I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7092 
To amend title 54, United States Code, to establish, fund, and provide 
for the use of amounts in a National Parks and Public Land Legacy 
Restoration Fund to address the maintenance backlog of the National 
Park Service, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau 
of Land Management, the Forest Service, and the Bureau of Indian 
Education, and to provide permanent, dedicated funding for the Land 
and Water Conservation Fund, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 4, 2020 
Mr. CUNNINGHAM (for himself, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Ms. SHERRILL, Mr. SIMP-
SON, Mr. COX of California, Mr. KATKO, Ms. TORRES SMALL of New 
Mexico, Mr. ZELDIN, Ms. KENDRA S. HORN of Oklahoma, Mr. STIVERS, 
Mr. GOLDEN, and Mr. FORTENBERRY) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addi-
tion to the Committees on Agriculture, and the Budget, for a period to 
be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title 54, United States Code, to establish, fund, 
and provide for the use of amounts in a National Parks 
and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund to address 
the maintenance backlog of the National Park Service, 
the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau 
of Land Management, the Forest Service, and the Bu-
reau of Indian Education, and to provide permanent, 
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dedicated funding for the Land and Water Conservation 
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 ‘‘Great American Out-
doors Act’’. 
SEC. 2. NATIONAL PARKS AND PUBLIC LAND LEGACY RES-
TORATION FUND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle II of title 54, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after chapter 2003 
the following: 
‘‘CHAPTER 2004—NATIONAL PARKS AND 
PUBLIC LAND LEGACY RESTORATION 
FUND 
‘‘Sec. 
‘‘200401. Definitions. 
‘‘200402. National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund. 
‘‘§ 200401. Definitions 
‘‘In this chapter: 
‘‘(1) ASSET.—The term ‘asset’ means any real 
property, including any physical structure or group-
ing of structures, landscape, trail, or other tangible 
property, that— 
‘‘(A) has a specific service or function; and 
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‘‘(B) is tracked and managed as a distinct, 
identifiable entity by the applicable covered 
agency. 
‘‘(2) COVERED
AGENCY.—The term ‘covered 
agency’ means— 
‘‘(A) the Service; 
‘‘(B) the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service; 
‘‘(C) the Forest Service; 
‘‘(D) the Bureau of Land Management; 
and 
‘‘(E) the Bureau of Indian Education. 
‘‘(3) FUND.—The term ‘Fund’ means the Na-
tional Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration 
Fund established by section 200402(a). 
‘‘(4) PROJECT.—The term ‘project’ means any 
activity to reduce or eliminate deferred maintenance 
of an asset, which may include resolving directly re-
lated infrastructure deficiencies of the asset that 
would not by itself be classified as deferred mainte-
nance. 
‘‘§ 200402. National Parks and Public Land Legacy 
Restoration Fund 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 
Treasury of the United States a fund to be known as the 
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‘National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration 
Fund’. 
‘‘(b) DEPOSITS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), for each of fiscal years 2021 through 
2025, there shall be deposited in the Fund an 
amount equal to 50 percent of all energy develop-
ment revenues due and payable to the United States 
from oil, gas, coal, or alternative or renewable en-
ergy development on Federal land and water cred-
ited, covered, or deposited as miscellaneous receipts 
under Federal law in the preceding fiscal year. 
‘‘(2) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—The amount depos-
ited in the Fund under paragraph (1) shall not ex-
ceed $1,900,000,000 for any fiscal year. 
‘‘(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— 
‘‘(i) under Federal law, including— 
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‘‘(I) the Gulf of Mexico Energy 
Security Act of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331 
note; Public Law 109–432); and 
‘‘(II) the Mineral Leasing Act 
(30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.); or 
‘‘(ii) from— 
‘‘(I) the Land and Water Con-
servation 
Fund 
established 
under 
chapter 2003; or 
‘‘(II) the Historic Preservation 
Fund established under chapter 3031. 
‘‘(c) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts deposited 
in the Fund shall be available to the Secretary and the 
Secretary of Agriculture, as provided in subsection (e), 
without further appropriation or fiscal year limitation. 
‘‘(d) INVESTMENT OF AMOUNTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may request 
the Secretary of the Treasury to invest any portion 
of the Fund that is not, as determined by the Sec-
retary, in consultation with the Secretary of Agri-
culture, 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; 
and 
‘‘(B) bearing interest at a rate determined 
by the Secretary of the Treasury, taking into 
consideration current market yields on out-
standing marketable obligations of the United 
States of comparable maturity. 
‘‘(3) CREDITS TO FUND.—The income on in-
vestments of the Fund under this subsection shall be 
credited to, and form a part of, the Fund. 
‘‘(e) USE OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Amounts deposited in the 
Fund for each fiscal year shall be used for priority 
deferred maintenance projects in the System, in the 
National Wildlife Refuge System, on public land ad-
ministered by the Bureau of Land Management, for 
the Bureau of Indian Education schools, and in the 
National Forest System, as follows: 
‘‘(A) Seventy percent of the amounts de-
posited in the Fund for each fiscal year shall be 
allocated to the Service. 
‘‘(B) Fifteen percent of the amounts de-
posited in the Fund for each fiscal year shall be 
allocated to the Forest Service. 
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consistent with an applicable transportation, de-
ferred maintenance, or capital improvement 
plan developed by the applicable covered agen-
cy. 
‘‘(f) PROHIBITED USE OF FUNDS.—No amounts in 
the Fund shall be used— 
‘‘(1) for land acquisition; 
‘‘(2) to supplant discretionary funding made 
available for annually recurring facility operations, 
maintenance, and construction needs; or 
‘‘(3) for bonuses for employees of the Federal 
Government that are carrying out this section. 
‘‘(g) SUBMISSION OF PRIORITY LIST OF PROJECTS 
TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 
enactment of this section, the Secretary and the Secretary 
of Agriculture shall submit to the Committees on Energy 
and Natural Resources and Appropriations of the Senate 
and the Committees on Natural Resources and Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives a list of projects 
to be funded for fiscal year 2021 that— 
‘‘(1) are identified by the Secretary and the 
Secretary of Agriculture as priority deferred mainte-
nance projects; and 
‘‘(2) as of the date of the submission of the list, 
are ready to be implemented. 
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‘‘(h) SUBMISSION OF ANNUAL LIST OF PROJECTS TO 
CONGRESS.—Until the date on which all of the amounts 
in the Fund are expended, the President shall annually 
submit to Congress, together with the annual budget of 
the United States, a list of projects to be funded from 
the Fund that includes a detailed description of each 
project, including the estimated expenditures from the 
Fund for the project for the applicable fiscal year. 
‘‘(i) ALTERNATE ALLOCATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Appropriations Acts may 
provide for alternate allocation of amounts made 
available under this section, consistent with the allo-
cations to covered agencies under subsection (e)(1). 
‘‘(2) ALLOCATION BY PRESIDENT.— 
‘‘(A) NO
ALTERNATE
ALLOCATIONS.—If 
Congress has not enacted legislation estab-
lishing alternate allocations by the date on 
which the Act making full-year appropriations 
for the Department of the Interior, Environ-
ment, and Related Agencies for the applicable 
fiscal year is enacted into law, amounts made 
available under subsection (c) shall be allocated 
by the President. 
‘‘(B) INSUFFICIENT ALTERNATE ALLOCA-
TION.—If Congress enacts legislation estab-
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lishing alternate allocations for amounts made 
available under subsection (c) that are less than 
the full amount appropriated under that sub-
section, the difference between the amount ap-
propriated and the alternate allocation shall be 
allocated by the President. 
‘‘(j) PUBLIC DONATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary and the Sec-
retary of Agriculture may accept public cash or in- 
kind donations that advance efforts— 
‘‘(A) to reduce the deferred maintenance 
backlog; and 
‘‘(B) to encourage relevant public-private 
partnerships. 
‘‘(2) CREDITS TO FUND.—Any cash donations 
accepted under paragraph (1) shall be— 
‘‘(A) credited to, and form a part of, the 
Fund; and 
‘‘(B) allocated to the covered agency for 
which the donation was made. 
‘‘(3) OTHER ALLOCATIONS.—Any donations al-
located to a covered agency under paragraph (2)(B) 
shall be allocated to the applicable covered agency 
independently of the allocations under subsection 
(e)(1). 
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‘‘(k) REQUIRED
CONSIDERATION
FOR
ACCESSI-
BILITY.—In expending amounts from the Fund, the Sec-
retary and the Secretary of Agriculture shall incorporate 
measures to improve the accessibility of assets and accom-
modate visitors and employees with disabilities in accord-
ance with applicable law.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of chapters 
for subtitle II of title 54, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to chapter 2003 the 
following: 
‘‘2004. National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund .....200401’’. 
(c) GAO STUDY.—Not later than 5 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 
of the United States shall— 
(1) conduct a study on the implementation of 
this section and the amendments made by this sec-
tion, including whether this section and the amend-
ments made by this section have effectively reduced 
the priority deferred maintenance backlog of the cov-
ered agencies (as that term is defined in section 
200401 of title 54, United States Code); and 
(2) submit to Congress a report that describes 
the results of the study under paragraph (1). 
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SEC. 3. PERMANENT FULL FUNDING OF THE LAND AND 
WATER CONSERVATION FUND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 200303 of title 54, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 200303. Availability of funds 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Any amounts deposited in the 
Fund under section 200302 for fiscal year 2020 and each 
fiscal year thereafter shall be made available for expendi-
ture for fiscal year 2021 and each fiscal year thereafter, 
without further appropriation or fiscal year limitation, to 
carry out the purposes of the Fund (including accounts 
and programs made available from the Fund pursuant to 
the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Pub-
lic Law 116–94; 133 Stat. 2534)). 
‘‘(b) ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS.—Amounts made avail-
able under subsection (a) shall be in addition to amounts 
made available to the Fund under section 105 of the Gulf 
of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331 
note; Public Law 109–432) or otherwise appropriated 
from the Fund. 
‘‘(c) ALLOCATION AUTHORITY.— 
‘‘(1) SUBMISSION
OF
COST
ESTIMATES.—The 
President shall submit to Congress detailed account, 
program, and project allocations of the full amount 
made available under subsection (a)— 
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amounts made available under subsection 
(a) that are less than the full amount ap-
propriated under that subsection, the dif-
ference between the amount appropriated 
and the alternate allocation shall be allo-
cated by the President. 
‘‘(3) 
RECREATIONAL
PUBLIC
ACCESS.— 
Amounts expended from the Fund under this section 
shall be consistent with the requirements for rec-
reational public access for hunting, fishing, rec-
reational shooting, or other outdoor recreational pur-
poses under section 200306(c). 
‘‘(4) ANNUAL
REPORT.—The President shall 
submit to Congress an annual report that describes 
the final allocation by account, program, and project 
of amounts made available under subsection (a), in-
cluding a description of the status of obligations and 
expenditures.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Section 200302(c) of title 54, United States 
Code, is amended by striking paragraph (3). 
(2) Section 200306(a)(2)(B) of title 54, United 
States Code, is amended by striking clause (iii). 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for chapter 2003 of title 54, United States Code, is 
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amended by striking the item relating to section 200303 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘200303. Availability of funds.’’. 
Æ 
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