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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2509 

To establish the National Park Restoration Fund, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 7, 2018 

Mr. ALEXANDER (for himself, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. DAINES, Mr. GARDNER, Mr. 

HEINRICH, Mr. KING, Mr. MANCHIN, and Mr. TILLIS) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To establish the National Park 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 ‘‘National Park Res5 toration Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. NATIONAL PARK RESTORATION FUND. 

7 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 

8 Treasury of the United States a special fund, to be known 

9 as the ‘‘National Park Restoration Fund’’ (referred to in 

10 this section as the ‘‘Fund’’). 


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1 (b) CONTENTS.—The Fund shall consist of— 

2 (1) any amounts deposited in the Fund under 

3 subsection (c)(2); and 

4 (2) any income on investments under subsection 

5 (d). 

6 (c) DEPOSITS TO FUND.— 

7 (1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

8 (A) AVAILABLE RECEIPTS.— 

9 (i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘avail10 able receipts’’, with respect to a fiscal year, 

11 means, of the amount described in clause 

12 (ii) for the fiscal year, the amounts that 

13 would otherwise be credited, covered, or 

14 deposited in the Treasury of the United 

15 States as miscellaneous receipts for the fis16 cal year. 

17 (ii) DESCRIPTION OF AMOUNT.—The 

18 amount referred to in clause (i) is the 

19 amount equal to the difference between— 

20 (I) the total amount of energy 

21 development revenues for the applica22 ble fiscal year; and 

23 (II)(aa) for fiscal year 2018, 

24 $7,800,000,000; 


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1 (bb) for fiscal year 2019, 

2 $8,000,000,000; 

3 (cc) for fiscal year 2020, 

4 $8,200,000,000; 

5 (dd) for fiscal year 2021, 

6 $8,600,000,000; 

7 (ee) for fiscal year 2022, 

8 $8,800,000,000; 

9 (ff) for fiscal year 2023, 

10 $9,000,000,000; 

11 (gg) for fiscal year 2024, 

12 $9,000,000,000; 

13 (hh) for fiscal year 2025, 

14 $9,100,000,000; 

15 (ii) for fiscal year 2026, 

16 $9,300,000,000; and 

17 (jj) for fiscal year 2027, 

18 $9,400,000,000. 

19 (B) ENERGY DEVELOPMENT REVENUES.— 

20 The term ‘‘energy development revenues’’ 

21 means all revenues due and payable to the 

22 United States from oil, gas, coal, or alternative 

23 or renewable energy development on Federal 

24 land and water. 


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1 (2) DEPOSITS.—For each of fiscal years 2018 

2 through 2027, there shall be deposited in the Fund 

3 an amount equal to the product obtained by multi4 plying— 

5 (A) the available receipts for the fiscal 

6 year; and 

7 (B) 0.5. 

8 (3) EFFECT ON OTHER REVENUES.—Nothing 

9 in this section affects the disposition of revenues 

10 that— 

11 (A) are due to the United States, special 

12 funds, trust funds, or States from mineral and 

13 energy development on Federal land and water; 

14 or 

15 (B) have been otherwise appropriated 

16 under Federal law, including the Gulf of Mexico 

17 Energy Security Act of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331 

18 note; Public Law 109–432), the Mineral Leas19 ing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), and chapter 

20 2003 of title 54, United States Code. 

21 (d) INVESTMENT OF AMOUNTS.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treas23 ury shall invest any portion of the Fund that is not, 

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1 quired for the purposes described in subsection 

2 (e)(1). 

3 (2) CREDITS TO FUND.—The income on invest4 ments of the Fund under paragraph (1) shall be 

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

6 (e) USE OF FUND.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Amounts deposited in the 

8 Fund shall be available to the Secretary of the Inte9 rior, without further appropriation or fiscal year lim10 itation, for the priority deferred maintenance needs 

11 that support critical infrastructure and visitor serv12 ices, if applicable, of the National Park Service, as 

13 determined by the Secretary and the Director of the 

14 National Park Service. 

15 (2) ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS.—Amounts made 

16 available under paragraph (1) shall be in addition to 

17 amounts otherwise available for the purposes de18 scribed in that paragraph. 

19 (3) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR LAND

20 ACQUISITION.—Amounts in the Fund shall not be 

21 used for the acquisition of land. 

22 (f) TERMINATION OF DEPOSITS.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—Deposits under subsection 

24 (c)(2) shall terminate on the earlier of— 


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1 (A) September 30 of the tenth fiscal year 

2 after the date of enactment of this Act; and 

3 (B) the date on which the aggregate 

4 amount deposited in the Fund under subsection 

5 (c)(2) equals at least $18,000,000,000. 

6 (2) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding paragraph 

7 (1), the Secretary of the Interior may continue to 

8 expend any remaining amounts in the Fund after 

9 the termination date described in that paragraph in 

10 accordance with subsection (e). 

11 (g) SUMMARY TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary of the 

12 Interior shall submit to the appropriate committees of 

13 Congress (including the Committee on Energy and Nat14 ural Resources and the Committee on Appropriations of 

15 the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources and 

16 the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep17 resentatives), together with the annual budget submission 

18 of the President, a list of each project for which amounts 

19 from the Fund are allocated under this section, including 

20 a summary of each such project. 

21 (h) SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING OFFSET.—It 

22 is the sense of Congress that the costs of carrying out 

23 this section should be offset. 

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