SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) As of the date of enactment of this Act, the existing 
        infrastructure of Grand Canyon National Park is not adequate to 
        serve the purposes for which the Park was established.
            (2) Improving the infrastructure of the Park would enhance 
        the natural and cultural resources of the Park and the quality 
        of the experiences of visitors to the Park.
            (3) Through the development of a general management plan, 
        the Director of the National Park Service has identified 
        reasonable measures that are necessary to improve the 
        infrastructure and related services of the Park, including 
        making improvements to transportation facilities and visitor 
        services, and reusing historic structures appropriately.
            (4) In order for the Director to implement the general 
        management plan referred to in paragraph (3) at the Park, it is 
        necessary for the Director to be authorized to--
                    (A) enter into agreements with non-Federal entities 
                to share the costs of the improvements; and
                    (B) assess and collect a special surcharge in 
                addition to the entrance fees otherwise collected by 
                the National Park Service.

SEC. 2. GRAND CANYON ENTRANCE FEE SURCHARGE.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the 
Interior shall--
            (1) authorize the Superintendent of the Grand Canyon 
        National Park to charge and collect, in addition to the 
        entrance fee collected pursuant to section 4 of the Land and 
        Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l-6a), a 
        surcharge in an amount not to exceed $2 for each individual 
        charged such entrance fee; and
            (2) remit to the special account for Grand Canyon National 
        Park infrastructure improvement amounts collected as a 
        surcharge under such authority.

SEC. 3. SPECIAL ACCOUNT FOR GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK INFRASTRUCTURE 
              IMPROVEMENT.

    (a) Establishment.--The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation 
with the Secretary of the Interior, shall establish in the Treasury of 
the United States a special account for Grand Canyon National Park 
infrastructure improvement.
    (b) Administration of Account.--The Secretary of the Treasury 
shall--
            (1) credit to the special account amounts remitted pursuant 
        to section 2(2); and
            (2) make funds in the special account available for use 
        only as provided in subsection (c).
    (c) Use of Funds.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of the Interior, acting 
        through the Director of the National Park Service, may use 
        funds in the special account only to pay the Federal share of 
        the cost of eligible projects.
            (2) Daily operations.--No funds in the special account may 
        be used for daily operation of the Grand Canyon National Park.

SEC. 4. ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.

    (a) Eligible Projects.--Subject to subsection (b), any project for 
the design, construction, operation, maintenance, repair, or 
replacement of a facility within the Grand Canyon National Park is 
eligible for funding in accordance with this Act.
    (b) Limitation.--A project referred to in subsection (a) shall be 
consistent with--
            (1) the laws governing the National Park Service;
            (2) the Act entitled ``An Act to establish the Grand Canyon 
        National Park in the State of Arizona'', approved February 26, 
        1919 (16 U.S.C. 221 et seq.), the Grand Canyon National Park 
        Enlargement Act (16 U.S.C. 228a et seq.), and any related law; 
        and
            (3) the general management plan for the Park.

SEC. 5. COST-SHARING AGREEMENTS WITH NON-FEDERAL ENTITIES.

    (a) Agreements Required.--The Director of the National Park 
Service, in consultation with the Superintendent of the Grand Canyon 
National Park, shall enter into a cost-sharing agreement with a non-
Federal Government entity for each eligible project.
    (b) Content.--The cost-sharing agreement shall specify the Federal 
share and the non-Federal share of the cost of the project and shall 
provide for payment of the non-Federal share by the non-Federal entity.
    (c) Authority To Cover Several Projects.--A cost-sharing agreement 
may cover more than one eligible project.

SEC. 6. REGULATIONS.

    (a) Regulations Required.--The Secretary of the Interior shall 
prescribe regulations to carry out this Act.
    (b) Content.--The regulations shall include the following matters:
            (1) The procedures for the management of the special 
        account.
            (2) The manner in which funds for payment of the non-
        Federal share of the cost of an eligible project may be 
        solicited and acknowledged.
            (3) Provisions for ensuring the protection of the natural, 
        cultural, and other resources that the Park was established to 
        protect.
            (4) Provisions to encourage funding from the private sector 
        only for projects that contribute to the restoration and 
        protection of the resources referred to in paragraph (3).
            (5) Protections against the commercialization of the Grand 
        Canyon National Park.
            (6) Procedures to prevent the creation of a conflict of 
        interest with respect to an employee of the Federal Government.
            (7) Provisions for continuous participation of the general 
        public in the oversight of the implementation of this Act.
    (c) Notice and Public Comment.--The Secretary shall carry out 
subsection (a) in accordance with section 553 of title 5, United States 
Code (relating to publication of notice and opportunity for public 
comment), without regard to any applicable exception provided in such 
section.

SEC. 7. REPORT.

    (a) Report Required.--Not later than 5 years after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to 
Congress a report on the Grand Canyon National Park infrastructure 
improvement authority provided in this Act.
    (b) Content of Report.--The report shall include the following 
matters:
            (1) An assessment of the effectiveness of the exercise of 
        authority under this Act to improve the infrastructure of the 
        Grand Canyon National Park.
            (2) Any recommended legislation with respect to--
                    (A) the surcharge authorized under section 2;
                    (B) the special account;
                    (C) the use of the special account for funding 
                eligible projects; or
                    (D) any other matter that the Secretary determines 
                to be related to the authority provided under this Act.

SEC. 8. DEFINITIONS.

    As used in this Act:
            (1) Facility.--The term ``facility'' includes any 
        structure, road, trail, utility, or other facility that is used 
        or to be used for or in support of--
                    (A) the protection or restoration of a natural or 
                cultural resource;
                    (B) an interpretive service; or
                    (C) any other service or activity that the 
                Secretary determines to be related to the operation of 
                the Grand Canyon National Park.
            (2) Federal share.--The term ``Federal share'', with 
        respect to the cost of an eligible project, means the percent 
        of the cost of such project that is paid with Federal funds, 
        including funds disbursed from the special account.
            (3) Non-federal share.--The term ``non-Federal share'', 
        with respect to the cost of an eligible project, means the 
        percent of the cost of such project that is paid with funds 
        other than funds referred to in paragraph (2).
            (4) Eligible project.--The term ``eligible project'' is any 
        project that is eligible for funding in accordance with this 
        Act.
            (5) Special account.--The terms ``special account for Grand 
        Canyon National Park infrastructure improvement'' and ``special 
        account'' mean the account established pursuant to section 3.
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to authorize the Superintendent of the Grand Canyon National Park to:  (1) charge and collect, in addition to the entrance fee, a surcharge in an amount not to exceed $2 for each individual charged such fee; and (2) remit the surcharge to the special account for the Grand Canyon National Park infrastructure improvement established by this Act. 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, to use funds in the special account to pay the Federal share of the cost of eligible projects such as the design, construction, operation, maintenance, repair, or replacement of a facility within the Park that meets specified guidelines. 
Requires the Director to enter into a cost-sharing agreement with a non-Federal Government entity for each eligible project. 
Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on the Park infrastructure improvement.
A bill to authorize an entrance fee surcharge at the Grand Canyon National Park, and for other purposes.