Restore Our Parks and Public Lands Act
This bill establishes the National Park Service and Public Lands Legacy Restoration Fund into which, through FY2024, there shall be deposited an amount equal to 50% of all energy development revenues due and payable to the federal government from oil, gas, coal, or alternative or renewable energy development on federal lands and waters that would otherwise be credited, covered, or deposited as miscellaneous receipts under federal law.
Deposited amounts must not exceed $1.3 billion for any such fiscal year.
From such amounts
The Department of the Interior must take into consideration the projected lifespan of any projects under this bill when prioritizing which of those projects to fund.
No more than 10% of amounts in the fund may be used for administrative costs.
None of the amounts in the fund may be used for the acquisition of land or for supplanting discretionary funding for annually recurring facility operations, maintenance, and construction needs.
Interior must submit to Congress, with the President's annual budget submission, a list of projects receiving allocations from the fund and a description of each such project.
Interior, and other specified agencies, may accept cash or in-kind donations that advance efforts to reduce maintenance backlogs and encourage public-private partnerships.
[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1225 Introduced in House (IH)]
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116th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1225
To establish, fund, and provide for the use of amounts in a National
Park Service and Public Lands Legacy Restoration Fund to address the
maintenance backlog of the National Park Service, United States Fish
and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, and Bureau of Indian
Education, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 14, 2019
Mr. Bishop of Utah (for himself, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Vela, Mr. Cook, Ms.
Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Aguilar, Mr. Bergman,
Mr. Connolly, Ms. Meng, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Turner, Mr. Tipton, Ms.
DeGette, Mr. Rooney of Florida, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania,
Mr. Gaetz, Mrs. Walorski, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Hice of Georgia, Mr.
Schweikert, Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Brendan F.
Boyle of Pennsylvania, Ms. Norton, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Fleischmann, Mr.
Allen, Mrs. Lesko, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Lujan, Ms. DelBene, Mr.
Reschenthaler, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Lamb, Mr.
Panetta, Ms. Wild, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Michael F. Doyle of Pennsylvania,
Ms. Pingree, Mr. Curtis, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Cummings, Mr.
Peters, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Sires, Mr. Stewart, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Mooney of
West Virginia, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Stivers, Ms.
Velazquez, Mr. Zeldin, Mr. Welch, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. Wilson of Florida,
Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Young, Miss Gonzalez-Colon of
Puerto Rico, Mr. Amodei, Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr.
Biggs, Mr. Katko, Mrs. Radewagen, Mr. Gallagher, Mr. Hill of Arkansas,
Mr. Cleaver, Ms. Scanlon, Mr. Ruiz, Mr. Clay, Ms. Dean, Ms. Jayapal,
Mr. Cisneros, Mr. Engel, Mr. Schrader, Mr. Rouda, Ms. McCollum, Mr.
Smith of Washington, Mr. Gianforte, Mr. Budd, Mr. Cole, Mr. Hurd of
Texas, Mr. Long, Mr. David P. Roe of Tennessee, Mr. Simpson, Ms.
Stefanik, and Ms. Houlahan) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the
Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
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A BILL
To establish, fund, and provide for the use of amounts in a National
Park Service and Public Lands Legacy Restoration Fund to address the
maintenance backlog of the National Park Service, United States Fish
and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, and Bureau of Indian
Education, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Restore Our Parks and Public Lands
Act''.
SEC. 2. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND PUBLIC LANDS LEGACY RESTORATION FUND.
(a) In General.--There is established in the Treasury of the United
States a fund, to be known as the ``National Park Service and Public
Lands Legacy Restoration Fund'' (referred to in this section as the
``Fund'').
(b) Deposits.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), for
each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024, there shall be
deposited in the Fund an amount equal to 50 percent of all
energy development revenues due and payable to the United
States from oil, gas, coal, or alternative or renewable energy
development on Federal land and water that would otherwise be
credited, covered, or deposited as miscellaneous receipts under
Federal law.
(2) Maximum amount.--The amount deposited in the Fund under
paragraph (1) shall not exceed $1,300,000,000 for any fiscal
year.
(3) Effect on other revenues.--Nothing in this section
affects the disposition under Federal law, including the Gulf
of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331 note;
Public Law 109-432), the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et
seq.), and chapter 2003 of title 54, United States Code, of
energy development revenues--
(A) to special funds, trust funds, or States; or
(B) that have been otherwise appropriated under
Federal law.
(c) Availability of Funds.--Amounts deposited in the Fund shall be
available to the Secretary of the Interior without further
appropriation or fiscal year limitation.
(d) Investment of Amounts.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of the Interior may request
the Secretary of the Treasury to invest any portion of the Fund
that is not, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior,
required to meet the current needs of the Fund.
(2) Requirement.--An investment requested under paragraph
(1) shall be made by the Secretary of the Treasury in a public
debt security--
(A) with a maturity suitable to the needs of the
Fund, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior;
and
(B) bearing interest at a rate determined by the
Secretary of the Treasury, taking into consideration
current market yields on outstanding marketable
obligations of the United States of comparable
maturity.
(3) Credits to fund.--The income on investments of the Fund
under this subsection shall be credited to, and form a part of,
the Fund.
(e) Use of Funds.--Amounts in the Fund shall be used as follows:
(1) Eighty percent of amounts in the Fund shall be
allocated for priority deferred maintenance projects, including
other infrastructure deficiencies directly related to such
deferred maintenance projects, as determined by the Secretary
of the Interior and the Director of the National Park Service,
with the goal of ensuring overall parity between amounts
allocated to transportation and non-transportation projects.
(2) Ten percent of amounts in the Fund shall be allocated
for purposes of addressing the national wildlife refuge system
maintenance backlog, as determined by the Secretary of the
Interior and the Director of the United States Fish and
Wildlife Service.
(3) Five percent of amounts in the Fund shall be allocated
for the purposes of addressing the public access and recreation
backlog on public lands, as determined by the Secretary of the
Interior and the Director of the Bureau of Land Management.
(4) Five percent of amounts in the Fund shall be for the
purposes of addressing the Bureau of Indian Education school
construction and deferred maintenance backlogs, as determined
by the Secretary of the Interior and the Director of the Bureau
of Indian Education.
(f) Limit on Use of Funds.--No more than 10 percent of the amounts
in the Fund may be used for administrative costs incurred in
implementing this Act.
(g) Prohibited Use of Funds.--No amounts in the Fund shall be
used--
(1) for land acquisition;
(2) to supplant discretionary funding made available for
the annually recurring facility operations, maintenance, and
construction needs of the entities for which amounts from the
Fund are allocated under subsection (e); or
(3) for performance awards for Federal employees who are
employed in implementing this Act.
(h) Submission to Congress.--The Secretary of the Interior shall
submit to the Committees on Appropriations and Energy and Natural
Resources of the Senate and to the Committees on Appropriations and
Natural Resources in the House of Representatives, with the annual
budget submission of the President, a list of projects for which the
amounts in the Fund are allocated under this section, including a
description of each such project.
(i) Public Donations.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of the Interior, the
Director of the National Park Service, the Director of the
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the Director of the
Bureau of Land Management, and the Assistant Secretary of
Indian Affairs may accept public cash or in-kind donations that
advance efforts--
(A) to reduce the deferred maintenance backlog of
the National Park Service, the national wildlife refuge
system maintenance backlog of the United States Fish
and Wildlife Service, the public access and recreation
backlog of the Bureau of Land Management, and the
school construction backlog of the Bureau of Indian
Education, respectively; and
(B) to encourage relevant public-private
partnerships.
(2) Credits to fund.--Any cash donations accepted under
paragraph (1) shall be credited to, and form a part of, the
Fund.
(3) Reporting.--Each donation received under paragraph (1)
that is used for, or directly related to, the reduction of the
deferred maintenance backlog of the National Park Service, the
national wildlife refuge system maintenance backlog of the
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the public access and
recreation backlog of the Bureau of Land Management, and the
school construction backlog of the Bureau of Indian Education,
shall be included with the annual budget submission of the
President to Congress.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Discharged.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 36 - 2.
Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States Discharged.
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Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Discharged.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-250, Part I.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-250, Part I.
Committee on Education and Labor discharged.
Committee on Education and Labor discharged.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 199.