| Capitol Comment 230 - Senate Bill 819: The Everglades Entitlement Act (843 words) |
 | However, S. 819 has major funding inequities, mandates billions of new spending, and might better be called the Everglades Entitlement Act. |
| 819 would take $500 million per year for 15 years from the revenue generated by federal oil and natural gas leases on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) and redirect the money into a fund for preservation of national parks. |
| 819 mandates that $150 million a year from the new fund be spent exclusively on the U.S. Army Corps of EngineersÂ’ Re-Study, an Everglades restoration and public works project. |
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