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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1463 

To provide a source of funds to carry out restoration activities on Federal 

lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior or the 

Secretary of Agriculture, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 9, 2007 

Mr. UDALL of Colorado (for himself and Mr. TANCREDO) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 

and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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 

A BILL 

To provide a source of funds to carry out restoration activities on Federal lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture, 

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 AND FINDINGS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Federal Lands Restoration, Enhancement, Public Edu6 cation, and Information Resources Act’’ or the ‘‘Federal 

7 Lands REPAIR Act’’. 


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1 (b) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

2 (1) Violations of laws and regulations applicable 

3 to the use of Federal lands under the jurisdiction of 

4 the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Ag5 riculture often result in damages to those lands that 

6 require expenditures for restoration activities to 

7 mitigate the damages. 

8 (2) Increased public information and education 

9 regarding the laws and regulations applicable to the 

10 use of these Federal lands can help to reduce the 

11 frequency of unintentional violations. 

12 (3) It is appropriate that fines and other mone13 tary penalties paid as a result of violations of laws 

14 and regulations applicable to the use of these Fed15 eral lands be used to defray the costs of such res16 toration activities and to provide such public infor17 mation and education. 

18 SEC. 2. USE OF FINES FROM VIOLATIONS OF LAWS AND 

19 REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO PUBLIC 

20 LANDS FOR RESTORATION AND INFORMA21 TIONAL ACTIVITIES. 

22 (a) LANDS UNDER JURISDICTION OF BUREAU OF

23 LAND MANAGEMENT.—Section 305 of the Federal Land 

24 Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1735) 


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1 is amended by adding at the end the following new sub2 section: 

3 ‘‘(d) USE OF COLLECTED FINES.— 

4 ‘‘(1) AVAILABILITY AND AUTHORIZED USE.— 

5 Any moneys received by the United States as a re6 sult of a fine imposed under section 3571 of title 18, 

7 United States Code, for a violation of a regulation 

8 prescribed under section 303(a) shall be available to 

9 the Secretary, without further appropriation and 

10 until expended, for the following purposes: 

11 ‘‘(A) To cover the cost to the United 

12 States of any improvement, protection, or reha13 bilitation work on the public lands rendered 

14 necessary by the action which led to the fine or 

15 by similar actions. 

16 ‘‘(B) To increase public awareness of regu17 lations and other requirements regarding the 

18 use of the public lands. 

19 ‘‘(2) TREATMENT OF EXCESS FUNDS.—Moneys 

20 referred to in paragraph (1) that the Secretary de21 termines are excess to the amounts necessary to 

22 carry out the purposes specified in such paragraph 

23 shall be transferred to the Crime Victims Fund es24 tablished by section 1402 of the Victims of Crime 

25 Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10601).’’. 


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1 (b) NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM LANDS.—Section 3 of 

2 the National Park Service Organic Act (16 U.S.C. 3), is 

3 amended— 

4 (1) by striking ‘‘That the Secretary’’ the first 

5 place it appears and inserting ‘‘(a) REGULATIONS

6 FOR USE AND MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL PARK

7 SYSTEM; ENFORCEMENT.—The Secretary’’; 

8 (2) by striking ‘‘He may also’’ the first place it 

9 appears and inserting the following: 

10 ‘‘(b) SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AUTHORITIES.—The 

11 Secretary of the Interior may’’; 

12 (3) by striking ‘‘He may also’’ the second place 

13 it appears and inserting ‘‘The Secretary may’’; 

14 (4) by striking ‘‘No natural,’’ and inserting the 

15 following: 

16 ‘‘(c) LEASE AND PERMIT AUTHORITIES.—No nat17 ural’’; and 

18 (5) by adding at the end the following new sub19 section: 

20 ‘‘(d) USE OF COLLECTED FINES.— 

21 ‘‘(1) AVAILABILITY AND AUTHORIZED USE.— 

22 Any moneys received by the United States as a re23 sult of a fine imposed under section 3571 of title 18, 

24 United States Code, for a violation of a rule or regu25 lation prescribed under this section shall be available 


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1 to the Secretary of the Interior, without further ap2 propriation and until expended, for the following 

3 purposes: 

4 ‘‘(A) To cover the cost to the United 

5 States of any improvement, protection, or reha6 bilitation work on the National Park System 

7 lands rendered necessary by the action which 

8 led to the fine or by similar actions. 

9 ‘‘(B) To increase public awareness of rules, 

10 regulations, and other requirements regarding 

11 the use of such lands. 

12 ‘‘(2) TREATMENT OF EXCESS FUNDS.—Moneys 

13 referred to in paragraph (1) that the Secretary de14 termines are excess to the amounts necessary to 

15 carry out the purposes specified in such paragraph 

16 shall be transferred to the Crime Victims Fund es17 tablished by section 1402 of the Victims of Crime 

18 Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10601).’’. 

19 (c) NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM LANDS.— 

20 Subsection (f) of section 4 of the National Wildlife Refuge 

21 System Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd) is 

22 amended by adding at the end the following new para23 graphs: 

24 ‘‘(3) USE OF COLLECTED FINES.—Any moneys 

25 received by the United States as a result of a fine 


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1 imposed under section 3571 of title 18, United 

2 States Code, for a violation of this Act or a regula3 tion issued thereunder shall be available to the Sec4 retary, without further appropriation and until ex5 pended, for the following purposes: 

6 ‘‘(A) To cover the cost to the United 

7 States of any improvement, protection, or reha8 bilitation work on the System lands rendered 

9 necessary by the action which led to the fine or 

10 by similar actions. 

11 ‘‘(B) To increase public awareness of rules, 

12 regulations, and other requirements regarding 

13 the use of System lands. 

14 ‘‘(4) TREATMENT OF EXCESS FUNDS.—Moneys 

15 referred to in paragraph (3) that the Secretary de16 termines are excess to the amounts necessary to 

17 carry out the purposes specified in such paragraph 

18 shall be transferred to the Crime Victims Fund es19 tablished by section 1402 of the Victims of Crime 

20 Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10601).’’. 

21 (d) NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LANDS.—The elev22 enth undesignated paragraph under the heading ‘‘SUR23 VEYING THE PUBLIC LANDS’’ of the Act of June 4, 1897 

24 (16 U.S.C. 551), is amended— 


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1 (1) by inserting before the first sentence the 

2 following: 

3 ‘‘SEC. 551. PROTECTION OF NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM 

4 LANDS; REGULATIONS. 

5 ‘‘(a) REGULATIONS FOR USE AND PROTECTION OF

6 NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM.—’’; 

7 (2) by striking ‘‘destruction; and any violation’’ 

8 and inserting the following: ‘‘destruction. 

9 ‘‘(b) VIOLATIONS; PENALTIES.—Any violation’’; and 

10 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub11 section: 

12 ‘‘(c) USE OF COLLECTED FINES.— 

13 ‘‘(1) AVAILABILITY AND AUTHORIZED USE.— 

14 Any moneys received by the United States as a re15 sult of a collateral payment in lieu of appearance or 

16 a fine imposed under section 3571 of title 18, 

17 United States Code, for a violation of a regulation 

18 issued under subsection (a) shall be available to the 

19 Secretary of Agriculture, without further appropria20 tion and until expended, for the following purposes: 

21 ‘‘(A) To cover the cost to the United 

22 States of any improvement, protection, or reha23 bilitation work on National Forest System lands 

24 rendered necessary by the action which led to 

25 the fine or payment. 


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1 ‘‘(B) To increase public awareness of rules, 

2 regulations, and other requirements regarding 

3 the use of such lands. 

4 ‘‘(2) TREATMENT OF EXCESS FUNDS.—Moneys 

5 referred to in paragraph (1) that the Secretary of 

6 Agriculture determines are excess to the amounts 

7 necessary to carry out the purposes specified in such 

8 paragraph shall be transferred to the Crime Victims 

9 Fund established by section 1402 of the Victims of 

10 Crime Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10601).’’. 

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