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Union Calendar No. 875 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6510 
[Report No. 115–1088, Part I] 
To establish, fund, and provide for the use of amounts in a National Park 
Service and Public Lands Legacy Restoration Fund to address the main-
tenance 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 
JULY 25, 2018 
Mr. BISHOP of Utah (for himself, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. SIMPSON, Ms. 
WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. STIVERS, Ms. HANABUSA, Mr. YOUNG of 
Alaska, Mr. KILMER, Mr. COOK, Ms. TSONGAS, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. 
SCHRADER, Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, Ms. SINEMA, Mr. GIANFORTE, Mr. 
WELCH, Mr. CRAMER, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. COLE, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. HURD, 
Ms. MENG, Mr. CURTIS, Mr. COSTA, Mr. REICHERT, Mr. KIND, Mrs. 
LOVE, Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico, Mr. AMODEI, Ms. 
FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. TIPTON, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. STEWART, Ms. SE-
WELL of Alabama, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Ms. DEGETTE, Miss 
GONZA´LEZ-COLO´N of Puerto Rico, Ms. NORTON, Mrs. HANDEL, Mr. 
GARAMENDI, Mr. UPTON, Mr. GONZALEZ of Texas, Mr. ROGERS of Ala-
bama, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mrs. COMSTOCK, Mr. VISCLOSKY, Mr. 
PAULSEN, Mr. TURNER, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Ms. BONAMICI, and Mr. 
NOLAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Edu-
cation and the Workforce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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 com-
mittee concerned 
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DECEMBER 20, 2018 
Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with an amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
DECEMBER 20, 2018 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure discharged 
DECEMBER 20, 2018 
Referral to the Committee on Education and the Workforce extended through 
December 28, 2018 
DECEMBER 28, 2018 
Additional sponsors: Mr. KATKO, Mr. HILL, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. PERL-
MUTTER, Mr. BERGMAN, Mr. VELA, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. BEN RAY LUJA´N 
of New Mexico, Mr. HASTINGS, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. TAKANO, Ms. 
ROSEN, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. SABLAN, Ms. 
BORDALLO, Mr. KNIGHT, Mr. THOMAS J. ROONEY of Florida, Mr. 
FLEISCHMANN, Mr. SESSIONS, Ms. PINGREE, Ms. LEE, Mr. CARTER of 
Georgia, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. CURBELO of Florida, Mr. MESSER, Mrs. 
MIMI WALTERS of California, Mr. COSTELLO of Pennsylvania, Mr. JOYCE 
of Ohio, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. JEFFRIES, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, 
Mrs. RADEWAGEN, Mr. FASO, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. VALADAO, Mr. 
NEAL, Mr. CLAY, Mr. GAETZ, Mr. BROWN of Maryland, Mrs. DEMINGS, 
Mr. COFFMAN, Mr. ROYCE of California, Mr. ROSS, Ms. KELLY of Illi-
nois, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. SIRES, Mr. CRIST, Mr. SMITH of Washington, 
Mr. GOMEZ, Mr. AGUILAR, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. DONOVAN, Ms. 
ESHOO, Mr. SOTO, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
POCAN, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Mr. DELANEY, Ms. 
LOFGREN, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. HULTGREN, Mr. POE of Texas, Mr. 
WITTMAN, Mr. PETERS, Mr. KIHUEN, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Mr. 
RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. CICILLINE, 
Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. GALLAGHER, Mr. ROTHFUS, Mr. LARSEN of 
Washington, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Mr. HIMES, Mr. NORCROSS, 
Mr. PALLONE, Mr. POLIQUIN, Mr. O’HALLERAN, Ms. DELBENE, Mrs. 
MURPHY of Florida, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. 
LANGEVIN, Mr. COURTNEY, Mrs. WALORSKI, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. POLIS, Mr. 
BLUMENAUER, Mr. COOPER, Ms. TITUS, Mr. BARR, Mr. JOHNSON of 
Ohio, Ms. GRANGER, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. EMMER, Mr. 
BIGGS, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. WALDEN, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. 
QUIGLEY, Mr. HECK, Mrs. LESKO, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. 
LAWSON of Florida, Mrs. TORRES, Mr. BARLETTA, Mr. LONG, Mr. 
SCHWEIKERT, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, 
Mr. RASKIN, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. 
LOEBSACK, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. PRICE of North 
Carolina, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. NADLER, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. 
CLARKE of New York, Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. 
THOMPSON of California, Mr. KEATING, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. BISHOP of 
Michigan, Mr. PETERSON, Mr. RUSH, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. BABIN, Mr. 
BLUM, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. ZELDIN, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. 
CONAWAY, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. LAMB, Mr. 
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CUMMINGS, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. FRANCIS ROONEY of Florida, Mr. 
MOONEY of West Virginia, Ms. JENKINS of Kansas, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. 
RYAN of Ohio, Mr. MARINO, Mr. EVANS, Mr. TROTT, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. 
MARSHALL, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. YODER, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. 
SARBANES, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. JODY B. HICE of Georgia, Mrs. BEATTY, 
Mr. GARRETT, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. RUTHERFORD, Mr. JOHNSON of Geor-
gia, Mr. BUDD, Ms. PLASKETT, Mr. FERGUSON, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. 
HUDSON, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee, Mr. 
COLLINS of Georgia, Mr. CULBERSON, Mr. COLLINS of New York, Mr. 
WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. SUOZZI, Ms. BARRAGA´N, 
and Mr. ALLEN 
DECEMBER 28, 2018 
Committee on Education and the Workforce discharged; committed to the 
Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered 
to be printed 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on July 25, 2018] 
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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 Res-
toration Fund to address the maintenance backlog of 
the National Park Service, United States Fish and Wild-
life Service, Bureau of Land Management, and Bureau 
of Indian Education, and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Restore Our Parks and 
Public Lands Act’’. 
SEC. 2. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND PUBLIC LANDS LEG-
ACY RESTORATION FUND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is established in the Treasury 
of the United States a fund, to be known as the ‘‘National 
Park Service and Public Lands Legacy Restoration Fund’’ 
(referred to in this section as the ‘‘Fund’’). 
(b) DEPOSITS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023, 
there shall be deposited in the Fund an amount equal 
to 50 percent of all energy development revenues due 
and payable to the United States from oil, gas, coal, 
or alternative or renewable energy development on 
Federal land and water that would otherwise be cred-
ited, covered, or deposited as miscellaneous receipts 
under Federal law. 
(2) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—The amount deposited 
in the Fund under paragraph (1) shall not exceed 
$1,300,000,000 for any fiscal year. 
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(3) EFFECT ON OTHER REVENUES.—Nothing in 
this section affects the disposition under Federal law, 
including the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 
2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331 note; Public Law 109–432), the 
Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), and 
chapter 2003 of title 54, United States Code, of en-
ergy development revenues— 
(A) to special funds, trust funds, or States; 
or 
(B) that have been otherwise appropriated 
under Federal law. 
(c) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts deposited in 
the Fund shall be available to the Secretary of the Interior 
without further appropriation or fiscal year limitation. 
(d) INVESTMENT OF AMOUNTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior 
may request the Secretary of the Treasury to invest 
any portion of the Fund that is not, as determined 
by the Secretary of the Interior, required to meet the 
current needs of the Fund. 
(2) REQUIREMENT.—An investment requested 
under paragraph (1) shall be made by the Secretary 
of the Treasury in a public debt security— 
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(A) with a maturity suitable to the needs of 
the Fund, as determined by the Secretary of the 
Interior; and 
(B) bearing interest at a rate determined by 
the Secretary of the Treasury, taking into con-
sideration current market yields on outstanding 
marketable obligations of the United States of 
comparable maturity. 
(3) CREDITS TO FUND.—The income on invest-
ments of the Fund under this subsection shall be cred-
ited to, and form a part of, the Fund. 
(e) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts in the Fund shall be 
used as follows: 
(1) 80 percent of amounts in the Fund shall be 
allocated for priority deferred maintenance projects, 
including other infrastructure deficiencies directly re-
lated to such deferred maintenance projects, as deter-
mined by the Secretary of the Interior and the Direc-
tor of the National Park Service, with the goal of en-
suring overall parity between amounts allocated to 
transportation and non-transportation projects. 
(2) 10 percent of amounts in the Fund shall be 
allocated for purposes of addressing the national wild-
life refuge system maintenance backlog, as determined 
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by the Secretary of the Interior and the Director of 
the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. 
(3) 5 percent of amounts in the Fund shall be al-
located for the purposes of addressing the public ac-
cess and recreation backlog on public lands, as deter-
mined by the Secretary of the Interior and the Direc-
tor of the Bureau of Land Management. 
(4) 5 percent of amounts in the Fund shall be for 
the purposes of addressing the Bureau of Indian Edu-
cation school construction and deferred maintenance 
backlogs, as determined by the Secretary of the Inte-
rior and the Director of the Bureau of Indian Edu-
cation. 
(f) LIMIT ON USE OF FUNDS.—No more than 10 per-
cent of the amounts in the Fund may be used for adminis-
trative costs incurred in implementing this Act. 
(g) PROHIBITED USE OF FUNDS.—No amounts in the 
Fund shall be used— 
(1) for land acquisition; 
(2) to supplant discretionary funding made 
available for the annually recurring facility oper-
ations, maintenance, and construction needs of the 
entities for which amounts from the Fund are allo-
cated under subsection (e); or 
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(3) for performance awards for Federal employ-
ees who are employed in implementing this Act. 
(h) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary of the 
Interior shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
and Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and to 
the Committees on Appropriations and Natural Resources 
in the House of Representatives, with the annual budget 
submission of the President, a list of projects for which the 
amounts in the Fund are allocated under this section, in-
cluding a description of each such project. 
(i) PUBLIC DONATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior, 
the Director of the National Park Service, the Direc-
tor of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the 
Director of the Bureau of Land Management, and the 
Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs may accept 
public cash or in-kind donations that advance ef-
forts— 
(A) to reduce the deferred maintenance 
backlog of the National Park Service, the na-
tional wildlife refuge system maintenance back-
log of the United States Fish and Wildlife Serv-
ice, the public access and recreation backlog of 
the Bureau of Land Management, and the school 
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construction backlog of the Bureau of Indian 
Education, respectively; and 
(B) to encourage relevant public-private 
partnerships. 
(2) CREDITS TO FUND.—Any cash donations ac-
cepted under paragraph (1) shall be credited to, and 
form a part of, the Fund. 
(3) REPORTING.—Each donation received under 
paragraph (1) that is used for, or directly related to, 
the reduction of the deferred maintenance backlog of 
the National Park Service, the national wildlife ref-
uge system maintenance backlog of the United States 
Fish and Wildlife Service, the public access and recre-
ation backlog of the Bureau of Land Management, 
and the school construction backlog of the Bureau of 
Indian Education, shall be included with the annual 
budget submission of the President to Congress. 
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Union Calendar No. 875 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6510 
[Report No. 115–1088, Part I] 
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 Serv-
ice, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Bu-
reau of Land Management, and Bureau of In-
dian Education, and for other purposes. 
DECEMBER 28, 2018 
Committee on Education and the Workforce discharged; 
committed to the Committee of the Whole House on 
the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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