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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1577 
To require the Secretary of the Interior submit a report to Congress evalu-
ating the Capital Investment Strategy and its results, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 16, 2017 
Ms. MCSALLY (for herself, Mr. GOSAR, and Mr. FRANKS of Arizona) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 
Resources 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of the Interior submit a report 
to Congress evaluating the Capital Investment Strategy 
and its results, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘National Park Service 
Transparency and Accountability Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds as follows: 
(1) In fiscal years 2006 through 2015, the Na-
tional 
Park 
Service 
allocated, 
on 
average, 
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$1,160,000,000 annually to maintain assets. In fis-
cal year 2015, allocations to maintenance accounted 
for about one-third ($1,080,000,000) of the agency’s 
total funding of $3,300,000,000. The largest portion 
of maintenance funds in fiscal year 2015 was allo-
cated to facility operations, which includes mainte-
nance that is routine in nature, such as maintenance 
of trails. 
(2) The Park Service’s deferred maintenance— 
maintenance of its assets that was not performed 
when it should have been and was delayed for a fu-
ture time—averaged $11,300,000,000 from fiscal 
years 2009 through 2015. Bridges, tunnels, and 
paved roadways consistently made up the largest 
share of the agency’s deferred maintenance, account-
ing for half of all deferred maintenance in fiscal year 
2015. Older park units have the most deferred 
maintenance, totaling $10,500,000,000 in fiscal year 
2015 in park units established more than 40 years 
ago. 
SEC. 3. REPORT. 
To ensure that the elements of the National Park 
Service process for making asset maintenance decisions is 
achieving desired outcomes, not later than 60 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
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the Interior, acting through the Director of the National 
Park Service, shall submit to the Committee on Natural 
Resources of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate 
a report containing— 
(1) an evaluation of— 
(A) the National Park Service Capital In-
vestment Strategy; and 
(B) the results of the National Park Serv-
ice Capital Investment Strategy; 
(2) a determination of whether the National 
Park Service Capital Investment Strategy is achiev-
ing its intended outcomes; and 
(3) any changes to the National Park Service 
Capital Investment Strategy that the Secretary rec-
ommends to improve the outcomes of that strategy. 
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