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Union Calendar No. 199 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1225 

[Report No. 116–250, Part I] 

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. 

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. LUJA ́N, 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. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mr. ZELDIN, Mr. WELCH, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. 

WILSON of Florida, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. YOUNG, 

Miss GONZA ́LEZ-COLO ́N 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 


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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 

OCTOBER 22, 2019 

Additional sponsors: Mr. EVANS, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, 

Mr. CARTER of Georgia, Mr. ARMSTRONG, Ms. SCHRIER, Mr. THOMPSON

of California, Mr. POCAN, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, 

Mr. RYAN, Mr. KIND, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mrs. MILLER, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. 

NEGUSE, Mrs. RODGERS of Washington, Ms. BARRAGA ́N, Mr. LANGEVIN, 

Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. LAWSON of Florida, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. RUSH, Mr. COLLINS of New York, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. STAUBER, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. BABIN, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. UPTON, Ms. HILL of California, Mr. 

BLUMENAUER, Mrs. MCBATH, Mrs. TORRES of California, Mr. RUTHERFORD, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. PETERSON, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. GOLDEN, Mr. 

CARTER of Texas, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. CROW, Mr. 

MALINOWSKI, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. EMMER, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. GONZALEZ

of Ohio, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Mr. 

GOODEN, Mr. WALDEN, Mr. VAN DREW, Ms. TITUS, Mr. O’HALLERAN, 

Ms. FRANKEL, Ms. SHALALA, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. NADLER, Ms. MATSUI, 

Mr. HIMES, Mr. RIGGLEMAN, Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. COHEN, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. ROSE of New York, Mr. WEBSTER

of Florida, Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire, Mr. HECK, Mr. COX of California, Mr. CA ́RDENAS, Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota, Mr. COMER, Mr. 

CARBAJAL, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. WATKINS, Ms. SA ́NCHEZ, Ms. PORTER, Mr. CASTEN of Illinois, Mr. BROWN of Maryland, Mr. GUTHRIE, Mr. HORSFORD, Mr. 

GARAMENDI, Mr. CASE, Mr. GARCI ́A of Illinois, Mr. TRONE, Ms. 

MUCARSEL-POWELL, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. PRICE of 

North Carolina, Mr. COSTA, Mr. TONKO, Mr. KIM, Ms. OMAR, Mr. 

WOODALL, Mr. KEVIN HERN of Oklahoma, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mrs. DINGELL, Ms. CRAIG, Mr. KHANNA, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. 

STANTON, Mr. MORELLE, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. 

GOMEZ, Ms. BASS, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. CORREA, Mr. 

BACON, Mr. WILLIAMS, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT

of Georgia, Mr. PAPPAS, Mrs. LURIA, Mr. BRINDISI, Mr. MCADAMS, Mr. 

GONZALEZ of Texas, Mr. YARMUTH, Ms. STEVENS, Mr. FLORES, Ms. 

TLAIB, Mr. FULCHER, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. REED, Mr. SMUCKER, Mr. 

BURCHETT, Mr. NEAL, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. WALBERG, Mrs. HARTZLER, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. 

HOLDING, Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky, Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. RICE of 

South Carolina, Mr. WESTERMAN, Mr. FERGUSON, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. 

BUCSHON, Mrs. DEMINGS, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. HARDER of California, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. BARR, Mr. DEUTCH, 

Mr. CRIST, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, Ms. SLOTKIN, Ms. 

CASTOR of Florida, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mr. FORTENBERRY, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Ms. TORRES SMALL of New Mexico, Mr. 

SPANO, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. MARCHANT, Miss RICE of New 

York, Mr. OLSON, Mr. WRIGHT, Mr. JEFFRIES, Ms. FINKENAUER, Mr. 


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COLLINS of Georgia, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Mr. SOTO, Mr. 

HUNTER, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. BRADY, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. 

BUCHANAN, Mr. ROUZER, Mrs. AXNE, Ms. ESCOBAR, Ms. SHERRILL, Mr. 

DUFFY, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. NEWHOUSE, 

Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. HUDSON, 

Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. ALLRED, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mrs. 

FLETCHER, Ms. WEXTON, Mr. LUCAS, Mr. PHILLIPS, Ms. WATERS, Mr. 

BERA, Mr. CLINE, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. PENCE, Mr. DELGADO, 

Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. ARRINGTON, Mr. GRAVES of Missouri, Ms. 

JACKSON LEE, Ms. KENDRA S. HORN of Oklahoma, Ms. SPANBERGER, 

Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas, Mrs. LEE of Nevada, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. 

CRAWFORD, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. 

CUNNINGHAM, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. HIGGINS

of New York, Mr. VISCLOSKY, Ms. GABBARD, Mr. LEVIN of Michigan, 

Mrs. MURPHY of Florida, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, and Ms. JOHNSON of Texas 

OCTOBER 22, 2019 

Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

OCTOBER 22, 2019 

Committee on Education and Labor discharged; committed to the Committee 

of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 14, 2019] 


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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. 


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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 ‘‘Restore Our Parks and 

5 Public Lands Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND PUBLIC LANDS LEG7 ACY RESTORATION FUND. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—There is established in the Treasury 

9 of the United States a fund, to be known as the ‘‘National 

10 Park Service and Public Lands Legacy Restoration Fund’’ 

11 (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Fund’’). 

12 (b) DEPOSITS.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para14 graph (2), for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024, 

15 there shall be deposited in the Fund an amount equal 

16 to 50 percent of all energy development revenues due 

17 and payable to the United States from oil, gas, coal, 

18 or alternative or renewable energy development on 

19 Federal land and water that would otherwise be cred20 ited, covered, or deposited as miscellaneous receipts 

21 under Federal law. 

22 (2) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—The amount deposited 

23 in the Fund under paragraph (1) shall not exceed 

24 $1,300,000,000 for any fiscal year. 


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1 (3) EFFECT ON OTHER REVENUES.—Nothing in 

2 this section affects the disposition under Federal law, 

3 including the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 

4 2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331 note; Public Law 109–432), the 

5 Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), and 

6 chapter 2003 of title 54, United States Code, of en7 ergy development revenues— 

8 (A) to special funds, trust funds, or States; 

9 or 

10 (B) that have been otherwise appropriated 

11 under Federal law. 

12 (c) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts deposited in 

13 the Fund shall be available to the Secretary of the Interior 

14 without further appropriation or fiscal year limitation. 

15 (d) INVESTMENT OF AMOUNTS.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior 

17 may request the Secretary of the Treasury to invest 

18 any portion of the Fund that is not, as determined 

19 by the Secretary of the Interior, required to meet the 

20 current needs of the Fund. 

21 (2) REQUIREMENT.—An investment requested 

22 under paragraph (1) shall be made by the Secretary 

23 of the Treasury in a public debt security— 


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1 (A) with a maturity suitable to the needs of 

2 the Fund, as determined by the Secretary of the 

3 Interior; and 

4 (B) bearing interest at a rate determined by 

5 the Secretary of the Treasury, taking into con6 sideration current market yields on outstanding 

7 marketable obligations of the United States of 

8 comparable maturity. 

9 (3) CREDITS TO FUND.—The income on invest10 ments of the Fund under this subsection shall be cred11 ited to, and form a part of, the Fund. 

12 (e) USE OF FUNDS.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Amounts in the Fund shall be 

14 used as follows: 

15 (A) Eighty percent of amounts in the Fund 

16 shall be allocated for priority deferred mainte17 nance projects, including other infrastructure de18 ficiencies directly related to such deferred main19 tenance projects, as determined by the Secretary 

20 of the Interior and the Director of the National 

21 Park Service, with the goal of ensuring overall 

22 parity between amounts allocated to transpor23 tation and non-transportation projects. 

24 (B) Ten percent of amounts in the Fund 

25 shall be allocated for purposes of addressing the 


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1 national wildlife refuge system maintenance 

2 backlog, as determined by the Secretary of the 

3 Interior and the Director of the United States 

4 Fish and Wildlife Service. 

5 (C) Five percent of amounts in the Fund 

6 shall be allocated for the purposes of addressing 

7 the public access and recreation backlog on pub8 lic lands, as determined by the Secretary of the 

9 Interior and the Director of the Bureau of Land 

10 Management. 

11 (D) Five percent of amounts in the Fund 

12 shall be allocated for the purposes of addressing 

13 the Bureau of Indian Education school construc14 tion and deferred maintenance backlogs, as deter15 mined by the Secretary of the Interior and the 

16 Director of the Bureau of Indian Education. 

17 (2) CONSIDERATION OF PROJECT LIFESPAN.— 

18 The Secretary of the Interior shall take into consider19 ation the projected lifespan of any project under this 

20 Act when prioritizing which such projects to fund 

21 under paragraph (1). 

22 (f) LIMIT ON USE OF FUNDS.—No more than 10 per23 cent of the amounts in the Fund may be used for adminis24 trative costs incurred in implementing this Act. 


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1 (g) PROHIBITED USE OF FUNDS.—No amounts in the 

2 Fund shall be used— 

3 (1) for land acquisition; 

4 (2) to supplant discretionary funding made 

5 available for the annually recurring facility oper6 ations, maintenance, and construction needs of the 

7 entities for which amounts from the Fund are allo8 cated under subsection (e); or 

9 (3) for performance awards for Federal employ10 ees who are employed in implementing this Act. 

11 (h) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary of the 

12 Interior shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 

13 and Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and 

14 to the Committees on Appropriations and Energy and Nat15 ural Resources of the Senate, with the annual budget sub16 mission of the President, a list of projects for which the 

17 amounts in the Fund are allocated under this section, in18 cluding a description of each such project. 

19 (i) PUBLIC DONATIONS.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior, 

21 the Director of the National Park Service, the Direc22 tor of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the 

23 Director of the Bureau of Land Management, and the 

24 Assistant Secretary — Indian Affairs may accept 


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1 public cash or in-kind donations that advance ef2 forts— 

3 (A) to reduce the deferred maintenance 

4 backlog of the National Park Service, the na5 tional wildlife refuge system maintenance back6 log of the United States Fish and Wildlife Serv7 ice, the public access and recreation backlog of 

8 the Bureau of Land Management, and the school 

9 construction backlog of the Bureau of Indian 

10 Education, respectively; and 

11 (B) to encourage relevant public-private 

12 partnerships. 

13 (2) CREDITS TO FUND.—Any cash donations ac14 cepted under paragraph (1) shall be credited to, and 

15 form a part of, the Fund. 

16 (3) REPORTING.—Each donation received under 

17 paragraph (1) that is used for, or directly related to, 

18 the reduction of the deferred maintenance backlog of 

19 the National Park Service, the national wildlife ref20 uge system maintenance backlog of the United States 

21 Fish and Wildlife Service, the public access and recre22 ation backlog of the Bureau of Land Management, 

23 and the school construction backlog of the Bureau of 

24 Indian Education, shall be included with the annual 

25 budget submission of the President to Congress. 


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Union Calendar No. 199 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1225 

[Report No. 116–250, Part I] 

A BILL 

To establish, fund, and provide for the use of 

dian Education, and for other purposes. reau of Land Management, and Bureau of Inice, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Bumaintenance backlog of the National Park ServLands Legacy Restoration Fund to address the amounts in a National Park Service and Public 

OCTOBER 22, 2019 

Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with 

an amendment 

OCTOBER 22, 2019 

Committee on Education and Labor discharged; comState of the Union and ordered to be printed mitted to the Committee of the Whole House on the 


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