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Union Calendar No. 199 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1225 
[Report No. 116–250, 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 
FEBRUARY 14, 2019 
Mr. BISHOP of Utah (for himself, Mr. KILMER, Mr. VELA, Mr. COOK, Ms. 
WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. AGUILAR, Mr. 
BERGMAN, Mr. CONNOLLY, Ms. MENG, Mr. COOPER, Mr. TURNER, Mr. 
TIPTON, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. ROONEY of Florida, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. 
JOYCE of Pennsylvania, Mr. GAETZ, Mrs. WALORSKI, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, 
Mr. HICE of Georgia, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, 
Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Ms. NORTON, 
Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. FLEISCHMANN, Mr. ALLEN, Mrs. LESKO, Mr. 
JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. LUJA´N, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. RESCHENTHALER, 
Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. LAMB, Mr. PANETTA, Ms. 
WILD, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Ms. 
PINGREE, Mr. CURTIS, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. CUMMINGS, 
Mr. PETERS, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. SIRES, Mr. STEWART, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. 
MOONEY of West Virginia, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. STIV-
ERS, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. ZELDIN, Mr. WELCH, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. 
WILSON of Florida, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. YOUNG, 
Miss GONZA´LEZ-COLO´N of Puerto Rico, Mr. AMODEI, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. 
WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. KATKO, Mrs. RADEWAGEN, 
Mr. GALLAGHER, Mr. HILL of Arkansas, Mr. CLEAVER, Ms. SCANLON, 
Mr. RUIZ, Mr. CLAY, Ms. DEAN, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. CISNEROS, Mr. 
ENGEL, Mr. SCHRADER, Mr. ROUDA, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. SMITH of 
Washington, Mr. GIANFORTE, Mr. BUDD, Mr. COLE, Mr. HURD of 
Texas, Mr. LONG, Mr. DAVID P. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. SIMPSON, Ms. 
STEFANIK, and Ms. HOULAHAN) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the 
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Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently de-
termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
OCTOBER 22, 2019 
Additional sponsors: Mr. EVANS, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, 
Mr. CARTER of Georgia, Mr. ARMSTRONG, Ms. SCHRIER, Mr. THOMPSON 
of California, Mr. POCAN, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, 
Mr. RYAN, Mr. KIND, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mrs. MILLER, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. 
NEGUSE, Mrs. RODGERS of Washington, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mr. LANGEVIN, 
Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. LAWSON of Florida, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. RUSH, Mr. COL-
LINS of New York, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. STAUBER, Mrs. WATSON COLE-
MAN, Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. KIL-
DEE, Mr. BABIN, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. UPTON, Ms. HILL of California, Mr. 
BLUMENAUER, Mrs. MCBATH, Mrs. TORRES of California, Mr. RUTHER-
FORD, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. BISHOP of Geor-
gia, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. PETERSON, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. GOLDEN, Mr. 
CARTER of Texas, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. CROW, Mr. 
MALINOWSKI, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. EMMER, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. GONZALEZ 
of Ohio, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Mr. 
GOODEN, Mr. WALDEN, Mr. VAN DREW, Ms. TITUS, Mr. O’HALLERAN, 
Ms. FRANKEL, Ms. SHALALA, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. NADLER, Ms. MATSUI, 
Mr. HIMES, Mr. RIGGLEMAN, Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. COHEN, Mrs. KIRK-
PATRICK, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. ROSE of New York, Mr. WEBSTER 
of Florida, Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire, Mr. HECK, Mr. COX of Cali-
fornia, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota, Mr. COMER, Mr. 
CARBAJAL, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mrs. NAPOLI-
TANO, Mr. WATKINS, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Ms. PORTER, Mr. CASTEN of Illi-
nois, Mr. BROWN of Maryland, Mr. GUTHRIE, Mr. HORSFORD, Mr. 
GARAMENDI, Mr. CASE, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. TRONE, Ms. 
MUCARSEL-POWELL, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. PRICE of 
North Carolina, Mr. COSTA, Mr. TONKO, Mr. KIM, Ms. OMAR, Mr. 
WOODALL, Mr. KEVIN HERN of Oklahoma, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mrs. DIN-
GELL, Ms. CRAIG, Mr. KHANNA, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. 
STANTON, Mr. MORELLE, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. 
GOMEZ, Ms. BASS, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. CORREA, Mr. 
BACON, Mr. WILLIAMS, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT 
of Georgia, Mr. PAPPAS, Mrs. LURIA, Mr. BRINDISI, Mr. MCADAMS, Mr. 
GONZALEZ of Texas, Mr. YARMUTH, Ms. STEVENS, Mr. FLORES, Ms. 
TLAIB, Mr. FULCHER, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. REED, Mr. SMUCKER, Mr. 
BURCHETT, Mr. NEAL, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. SHIM-
KUS, Mr. WALBERG, Mrs. HARTZLER, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. 
HOLDING, Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky, Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. RICE of 
South Carolina, Mr. WESTERMAN, Mr. FERGUSON, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. 
BUCSHON, Mrs. DEMINGS, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. HARDER of Cali-
fornia, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. BARR, Mr. DEUTCH, 
Mr. CRIST, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, Ms. SLOTKIN, Ms. 
CASTOR of Florida, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mr. FOR-
TENBERRY, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Ms. TORRES SMALL of New Mexico, Mr. 
SPANO, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. MARCHANT, Miss RICE of New 
York, Mr. OLSON, Mr. WRIGHT, Mr. JEFFRIES, Ms. FINKENAUER, Mr. 
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COLLINS of Georgia, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Mr. SOTO, Mr. 
HUNTER, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. BRADY, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. 
BUCHANAN, Mr. ROUZER, Mrs. AXNE, Ms. ESCOBAR, Ms. SHERRILL, Mr. 
DUFFY, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. NEWHOUSE, 
Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. HUDSON, 
Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. ALLRED, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mrs. 
FLETCHER, Ms. WEXTON, Mr. LUCAS, Mr. PHILLIPS, Ms. WATERS, Mr. 
BERA, Mr. CLINE, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. PENCE, Mr. DELGADO, 
Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. ARRINGTON, Mr. GRAVES of Missouri, Ms. 
JACKSON LEE, Ms. KENDRA S. HORN of Oklahoma, Ms. SPANBERGER, 
Ms. DAVIDS
of Kansas, Mrs. LEE
of Nevada, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. 
CRAWFORD, Mr. TED
LIEU
of California, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. 
CUNNINGHAM, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. HIGGINS 
of New York, Mr. VISCLOSKY, Ms. GABBARD, Mr. LEVIN of Michigan, 
Mrs. MURPHY of Florida, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, and Ms. JOHN-
SON of Texas 
OCTOBER 22, 2019 
Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with an amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
OCTOBER 22, 2019 
Committee on Education and Labor 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 February 14, 2019] 
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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 2020 through 2024, 
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.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Amounts in the Fund shall be 
used as follows: 
(A) Eighty percent of amounts in the Fund 
shall be allocated for priority deferred mainte-
nance projects, including other infrastructure de-
ficiencies directly related to such deferred main-
tenance projects, as determined by the Secretary 
of the Interior and the Director of the National 
Park Service, with the goal of ensuring overall 
parity between amounts allocated to transpor-
tation and non-transportation projects. 
(B) Ten percent of amounts in the Fund 
shall be allocated for purposes of addressing the 
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national wildlife refuge system maintenance 
backlog, as determined by the Secretary of the 
Interior and the Director of the United States 
Fish and Wildlife Service. 
(C) Five percent of amounts in the Fund 
shall be allocated for the purposes of addressing 
the public access and recreation backlog on pub-
lic lands, as determined by the Secretary of the 
Interior and the Director of the Bureau of Land 
Management. 
(D) Five percent of amounts in the Fund 
shall be allocated for the purposes of addressing 
the Bureau of Indian Education school construc-
tion and deferred maintenance backlogs, as deter-
mined by the Secretary of the Interior and the 
Director of the Bureau of Indian Education. 
(2) CONSIDERATION
OF
PROJECT
LIFESPAN.— 
The Secretary of the Interior shall take into consider-
ation the projected lifespan of any project under this 
Act when prioritizing which such projects to fund 
under paragraph (1). 
(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. 
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(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 
(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 Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and 
to the Committees on Appropriations and Energy and Nat-
ural Resources of the Senate, with the annual budget sub-
mission 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 — Indian Affairs may accept 
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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 
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. 199 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1225 
[Report No. 116–250, 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. 
OCTOBER 22, 2019 
Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with 
an amendment 
OCTOBER 22, 2019 
Committee on Education and Labor discharged; com-
mitted to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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