54 U.S.C. § 200303 — Availability of funds

(a) In General.— Amounts deposited in the Fund^* under section 200302 for fiscal year 2020 and every later fiscal year are available for spending in fiscal year 2021 and every later fiscal year, without another appropriation or fiscal-year limit, to carry out the Fund’s purposes, including accounts and programs made available under the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94; 133 Stat. 2534).

(b) Additional Amounts.— These amounts are in addition to amounts made available under section 105 of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331 note; Public Law 109–432) or otherwise appropriated from the Fund.

(c) Allocation Authority.—

(1) Submission of cost estimates.— The President must submit Congress detailed account, program, and project allocations of the full amount available under subsection (a)—

(A) for fiscal year 2021, within 90 days after enactment of the Great American Outdoors Act; and

(B) for each later fiscal year, as part of the President’s annual budget submission.

(2) Alternate allocation.—

(A) In general.— Appropriations Acts may provide alternate allocations, including allocations by account, program, and project.

(B) Allocation by President.—

(i) No alternate allocations.— If Congress has not enacted a law establishing alternate allocations by the time the full-year appropriations Act for the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies for the applicable fiscal year becomes law, the President must allocate the amounts available under subsection (a).

(ii) Insufficient alternate allocation.— If Congress establishes alternate allocations that are less than the full amount appropriated, the President must allocate the difference.

(3) Recreational public access.— Spending under this section must meet the recreational-public-access requirements of section 200306(c).

(4) Annual report.— The President must submit Congress an annual report describing the final allocation by account, program, and project, including the status of obligations and expenditures.