In the Senate of the United States, 

June 17, 2020. 

Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 1957) entitled ‘‘An Act to amend the Internal 

Revenue Code of 1986 to modernize and improve the Internal 

Revenue Service, and for other purposes.’’, do pass with the 

following 

AMENDMENTS: 

Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 

following: 

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Great American Out3 doors Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. NATIONAL PARKS AND PUBLIC LAND LEGACY RES5 TORATION FUND. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle II of title 54, United 

7 States Code, is amended by inserting after chapter 2003 

8 the following: 
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1 ‘‘CHAPTER 2004—NATIONAL PARKS AND 

2 PUBLIC LAND LEGACY RESTORATION 

3 FUND 

‘‘Sec. 

‘‘200401. Definitions. 

‘‘200402. National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund. 

4 ‘‘§ 200401. Definitions 

5 ‘‘In this chapter: 

6 ‘‘(1) ASSET.—The term ‘asset’ means any real 

7 property, including any physical structure or group8 ing of structures, landscape, trail, or other tangible 

9 property, that— 

10 ‘‘(A) has a specific service or function; and 

11 ‘‘(B) is tracked and managed as a distinct, 

12 identifiable entity by the applicable covered 

13 agency. 

14 ‘‘(2) COVERED AGENCY.—The term ‘covered 

15 agency’ means— 

16 ‘‘(A) the Service; 

17 ‘‘(B) the United States Fish and Wildlife 

18 Service; 

19 ‘‘(C) the Forest Service; 

20 ‘‘(D) the Bureau of Land Management; and 

21 ‘‘(E) the Bureau of Indian Education. 

22 ‘‘(3) FUND.—The term ‘Fund’ means the Na23 tional Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration 

24 Fund established by section 200402(a). 
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1 ‘‘(4) PROJECT.—The term ‘project’ means any 

2 activity to reduce or eliminate deferred maintenance 

3 of an asset, which may include resolving directly re4 lated infrastructure deficiencies of the asset that 

5 would not by itself be classified as deferred mainte6 nance. 

7 ‘‘§ 200402. National Parks and Public Land Legacy 

8 Restoration Fund 

9 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 

10 Treasury of the United States a fund to be known as the 

11 ‘National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration 

12 Fund’. 

13 ‘‘(b) DEPOSITS.— 

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para15 graph (2), for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025, 

16 there shall be deposited in the Fund an amount equal 

17 to 50 percent of all energy development revenues due 

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

19 or alternative or renewable energy development on 

20 Federal land and water credited, covered, or deposited 

21 as miscellaneous receipts under Federal law in the 

22 preceding fiscal year. 

23 ‘‘(2) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—The amount deposited 

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

25 $1,900,000,000 for any fiscal year. 
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1 ‘‘(3) EFFECT ON OTHER REVENUES.—Nothing in 

2 this section affects the disposition of revenues that— 

3 ‘‘(A) are due to the United States, special 

4 funds, trust funds, or States from mineral and 

5 energy development on Federal land and water; 

6 or 

7 ‘‘(B) have been otherwise appropriated— 

8 ‘‘(i) under Federal law, including— 

9 ‘‘(I) the Gulf of Mexico Energy 

10 Security Act of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331 

11 note; Public Law 109–432); and 

12 ‘‘(II) the Mineral Leasing Act (30 

13 U.S.C. 181 et seq.); or 

14 ‘‘(ii) from— 

15 ‘‘(I) the Land and Water Con16 servation Fund established under chap17 ter 2003; or 

18 ‘‘(II) the Historic Preservation 

19 Fund established under chapter 3031. 

20 ‘‘(c) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts deposited in 

21 the Fund shall be available to the Secretary and the Sec22 retary of Agriculture, as provided in subsection (e), without 

23 further appropriation or fiscal year limitation. 

24 ‘‘(d) INVESTMENT OF AMOUNTS.— 
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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may request 

2 the Secretary of the Treasury to invest any portion 

3 of the Fund that is not, as determined by the Sec4 retary, in consultation with the Secretary of Agri5 culture, required to meet the current needs of the 

6 Fund. 

7 ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENT.—An investment requested 

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

9 of the Treasury in a public debt security— 

10 ‘‘(A) with a maturity suitable to the needs 

11 of the Fund, as determined by the Secretary; and 

12 ‘‘(B) bearing interest at a rate determined 

13 by the Secretary of the Treasury, taking into 

14 consideration current market yields on out15 standing marketable obligations of the United 

16 States of comparable maturity. 

17 ‘‘(3) CREDITS TO FUND.—The income on invest18 ments of the Fund under this subsection shall be cred19 ited to, and form a part of, the Fund. 

20 ‘‘(e) USE OF FUNDS.— 

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Amounts deposited in the 

22 Fund for each fiscal year shall be used for priority 

23 deferred maintenance projects in the System, in the 

24 National Wildlife Refuge System, on public land ad25 ministered by the Bureau of Land Management, for 
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1 the Bureau of Indian Education schools, and in the 

2 National Forest System, as follows: 

3 ‘‘(A) 70 percent of the amounts deposited in 

4 the Fund for each fiscal year shall be allocated 

5 to the Service. 

6 ‘‘(B) 15 percent of the amounts deposited in 

7 the Fund for each fiscal year shall be allocated 

8 to the Forest Service. 

9 ‘‘(C) 5 percent of the amounts deposited in 

10 the Fund for each fiscal year shall be allocated 

11 to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. 

12 ‘‘(D) 5 percent of the amounts deposited in 

13 the Fund for each fiscal year shall be allocated 

14 to the Bureau of Land Management. 

15 ‘‘(E) 5 percent of the amounts deposited in 

16 the Fund for each fiscal year shall be allocated 

17 to the Bureau of Indian Education. 

18 ‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS.— 

19 ‘‘(A) NON-TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.— 

20 Over the term of the Fund, within each covered 

21 agency, not less than 65 percent of amounts from 

22 the Fund shall be allocated for non-transpor23 tation projects. 

24 ‘‘(B) TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.—The 

25 amounts remaining in the Fund after the alloca-
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1 tions required under subparagraph (A) may be 

2 allocated for transportation projects of the cov3 ered agencies, including paved and unpaved 

4 roads, bridges, tunnels, and paved parking areas. 

5 ‘‘(C) PLAN.—Any priority deferred mainte6 nance project funded under this section shall be 

7 consistent with an applicable transportation, de8 ferred maintenance, or capital improvement 

9 plan developed by the applicable covered agency. 

10 ‘‘(f) PROHIBITED USE OF FUNDS.—No amounts in the 

11 Fund shall be used— 

12 ‘‘(1) for land acquisition; 

13 ‘‘(2) to supplant discretionary funding made 

14 available for annually recurring facility operations, 

15 maintenance, and construction needs; or 

16 ‘‘(3) for bonuses for employees of the Federal 

17 Government that are carrying out this section. 

18 ‘‘(g) SUBMISSION OF PRIORITY LIST OF PROJECTS TO

19 CONGRESS.—Not later than 90 days after the date of enact20 ment of this section, the Secretary and the Secretary of Ag21 riculture shall submit to the Committees on Energy and 

22 Natural Resources and Appropriations of the Senate and 

23 the Committees on Natural Resources and Appropriations 

24 of the House of Representatives a list of projects to be funded 

25 for fiscal year 2021 that— 
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1 ‘‘(1) are identified by the Secretary and the Sec2 retary of Agriculture as priority deferred mainte3 nance projects; and 

4 ‘‘(2) as of the date of the submission of the list, 

5 are ready to be implemented. 

6 ‘‘(h) SUBMISSION OF ANNUAL LIST OF PROJECTS TO

7 CONGRESS.—Until the date on which all of the amounts 

8 in the Fund are expended, the President shall annually sub9 mit to Congress, together with the annual budget of the 

10 United States, a list of projects to be funded from the Fund 

11 that includes a detailed description of each project, includ12 ing the estimated expenditures from the Fund for the project 

13 for the applicable fiscal year. 

14 ‘‘(i) ALTERNATE ALLOCATION.— 

15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Appropriations Acts may 

16 provide for alternate allocation of amounts made 

17 available under this section, consistent with the allo18 cations to covered agencies under subsection (e)(1). 

19 ‘‘(2) ALLOCATION BY PRESIDENT.— 

20 ‘‘(A) NO ALTERNATE ALLOCATIONS.—If 

21 Congress has not enacted legislation establishing 

22 alternate allocations by the date on which the 

23 Act making full-year appropriations for the De24 partment of the Interior, Environment, and Re25 lated Agencies for the applicable fiscal year is 
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1 enacted into law, amounts made available under 

2 subsection (c) shall be allocated by the President. 

3 ‘‘(B) INSUFFICIENT ALTERNATE ALLOCA4 TION.—If Congress enacts legislation establishing 

5 alternate allocations for amounts made available 

6 under subsection (c) that are less than the full 

7 amount appropriated under that subsection, the 

8 difference between the amount appropriated and 

9 the alternate allocation shall be allocated by the 

10 President. 

11 ‘‘(j) PUBLIC DONATIONS.— 

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary and the Sec13 retary of Agriculture may accept public cash or in14 kind donations that advance efforts— 

15 ‘‘(A) to reduce the deferred maintenance 

16 backlog; and 

17 ‘‘(B) to encourage relevant public-private 

18 partnerships. 

19 ‘‘(2) CREDITS TO FUND.—Any cash donations 

20 accepted under paragraph (1) shall be— 

21 ‘‘(A) credited to, and form a part of, the 

22 Fund; and 

23 ‘‘(B) allocated to the covered agency for 

24 which the donation was made. 
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1 ‘‘(3) OTHER ALLOCATIONS.—Any donations allo2 cated to a covered agency under paragraph (2)(B) 

3 shall be allocated to the applicable covered agency 

4 independently of the allocations under subsection 

5 (e)(1). 

6 ‘‘(k) REQUIRED CONSIDERATION FOR ACCESSI7 BILITY.—In expending amounts from the Fund, the Sec8 retary and the Secretary of Agriculture shall incorporate 

9 measures to improve the accessibility of assets and accom10 modate visitors and employees with disabilities in accord11 ance with applicable law.’’. 

12 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of chapters for 

13 subtitle II of title 54, United States Code, is amended by 

14 inserting after the item relating to chapter 2003 the fol15 lowing: 

‘‘2004. National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund .........200401’’. 

16 (c) GAO STUDY.—Not later than 5 years after the date 

17 of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 

18 United States shall— 

19 (1) conduct a study on the implementation of 

20 this section and the amendments made by this section, 

21 including whether this section and the amendments 

22 made by this section have effectively reduced the pri23 ority deferred maintenance backlog of the covered 

24 agencies (as that term is defined in section 200401 of 

25 title 54, United States Code); and 
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1 (2) submit to Congress a report that describes the 

2 results of the study under paragraph (1). 

3 SEC. 3. PERMANENT FULL FUNDING OF THE LAND AND 

4 WATER CONSERVATION FUND. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 200303 of title 54, United 

6 States Code, is amended to read as follows: 

7 ‘‘§ 200303. Availability of funds 

8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Any amounts deposited in the 

9 Fund under section 200302 for fiscal year 2020 and each 

10 fiscal year thereafter shall be made available for expendi11 ture for fiscal year 2021 and each fiscal year thereafter, 

12 without further appropriation or fiscal year limitation, to 

13 carry out the purposes of the Fund (including accounts and 

14 programs made available from the Fund pursuant to the 

15 Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public 

16 Law 116–94; 133 Stat. 2534)). 

17 ‘‘(b) ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS.—Amounts made avail18 able under subsection (a) shall be in addition to amounts 

19 made available to the Fund under section 105 of the Gulf 

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

21 note; Public Law 109–432) or otherwise appropriated from 

22 the Fund. 

23 ‘‘(c) ALLOCATION AUTHORITY.— 

24 ‘‘(1) SUBMISSION OF COST ESTIMATES.—The 

25 President shall submit to Congress detailed account, 
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1 program, and project allocations of the full amount 

2 made available under subsection (a)— 

3 ‘‘(A) for fiscal year 2021, not later than 90 

4 days after the date of enactment of the Great 

5 American Outdoors Act; and 

6 ‘‘(B) for each fiscal year thereafter, as part 

7 of the annual budget submission of the President. 

8 ‘‘(2) ALTERNATE ALLOCATION.— 

9 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Appropriations Acts 

10 may provide for alternate allocation of amounts 

11 made available under subsection (a), including 

12 allocations by account, program, and project. 

13 ‘‘(B) ALLOCATION BY PRESIDENT.— 

14 ‘‘(i) NO ALTERNATE ALLOCATIONS.—If 

15 Congress has not enacted legislation estab16 lishing alternate allocations by the date on 

17 which the Act making full-year appropria18 tions for the Department of the Interior, 

19 Environment, and Related Agencies for the 

20 applicable fiscal year is enacted into law, 

21 amounts made available under subsection 

22 (a) shall be allocated by the President. 

23 ‘‘(ii) INSUFFICIENT ALTERNATE ALLO24 CATION.—If Congress enacts legislation es25 tablishing alternate allocations for amounts 
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1 made available under subsection (a) that 

2 are less than the full amount appropriated 

3 under that subsection, the difference between 

4 the amount appropriated and the alternate 

5 allocation shall be allocated by the Presi6 dent. 

7 ‘‘(3) RECREATIONAL PUBLIC ACCESS.—Amounts 

8 expended from the Fund under this section shall be 

9 consistent with the requirements for recreational pub10 lic access for hunting, fishing, recreational shooting, 

11 or other outdoor recreational purposes under section 

12 200306(c). 

13 ‘‘(4) ANNUAL REPORT.—The President shall sub14 mit to Congress an annual report that describes the 

15 final allocation by account, program, and project of 

16 amounts made available under subsection (a), includ17 ing a description of the status of obligations and ex18 penditures.’’. 

19 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

20 (1) Section 200302(c) of title 54, United States 

21 Code, is amended by striking paragraph (3). 

22 (2) Section 200306(a)(2)(B) of title 54, United 

23 States Code, is amended by striking clause (iii). 

24 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for 

25 chapter 2003 of title 54, United States Code, is amended 
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1 by striking the item relating to section 200303 and insert2 ing the following: 

‘‘200303. Availability of funds.’’. 

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘An Act to amend 

title 54, United States Code, to establish, fund, and provide for the use of amounts in a National Parks and 

Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund to address the 

maintenance backlog of the National Park Service, the 

United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of 

Land Management, the Forest Service, and the Bureau 

of Indian Education, and to provide permanent, dedicated funding for the Land and Water Conservation 

Fund, and for other purposes.’’. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H.R. 1957 

AMENDMENTS