TITLE II—ELIMINATING THE NA-
TIONAL PARK MAINTENANCE 
BACKLOG 
SEC. 201. BACKLOG ELIMINATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Sixty percent of the funds depos-
ited into the Centennial Fund shall be used to eliminate 
the backlog of unmet needs in the national parks, as iden-
tified in the Facility Condition Index (hereinafter in this 
Act referred to as the ‘‘FCI’’) of the National Park Serv-
ice. 
(b) PRIORITIES.—(1) The Secretary of the Interior 
shall prepare, as part of the annual budget proposal, a 
priority list of projects to be funded under this section. 
Moneys shall be made available from the Centennial Fund, 
without further appropriation, effective October 15 of each 
calendar year, for the projects identified on the priority 
list. 
(2) In preparing the list of projects to be funded 
under this section, the Secretary of the Interior shall give 
priority to projects that— 
(A) are identified in the general management 
plan of a national park; 
(B) are listed in the FCI; 
(C) are identified by the Secretary of the Inte-
rior as necessary to prevent immediate damage to
the natural, cultural, or historic resources with a na-
tional park, with priority given to projects with the 
most significant benefit to conservation of resources 
or visitor education; and 
(D) are identified as necessary to promote pub-
lic health and safety. 
(c) 
OVERHEAD.—National 
parks 
undertaking 
projects under this section may allocate not more than 8 
percent of the funds for such projects for oversight of such 
projects and other associated overhead responsibilities. 
TITLE III—PROTECTING 
NATURAL WONDERS 
SEC. 301. NATURAL RESOURCE CHALLENGE. 
(a) NATURAL
RESOURCE
PROTECTION.—Twenty 
percent of the funds deposited into the Centennial Fund 
shall be used to protect natural resources within national 
parks. 
(b) PROJECT DESCRIPTION.—The Secretary of the 
Interior shall prepare, as part of the annual budget pro-
posal, a description of projects to be funded under this 
section. Moneys shall be made available from the Centen-
nial Fund, without further appropriation, effective Octo-
ber 15 of each calendar year for projects that include each 
of the following: 
(1) Natural resource inventories.
(2) Monitoring efforts including air and water 
quality monitoring. 
(3) Protection of native and endangered species 
and their habitats. 
(4) Control of nonnative species. 
(5) Resource planning. 
(6) Increased collaboration with scientists. 
(7) 
Authorized 
environmental 
restoration 
projects. 
(8) Use of national parks for learning, includ-
ing visitor education and interpretation. 
(9) Establishment of partnerships with nonpark 
entities for the purpose of leveraging Federal funds 
allocated to natural resource protection. 
TITLE IV—PROTECTING 
NATIONAL TREASURES 
SEC. 401. CULTURAL RESOURCE CHALLENGE. 
(a) CULTURAL RESOURCES.—Twenty percent of the 
funds deposited into the Centennial Fund shall be used 
to protect cultural resources within national parks. 
(b) PROJECT DESCRIPTION.—The Secretary of the 
Interior shall prepare, as part of the annual budget pro-
posal, a description of projects to be funded under this 
section. Moneys shall be made available from the Centen-
nial Fund, without further appropriation, effective Octo-