I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5210 
To establish the National Park Restoration Fund, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 7, 2018 
Mr. SIMPSON (for himself and Mr. SCHRADER) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To establish the National Park Restoration Fund, 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 Res-
toration Act’’. 
SEC. 2. NATIONAL PARK RESTORATION FUND. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 
Treasury of the United States a special fund, to be known 
as the ‘‘National Park Restoration Fund’’ (referred to in 
this section as the ‘‘Fund’’). 
(b) CONTENTS.—The Fund shall consist of— 
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(1) any amounts deposited in the Fund under 
subsection (c)(2); and 
(2) any income on investments under subsection 
(d). 
(c) DEPOSITS TO FUND.— 
(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
(A) AVAILABLE RECEIPTS.— 
(i) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘‘avail-
able receipts’’, with respect to a fiscal year, 
means, of the amount described in clause 
(ii) for the fiscal year, the amounts that 
would otherwise be credited, covered, or 
deposited in the Treasury of the United 
States as miscellaneous receipts for the fis-
cal year. 
(ii) DESCRIPTION OF AMOUNT.—The 
amount referred to in clause (i) is the 
amount equal to the difference between— 
(I) the total amount of energy 
development revenues for the applica-
ble fiscal year; and 
(II)(aa) for fiscal year 2018, 
$7,800,000,000; 
(bb) 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2019, 
$8,000,000,000; 
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for 
fiscal 
year 
2020, 
$8,200,000,000; 
(dd) 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2021, 
$8,600,000,000; 
(ee) 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2022, 
$8,800,000,000; 
(ff) 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2023, 
$9,000,000,000; 
(gg) 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2024, 
$9,000,000,000; 
(hh) 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2025, 
$9,100,000,000; 
(ii) 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2026, 
$9,300,000,000; and 
(jj) 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2027, 
$9,400,000,000. 
(B) ENERGY DEVELOPMENT REVENUES.— 
The term ‘‘energy development revenues’’ 
means all revenues due and payable to the 
United States from oil, gas, coal, or alternative 
or renewable energy development on Federal 
land and water. 
(2) DEPOSITS.—For each of fiscal years 2018 
through 2027, there shall be deposited in the Fund 
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an amount equal to the product obtained by multi-
plying— 
(A) the available receipts for the fiscal 
year; and 
(B) 0.5. 
(3) EFFECT ON OTHER REVENUES.—Nothing 
in this section affects the disposition of revenues 
that— 
(A) are due to the United States, special 
funds, trust funds, or States from mineral and 
energy development on Federal land and water; 
or 
(B) have been otherwise appropriated 
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 Leas-
ing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), and chapter 
2003 of title 54, United States Code. 
(d) INVESTMENT OF AMOUNTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treas-
ury shall invest any portion of the Fund that is not, 
as determined by the Secretary of the Interior, re-
quired for the purposes described in subsection 
(e)(1). 
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(2) CREDITS TO FUND.—The income on invest-
ments of the Fund under paragraph (1) shall be 
credited to, and form a part of, the Fund. 
(e) USE OF FUND.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Amounts deposited in the 
Fund shall be available to the Secretary of the Inte-
rior, without further appropriation or fiscal year lim-
itation, for the priority deferred maintenance needs 
that support critical infrastructure and visitor serv-
ices, if applicable, of the National Park Service, as 
determined by the Secretary and the Director of the 
National Park Service. 
(2) ADDITIONAL
AMOUNTS.—Amounts made 
available under paragraph (1) shall be in addition to 
amounts otherwise available for the purposes de-
scribed in that paragraph. 
(3) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR LAND 
ACQUISITION.—Amounts in the Fund shall not be 
used for the acquisition of land. 
(f) TERMINATION OF DEPOSITS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Deposits under subsection 
(c)(2) shall terminate on the earlier of— 
(A) September 30th of the tenth fiscal 
year after the date of enactment of this Act; 
and 
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(B) the date on which the aggregate 
amount deposited in the Fund under subsection 
(c)(2) equals at least $18,000,000,000. 
(2) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding paragraph 
(1), the Secretary of the Interior may continue to 
expend any remaining amounts in the Fund after 
the termination date described in that paragraph in 
accordance with subsection (e). 
(g) SUMMARY TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary of the 
Interior shall submit to the appropriate committees of 
Congress (including the Committee on Energy and Nat-
ural Resources and the Committee on Appropriations of 
the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources and 
the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives), together with the annual budget submission 
of the President, a list of each project for which amounts 
from the Fund are allocated under this section, including 
a summary of each such project. 
(h) SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING OFFSET.—It 
is the sense of Congress that the costs of carrying out 
this section should be offset. 
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