daines-rallies-senators-in-support-of-lwcf-reauthorization | Daines Rallies Senators in Support of LWCF Reauthorization | 2015-09-30 | 2015 | 2015-09 | Republican | House | MT | Steve Daines | D000618 | www.daines.senate.gov | legacy | 09.30.15 Daines Rallies Senators in Support of LWCF Reauthorization WASHINGTON, D.C. Senator Steve Daines today led a coalition of Senators in support of the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), an important tool for increasing public access to public lands, on the Senate floor. Senators Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Susan Collins (R-ME) and Richard Burr (R-NC) joined Daines on the Senate floor to urge their House and Senate colleagues to reauthorize LWCFand notallow authorization to lapse. We're not going to let this conversation die. We're going to continue to fight for the permanent reauthorization of LWCF. It is a tool for public access to ensure that Montanans and Americans can have access to their public lands,Daines stated on the Senate floor this afternoon.It is vital that we permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund and do not allow authorization to lapse. Clickhereto watch Daines' remarks. Clickhereto download Daines' remarks. Daines is a cosponsor of S.338, bipartisan legislation sponsored by Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) to secure a permanent solution for LWCF. Daines is only the Republican member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee to cosponsor S.338. Daines has been actively working to secure funding for LWCF. Dainessuccessfully includedan amendment in this year'sInterior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act to increase LWCF programs by nearly $14 million, bringing the overall total funding for LWCF to the FY2015 enacted level of $306 million. Daines also helpedsecure permanent reauthorizationof LWCF in the bipartisanEnergy Policy Modernization Act of 2015,which passed the Energy and Natural Resources Committee earlier this year. Additionally, Daines has consistently championed LWCF both in the House and the Senate. Daines recently sent a letter to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Minority Leader Harry Reid urging them to prioritize action to reauthorize LWCF. The letter is availablehere. Below are excerpts from Daines' floor remarks: We can still do the right thing.We can still reauthorize thisimportant program. There's a lot of options on thetable to get this done.We can still do the right thing.We need to double down ourefforts and reauthorize thismost important program. I'm a proud cosponsor ofmultiple pieces of legislationto make LWCF permanent andI'm continuing to fight to reauthorizethis program. In fact, I'm the only Republicanmember on the Senate Energy andResources Committee to cosponsorS. 338 that's Senator Burr'slegislation that will secure apermanent solution for LWCF. Permanentreauthorization to LWCF is alsoincluded in the Senate EnergyPolicy Modernization Act. It passed the Committee on alarge bipartisan vote.In the coming days, I think themomentum behind reauthorization is only going to grow stronger. We have evidence of that here today as I'm joined by a number of mycolleagues who support LWCF. We're not going to let this conversation die. We're going to continue to fightfor the permanentreauthorization of LWCF.It is a tool for public to ensure thatMontanans and Americans can haveaccess to their public lands. This is not about a land grab.This is a land solution. In conclusion, I'm hopefulthe momentum that we're seeinghere in the United States Senatewill lead the House toprioritize LWCF reauthorizationin the near future. It is vital that we permanentlyreauthorize the Land and WaterConservation Fund and do notallow authorization to lapse. We have less than 11 hours andthis program will lapse. We need to get reauthorizationpassed to get on the President'sdesk and get this signed. ### Print Email Tweet Previous Article Next Article | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |