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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2887 

To codify the existing Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Program of 

the National Park Service, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021 

Mr. PADILLA (for himself, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. 

HICKENLOOPER, Ms. ROSEN, Ms. SMITH, Mr. KING, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, 

Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. MURPHY, Mr. WYDEN, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. VAN

HOLLEN, Mr. OSSOFF, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. PETERS, Ms. WARREN, and Ms. DUCKWORTH) 

introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To codify the existing Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Program of the National Park Service, 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 ‘‘Outdoors for All Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

6 In this Act: 


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1 (1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti2 ty’’ means an entity that represents or otherwise 

3 serves a qualifying area. 

4 (2) ELIGIBLE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.—The 

5 term ‘‘eligible nonprofit organization’’ means an or6 ganization that is described in section 501(c)(3) of 

7 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and is exempt 

8 from taxation under section 501(a) of such code. 

9 (3) ENTITY.—The term ‘‘entity’’ means— 

10 (A) a State; 

11 (B) a political subdivision of a State, in12 cluding— 

13 (i) a city; 

14 (ii) a county; and 

15 (iii) a special purpose district that 

16 manages open space, including a park dis17 trict; and 

18 (C) an Indian Tribe or Alaska Native or 

19 Native Hawaiian community or organization. 

20 (4) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ 

21 has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the 

22 Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 

23 Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 

24 (5) LOW-INCOME COMMUNITY.—The term ‘‘low25 income community’’ means any census block group 


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1 in which 30 percent or more of the population are 

2 individuals with an annual household equal to, or 

3 less than, the greater of— 

4 (A) an amount equal to 80 percent of the 

5 median income of the area in which the house6 hold is located, as reported by the Department 

7 of Housing and Urban Development; and 

8 (B) an amount equal to 200 percent of the 

9 Federal poverty line. 

10 (6) OUTDOOR RECREATION LEGACY PARTNER11 SHIP PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Outdoor Recreation 

12 Legacy Partnership Program’’ means the program 

13 established under section 3(a). 

14 (7) QUALIFYING AREA.—The term ‘‘qualifying 

15 area’’ means— 

16 (A) an area that has a population of 

17 30,000 or more in the most recent census; or 

18 (B) an area administered by an Indian 

19 Tribe or an Alaska Native or Native Hawaiian 

20 community organization. 

21 (8) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

22 the Secretary of the Interior. 

23 (9) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 

24 the several States, the District of Columbia, and 

25 each territory of the United States. 


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1 SEC. 3. GRANTS AUTHORIZED. 

2 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.— 

3 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish 

4 an outdoor recreation legacy partnership program 

5 under which the Secretary may award grants to eli6 gible entities for projects— 

7 (A) to acquire land and water for parks 

8 and other outdoor recreation purposes in quali9 fying areas; and 

10 (B) to develop new or renovate existing 

11 outdoor recreation facilities that provide out12 door recreation opportunities to the public in 

13 qualifying areas. 

14 (2) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants to eligible 

15 entities under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 

16 give priority to projects that— 

17 (A) create or significantly enhance access 

18 to park and recreational opportunities in an 

19 urban neighborhood or community; 

20 (B) engage and empower underserved com21 munities and youth; 

22 (C) provide employment or job training op23 portunities for youth or underserved commu24 nities; 


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1 (D) establish or expand public-private 

2 partnerships, with a focus on leveraging re3 sources; and 

4 (E) take advantage of coordination among 

5 various levels of government. 

6 (b) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—As a condition of receiving a 

8 grant under subsection (a), an eligible entity shall 

9 provide matching funds in the form of cash or an in10 kind contribution in an amount equal to not less 

11 than 100 percent of the amounts made available 

12 under the grant. 

13 (2) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive all or 

14 part of the matching requirement under paragraph 

15 (1) if the Secretary determines that— 

16 (A) no reasonable means are available 

17 through which the eligible entity can meet the 

18 matching requirement; and 

19 (B) the probable benefit of the project out20 weighs the public interest in the matching re21 quirement. 

22 (3) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Not more 

23 than 10 percent of funds provided to an eligible enti24 ty under a grant awarded under subsection (a) may 

25 be used for administrative expenses. 


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1 (c) CONSIDERATIONS.—In awarding grants to eligible 

2 entities under subsection (a), the Secretary shall consider 

3 the extent to which a project would— 

4 (1) provide recreation opportunities in under5 served communities in which access to parks is not 

6 adequate to meet local needs; 

7 (2) provide opportunities for outdoor recreation 

8 and public land volunteerism; 

9 (3) support innovative or cost-effective ways to 

10 enhance parks and other recreation— 

11 (A) opportunities; or 

12 (B) delivery of services; 

13 (4) support park and recreation programming 

14 provided by cities, including cooperative agreements 

15 with community-based eligible nonprofit organiza16 tions; and 

17 (5) develop Native American event sites and 

18 cultural gathering spaces. 

19 (d) ELIGIBLE USES.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), a 

21 grant recipient may use a grant awarded under sub22 section (a) for a project described in paragraph (1) 

23 or (2) of that subsection. 

24 (2) LIMITATIONS ON USE.—A grant recipient 

25 may not use grant funds for— 


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1 (A) incidental costs related to land acquisi2 tion, including appraisal and titling; 

3 (B) operation and maintenance activities; 

4 (C) facilities that support semiprofessional 

5 or professional athletics; 

6 (D) indoor facilities, such as recreation 

7 centers or facilities that support primarily non8 outdoor purposes; or 

9 (E) acquisition of land or interests in land 

10 that restrict access to specific persons. 

11 SEC. 4. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE REQUIREMENTS. 

12 In carrying out the Outdoor Recreation Legacy Part13 nership Program, the Secretary shall— 

14 (1) conduct an initial screening and technical 

15 review of applications received; 

16 (2) evaluate and score all qualifying applica17 tions; and 

18 (3) provide culturally and linguistically appro19 priate information to eligible entities (including low20 income communities and eligible entities serving low21 income communities) on— 

22 (A) the opportunity to apply for grants 

23 under this Act; 


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1 (B) the application procedures by which el2 igible entities may apply for grants under this 

3 Act; and 

4 (C) eligible uses for grants under this Act. 

5 SEC. 5. REPORTING. 

6 (a) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Not later than 30 days after 

7 the last day of each report period, each State lead agency 

8 that receives a grant under this Act shall annually submit 

9 to the Secretary performance and financial reports that— 

10 (1) summarize project activities conducted dur11 ing the report period; and 

12 (2) provide the status of the project. 

13 (b) FINAL REPORTS.—Not later than 90 days after 

14 the earlier of the date of expiration of a project period 

15 or the completion of a project, each State lead agency that 

16 receives a grant under this Act shall submit to the Sec17 retary a final report containing such information as the 

18 Secretary may require. 

19 SEC. 6. REVENUE SHARING. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 105(a)(2)(B) of the Gulf 

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

22 note; Public Law 109–432) is amended by inserting before 

23 the period at the end ‘‘, of which 25 percent shall be used 

24 by the Secretary of the Interior to provide grants under 

25 the Outdoors for All Act’’. 


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1 (b) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Amounts made 

2 available to the Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership 

3 Program as a result of the amendment made by subsection 

4 (a) shall supplement and not supplant any other Federal 

5 funds made available to carry out the Outdoor Recreation 

6 Legacy Partnership Program. 

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