SEC. 2. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE LEGACY RESTORATION 
FUND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1049 of title 54, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 104908. National Park Service Legacy Restoration 
Fund 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is established in the 
Treasury of the United States a fund, to be known as the 
‘National Park Service Legacy Restoration Fund’ (re-
ferred to in this section as the ‘Fund’). 
‘‘(b) DEPOSITS.—At the beginning of each applicable 
fiscal year, there shall be deposited in the Fund from min-
eral revenues due and payable to the United States that 
are not otherwise credited, covered, or deposited under 
Federal law— 
‘‘(1) $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018, 
2019, and 2020; 
‘‘(2) $150,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2021, 2022, and 2023; 
‘‘(3) $250,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2024, 2025, and 2026; and 
‘‘(4) $500,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 
through 2047. 
‘‘(c) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), amounts deposited in the Fund shall be 
available to the Service for expenditure without fur-
ther appropriation. 
‘‘(2) UNOBLIGATED AMOUNTS.—Any amounts 
not obligated by the date that is 2 years after the 
date on which the amounts are first available shall 
be credited to miscellaneous receipts of the Treas-
ury. 
‘‘(d) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts in the Fund shall 
be used for the high-priority deferred maintenance needs 
of the Service, as determined by the Director, as follows: 
‘‘(1) Eighty percent of amounts in the Fund 
shall be allocated for projects that are not eligible 
for the funding described in subparagraph (A) or 
(B) of paragraph (2) for the repair and rehabilita-
tion of assets, including— 
‘‘(A) historic structures, facilities, and 
other historic assets; 
‘‘(B) nonhistoric assets that relate directly 
to visitor— 
‘‘(i) access, including making facilities 
accessible to visitors with disabilities; 
‘‘(ii) health and safety; and 
‘‘(iii) recreation; and 
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‘‘(C) visitor facilities, water and utility sys-
tems, and employee housing. 
‘‘(2) Twenty percent of amounts in the Fund 
shall be allocated to road, bridge, tunnel, or other 
transportation-related projects that may be eligible 
for funding made available to the Service through— 
‘‘(A) the transportation program under 
section 203 of title 23; or 
‘‘(B) any similar Federal land highway 
program administered by the Secretary of 
Transportation. 
‘‘(e) PROHIBITED USE OF FUNDS.—No amounts in 
the Fund shall be used— 
‘‘(1) for land acquisition; or 
‘‘(2) to supplant discretionary funding made 
available for the annually recurring facility oper-
ations and maintenance needs of the Service. 
‘‘(f) SUBMISSION OF ANNUAL PROPOSAL.—As part 
of the annual budget submission of the Service to the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate 
(referred to in this section as the ‘Committees’), the Serv-
ice shall submit a prioritized list of deferred maintenance 
projects proposed to be funded by amounts in the Fund 
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during the fiscal year for which the budget submission is 
made. 
‘‘(g) CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW.—After review of the 
list submitted under subsection (f), the Committees may 
provide for the allocation of amounts derived from the 
Fund. 
‘‘(h) PROJECT APPROVAL.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), if, before the beginning of a fiscal year, 
the Committees do not alter the allocation of funds 
proposed by the Service for that fiscal year, the list 
submitted under subsection (f) for that fiscal year 
shall be considered approved. 
‘‘(2) CONTINUING RESOLUTION.—If, before the 
beginning of a fiscal year, there is enacted a con-
tinuing resolution or resolutions for a period of— 
‘‘(A) less than or equal to 120 days, the 
Service shall not commit funds to any proposed 
high-priority deferred maintenance project until 
the date of enactment of a law making appro-
priations for the Service that is not a con-
tinuing resolution; or 
‘‘(B) more than 120 days, the list sub-
mitted under subsection (f) for that fiscal year 
shall be considered approved, unless otherwise 
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provided in the continuing resolution or resolu-
tions. 
‘‘(i) PUBLIC DONATIONS.—To encourage public-pri-
vate partnerships that will reduce the overall deferred 
maintenance costs to the Service, the Secretary and the 
Director may accept public cash or in-kind donations by 
including on each list submitted to Congress under sub-
section (f) after the date of enactment of this section each 
project, regardless of the priority ranking of the project, 
that costs— 
‘‘(1) less than $2,000,000, with at least a 33- 
percent non-Federal cost-share component; or 
‘‘(2) equal to or more than $2,000,000, with at 
least a 25-percent non-Federal cost-share compo-
nent.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for chapter 1049 of title 54, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘104908. National Park Service Legacy Restoration Fund.’’. 
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