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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. 

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 

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. 

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 

5 and 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 Treas9 ury of the United States a fund, to be known as the ‘‘Na10 tional Park Service and Public Lands Legacy Restoration 

11 Fund’’ (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 

15 2024, there shall be deposited in the Fund an 

16 amount equal to 50 percent of all energy develop17 ment revenues due and payable to the United States 

18 from oil, gas, coal, or alternative or renewable en19 ergy development on Federal land and water that 


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1 would otherwise be credited, covered, or deposited as 

2 miscellaneous receipts under Federal law. 

3 (2) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—The amount deposited 

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

5 $1,300,000,000 for any fiscal year. 

6 (3) EFFECT ON OTHER REVENUES.—Nothing 

7 in this section affects the disposition under Federal 

8 law, including the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security 

9 Act of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331 note; Public Law 109– 

10 432), the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et 

11 seq.), and chapter 2003 of title 54, United States 

12 Code, of energy development revenues— 

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

14 or 

15 (B) that have been otherwise appropriated 

16 under Federal law. 

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

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

19 without further appropriation or fiscal year limitation. 

20 (d) INVESTMENT OF AMOUNTS.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Inte22 rior may request the Secretary of the Treasury to 

23 invest any portion of the Fund that is not, as deter24 mined by the Secretary of the Interior, required to 

25 meet the current needs of the Fund. 


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1 (2) REQUIREMENT.—An investment requested 

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

3 of the Treasury in a public debt security— 

4 (A) with a maturity suitable to the needs 

5 of the Fund, as determined by the Secretary of 

6 the Interior; and 

7 (B) bearing interest at a rate determined 

8 by the Secretary of the Treasury, taking into 

9 consideration current market yields on out10 standing marketable obligations of the United 

11 States of comparable maturity. 

12 (3) CREDITS TO FUND.—The income on invest13 ments of the Fund under this subsection shall be 

14 credited to, and form a part of, the Fund. 

15 (e) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts in the Fund shall be 

16 used as follows: 

17 (1) Eighty percent of amounts in the Fund 

18 shall be allocated for priority deferred maintenance 

19 projects, including other infrastructure deficiencies 

20 directly related to such deferred maintenance 

21 projects, as determined by the Secretary of the Inte22 rior and the Director of the National Park Service, 

23 with the goal of ensuring overall parity between 

24 amounts allocated to transportation and non-trans25 portation projects. 


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1 (2) Ten percent of amounts in the Fund shall 

2 be allocated for purposes of addressing the national 

3 wildlife refuge system maintenance backlog, as de4 termined by the Secretary of the Interior and the 

5 Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife 

6 Service. 

7 (3) Five percent of amounts in the Fund shall 

8 be allocated for the purposes of addressing the pub9 lic access and recreation backlog on public lands, as 

10 determined by the Secretary of the Interior and the 

11 Director of the Bureau of Land Management. 

12 (4) Five percent of amounts in the Fund shall 

13 be for the purposes of addressing the Bureau of In14 dian Education school construction and deferred 

15 maintenance backlogs, as determined by the Sec16 retary of the Interior and the Director of the Bu17 reau of Indian Education. 

18 (f) LIMIT ON USE OF FUNDS.—No more than 10 per19 cent of the amounts in the Fund may be used for adminis20 trative costs incurred in implementing this Act. 

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

22 the Fund shall be used— 

23 (1) for land acquisition; 

24 (2) to supplant discretionary funding made 

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1 ations, maintenance, and construction needs of the 

2 entities for which amounts from the Fund are allo3 cated under subsection (e); or 

4 (3) for performance awards for Federal employ5 ees who are employed in implementing this Act. 

6 (h) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary of 

7 the Interior shall submit to the Committees on Appropria8 tions and Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate 

9 and to the Committees on Appropriations and Natural Re10 sources in the House of Representatives, with the annual 

11 budget submission of the President, a list of projects for 

12 which the amounts in the Fund are allocated under this 

13 section, including a description of each such project. 

14 (i) PUBLIC DONATIONS.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Inte16 rior, the Director of the National Park Service, the 

17 Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife 

18 Service, the Director of the Bureau of Land Man19 agement, and the Assistant Secretary of Indian Af20 fairs may accept public cash or in-kind donations 

21 that advance efforts— 

22 (A) to reduce the deferred maintenance 

23 backlog of the National Park Service, the na24 tional wildlife refuge system maintenance back25 log of the United States Fish and Wildlife ServVerDate Sep 11 2014 22:52 Feb 27, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1225.IH H1225

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1 ice, the public access and recreation backlog of 

2 the Bureau of Land Management, and the 

3 school construction backlog of the Bureau of 

4 Indian Education, respectively; and 

5 (B) to encourage relevant public-private 

6 partnerships. 

7 (2) CREDITS TO FUND.—Any cash donations 

8 accepted under paragraph (1) shall be credited to, 

9 and form a part of, the Fund. 

10 (3) REPORTING.—Each donation received under 

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

12 the reduction of the deferred maintenance backlog of 

13 the National Park Service, the national wildlife ref14 uge system maintenance backlog of the United 

15 States Fish and Wildlife Service, the public access 

16 and recreation backlog of the Bureau of Land Man17 agement, and the school construction backlog of the 

18 Bureau of Indian Education, shall be included with 

19 the annual budget submission of the President to 

20 Congress. 

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