I 
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 fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 
and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be sub-
sequently 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 activi-
ties on Federal lands under the jurisdiction of the Sec-
retary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture, 
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 AND FINDINGS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Federal Lands Restoration, Enhancement, Public Edu-
cation, and Information Resources Act’’ or the ‘‘Federal 
Lands REPAIR Act’’. 
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(b) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Violations of laws and regulations applicable 
to the use of Federal lands under the jurisdiction of 
the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Ag-
riculture often result in damages to those lands that 
require expenditures for restoration activities to 
mitigate the damages. 
(2) Increased public information and education 
regarding the laws and regulations applicable to the 
use of these Federal lands can help to reduce the 
frequency of unintentional violations. 
(3) It is appropriate that fines and other mone-
tary penalties paid as a result of violations of laws 
and regulations applicable to the use of these Fed-
eral lands be used to defray the costs of such res-
toration activities and to provide such public infor-
mation and education. 
SEC. 2. USE OF FINES FROM VIOLATIONS OF LAWS AND 
REGULATIONS 
APPLICABLE 
TO 
PUBLIC 
LANDS FOR RESTORATION AND INFORMA-
TIONAL ACTIVITIES. 
(a) LANDS UNDER JURISDICTION OF BUREAU OF 
LAND MANAGEMENT.—Section 305 of the Federal Land 
Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1735) 
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is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(d) USE OF COLLECTED FINES.— 
‘‘(1) AVAILABILITY
AND
AUTHORIZED
USE.— 
Any moneys received by the United States as a re-
sult of a fine imposed under section 3571 of title 18, 
United States Code, for a violation of a regulation 
prescribed under section 303(a) shall be available to 
the Secretary, without further appropriation and 
until expended, for the following purposes: 
‘‘(A) To cover the cost to the United 
States of any improvement, protection, or reha-
bilitation work on the public lands rendered 
necessary by the action which led to the fine or 
by similar actions. 
‘‘(B) To increase public awareness of regu-
lations and other requirements regarding the 
use of the public lands. 
‘‘(2) TREATMENT OF EXCESS FUNDS.—Moneys 
referred to in paragraph (1) that the Secretary de-
termines are excess to the amounts necessary to 
carry out the purposes specified in such paragraph 
shall be transferred to the Crime Victims Fund es-
tablished by section 1402 of the Victims of Crime 
Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10601).’’. 
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(b) NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM LANDS.—Section 3 of 
the National Park Service Organic Act (16 U.S.C. 3), is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘That the Secretary’’ the first 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘(a) REGULATIONS 
FOR USE AND MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL PARK 
SYSTEM; ENFORCEMENT.—The Secretary’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘He may also’’ the first place it 
appears and inserting the following: 
‘‘(b) SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AUTHORITIES.—The 
Secretary of the Interior may’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘He may also’’ the second place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘The Secretary may’’; 
(4) by striking ‘‘No natural,’’ and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(c) LEASE AND PERMIT AUTHORITIES.—No nat-
ural’’; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(d) USE OF COLLECTED FINES.— 
‘‘(1) AVAILABILITY
AND
AUTHORIZED
USE.— 
Any moneys received by the United States as a re-
sult of a fine imposed under section 3571 of title 18, 
United States Code, for a violation of a rule or regu-
lation prescribed under this section shall be available 
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to the Secretary of the Interior, without further ap-
propriation and until expended, for the following 
purposes: 
‘‘(A) To cover the cost to the United 
States of any improvement, protection, or reha-
bilitation work on the National Park System 
lands rendered necessary by the action which 
led to the fine or by similar actions. 
‘‘(B) To increase public awareness of rules, 
regulations, and other requirements regarding 
the use of such lands. 
‘‘(2) TREATMENT OF EXCESS FUNDS.—Moneys 
referred to in paragraph (1) that the Secretary de-
termines are excess to the amounts necessary to 
carry out the purposes specified in such paragraph 
shall be transferred to the Crime Victims Fund es-
tablished by section 1402 of the Victims of Crime 
Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10601).’’. 
(c) NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM LANDS.— 
Subsection (f) of section 4 of the National Wildlife Refuge 
System Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graphs: 
‘‘(3) USE OF COLLECTED FINES.—Any moneys 
received by the United States as a result of a fine 
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imposed under section 3571 of title 18, United 
States Code, for a violation of this Act or a regula-
tion issued thereunder shall be available to the Sec-
retary, without further appropriation and until ex-
pended, for the following purposes: 
‘‘(A) To cover the cost to the United 
States of any improvement, protection, or reha-
bilitation work on the System lands rendered 
necessary by the action which led to the fine or 
by similar actions. 
‘‘(B) To increase public awareness of rules, 
regulations, and other requirements regarding 
the use of System lands. 
‘‘(4) TREATMENT OF EXCESS FUNDS.—Moneys 
referred to in paragraph (3) that the Secretary de-
termines are excess to the amounts necessary to 
carry out the purposes specified in such paragraph 
shall be transferred to the Crime Victims Fund es-
tablished by section 1402 of the Victims of Crime 
Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10601).’’. 
(d) NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LANDS.—The elev-
enth undesignated paragraph under the heading ‘‘SUR-
VEYING THE PUBLIC LANDS’’ of the Act of June 4, 1897 
(16 U.S.C. 551), is amended— 
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(1) by inserting before the first sentence the 
following: 
‘‘SEC. 551. PROTECTION OF NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM 
LANDS; REGULATIONS. 
‘‘(a) REGULATIONS FOR USE AND PROTECTION OF 
NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM.—’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘destruction; and any violation’’ 
and inserting the following: ‘‘destruction. 
‘‘(b) VIOLATIONS; PENALTIES.—Any violation’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(c) USE OF COLLECTED FINES.— 
‘‘(1) AVAILABILITY
AND
AUTHORIZED
USE.— 
Any moneys received by the United States as a re-
sult of a collateral payment in lieu of appearance or 
a fine imposed under section 3571 of title 18, 
United States Code, for a violation of a regulation 
issued under subsection (a) shall be available to the 
Secretary of Agriculture, without further appropria-
tion and until expended, for the following purposes: 
‘‘(A) To cover the cost to the United 
States of any improvement, protection, or reha-
bilitation work on National Forest System lands 
rendered necessary by the action which led to 
the fine or payment. 
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