,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #acec  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #be1       
#bjai,ms4 ,plaskett 7for herself1 ,miss 
,gonzlez-,coln of ,puerto ,rico1 ,ms4   
,norton1 ,mrs4 ,radewagen1 and ,mr4 ,san
 ,nicolas7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,natural ,resources  ,a   
,,bill  ,to amend title #ed1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to apply the same        
apportionment formula to territories and
 the ,district of ,columbia as is       
applied to ,states with respect to      
amounts made available for ,state       
purposes from the ,land and ,water      
,conservation ,fund1 and for other      
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,,lwcf ,parity for  
,territories and ,,dc ,act4  #b4        
,findings ,congress finds the following3
  7#a7 ,chapter #bjjc of title #ed1     
,united ,states ,code1 establishes the  
,land and ,water ,conservation ,fund and
 defines the term ,state to include the 

,district of ,columbia1 ,puerto ,rico1  
,guam1 ,american ,samoa1 the ,virgin    
,islands1 and the ,northern ,mariana    
,islands4  7#b7 ,according to the       
,bureau of the ,census1 the estimated   
population of-- 7,a7 the ,district of   
,columbia currently exceeds the         
populations of two ,states2 and  7,b7   
,puerto ,rico currently exceeds the     
populations of #ba ,states4  #c4 ,parity
 for territories and the ,district of   
,columbia ,section #bjjcje7;b7 of title 
#ed1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended  
by striking paragraph 7#e74