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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 5402 

To amend title 54, United States Code, to reauthorize the National Parks 

and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 21, 2024 

Mr. DAINES (for himself, Mr. KING, Mr. CRAMER, and Mr. WARNER) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To amend title 54, United States Code, to reauthorize the 

National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration 

Fund, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘America the Beautiful 

5 Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REUAUTHORIZATION OF THE NATIONAL PARKS 

2 AND PUBLIC LAND LEGACY RESTORATION 

3 FUND. 

4 (a) DEPOSITS.—Section 200402(b) of title 54, 

5 United States Code, is amended— 

6 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘2025’’ and 

7 inserting ‘‘2033’’; and 

8 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking 

9 ‘‘$1,900,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$2,000,000,000’’. 

10 (b) USE OF FUNDS.—Section 200402(e) of title 54, 

11 United States Code, is amended— 

12 (1) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding 

13 subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘in the National 

14 Wildlife Refuge System’’ and inserting ‘‘on land ad15 ministered by the United States Fish and Wildlife 

16 Service’’; and 

17 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(3) PROJECT PRIORITIZATION.—The Secretary 

19 and the Secretary of Agriculture shall prioritize the 

20 use of amounts allocated from the Fund for projects 

21 that receive donations under subsection (j) of not 

22 less than 15 percent of the total costs of the applica23 ble project.’’. 

24 (c) SUBMISSION OF ANNUAL LIST OF PROJECTS TO

25 CONGRESS.—Section 200402(h) of title 54, United States 


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1 Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘and the subsequent fiscal 

2 year’’ before the period at the end. 

3 (d) ALTERNATE ALLOCATION.—Section 200402(i) of 

4 title 54, United States Code, is amended— 

5 (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘for the ap6 plicable fiscal year and subsequent fiscal year’’ after 

7 ‘‘under this section’’; and 

8 (2) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the 

9 following: 

10 ‘‘(C) NO FULL-YEAR APPROPRIATIONS EN11 ACTED.—If Congress has not enacted full-year 

12 appropriations for the Department of the Inte13 rior, Environment, and Related Agencies for 

14 the applicable fiscal year by the end of the pre15 vious fiscal year, amounts made available under 

16 subsection (c) shall be allocated by the Presi17 dent, if that allocation had previously been ap18 proved under paragraph (1) as an allocation for 

19 the subsequent fiscal year.’’. 

20 (e) PUBLIC DONATIONS.—Section 200402(j) of title 

21 54, United States Code, is amended— 

22 (1) in the subsection heading, by striking 

23 ‘‘PUBLIC’’; 

24 (2) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding 

25 subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘public’’; 


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1 (3) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as 

2 paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; 

3 (4) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(2) SOLICITATION OF DONATIONS.—The Sec6 retary and the Secretary of Agriculture shall provide 

7 to the public information on the ability of the Sec8 retary and the Secretary of Agriculture to accept do9 nations under paragraph (1), including through— 

10 ‘‘(A) public awareness campaigns; 

11 ‘‘(B) physical or digital donation locations 

12 at project sites; and 

13 ‘‘(C) during the checkout process for the 

14 purchase of a physical or digital pass to access 

15 a Federal recreational site or an interagency 

16 pass, such as the America the Beautiful—the 

17 National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands 

18 Pass.’’; 

19 (5) by striking paragraph (3) (as so redesig20 nated) and inserting the following: 

21 ‘‘(3) CREDITS TO FUND.—Any cash donations 

22 accepted under paragraph (1)— 

23 ‘‘(A) shall be— 

24 ‘‘(i) credited to, and form a part of, 

25 the Fund; and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) allocated to the covered agency 

2 for which the donation was made; and 

3 ‘‘(B) may be allocated to specific projects 

4 included on a list submitted under subsection 

5 (h).’’; and 

6 (6) in paragraph (4) (as so redesignated), by 

7 striking ‘‘paragraph (2)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘para8 graph (3)(A)(ii)’’. 

9 (f) DISPOSAL OF ASSETS; REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 

10 Section 200402 of title 54, United States Code, is amend11 ed by adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(l) DISPOSAL OF ASSETS.—The Secretary and the 

13 Secretary of Agriculture shall provide for the disposal of 

14 constructed assets included on a deferred maintenance list 

15 submitted under subsection (h) that no longer serve the 

16 public interest or advance the mission of the applicable 

17 unit to which the asset belongs. 

18 ‘‘(m) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 1 year 

19 after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Sec20 retary and the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to 

21 the appropriate committees of Congress a report that— 

22 ‘‘(1) describes actions taken by the covered 

23 agencies without using amounts from the Fund to 

24 reduce deferred maintenance in the System, on land 

25 administered by the United States Fish and Wildlife 


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1 Service, on public land administered by the Bureau 

2 of Land Management, for the Bureau of Indian 

3 Education schools, and in the National Forest Sys4 tem; and 

5 ‘‘(2) includes a plan from the covered agencies 

6 to increase preventative annual and cyclic mainte7 nance activities by covered agencies to a level that 

8 properly maintains the assets of the covered agencies 

9 and prevents the addition of assets to a deferred 

10 maintenance list under subsection (h).’’. 

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