dangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 
1535); and 
‘‘(D) for the American Battlefield Protec-
tion Program established under chapter 3081; 
and 
‘‘(3) not less than 1.5 percent or $10,000,000, 
whichever is greater, shall be used for projects that 
secure recreational public access to Federal public 
land for hunting, fishing, or other recreational pur-
poses.’’. 
(c) CONSERVATION EASEMENTS.—Section 200306 of 
title 54, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(c) CONSERVATION EASEMENTS.—The Secretary 
and the Secretary of Agriculture shall consider the acqui-
sition of conservation easements and other similar inter-
ests in land where appropriate and feasible.’’. 
(d) 
ACQUISITION
CONSIDERATIONS.—Section 
200306 of title 54, United States Code (as amended by 
subsection (c)), is amended by adding at the end of the 
following: 
‘‘(d) ACQUISITION CONSIDERATIONS.—The Secretary 
and the Secretary of Agriculture shall take into account 
the following in determining the land or interests in land 
to acquire: 
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‘‘(1) Management efficiencies. 
‘‘(2) Management cost savings. 
‘‘(3) Geographic distribution. 
‘‘(4) Significance of the acquisition. 
‘‘(5) Urgency of the acquisition. 
‘‘(6) Threats to the integrity of the land to be 
acquired. 
‘‘(7) The recreational value of the land.’’. 
SEC. 2. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MAINTENANCE AND RE-
VITALIZATION CONSERVATION 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 Maintenance and 
Revitalization Conservation Fund 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is established in the 
Treasury a fund, to be known as the ‘National Park Serv-
ice Critical Maintenance and Revitalization Conservation 
Fund’ (referred to in this section as the ‘Fund’). 
‘‘(b) DEPOSITS
TO FUND.—Notwithstanding any 
provision of law providing that the proceeds shall be cred-
ited to miscellaneous receipts of the Treasury, for each 
fiscal year, there shall be deposited in the Fund, from rev-
enues due and payable to the United States under section 
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9 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 
1338) $150,000,000. 
‘‘(c) USE AND AVAILABILITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Amounts deposited in the 
Fund shall— 
‘‘(A) be used only for the purposes de-
scribed in subsection (d); and 
‘‘(B) be available for expenditure only after 
the amounts are appropriated for those pur-
poses. 
‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY.—Any amounts in the Fund 
not appropriated shall remain available in the Fund 
until appropriated. 
‘‘(3) NO LIMITATION.—Appropriations from the 
Fund pursuant to this section may be made without 
fiscal year limitation. 
‘‘(d) NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM CRITICAL DEFERRED 
MAINTENANCE.—The Secretary shall use amounts appro-
priated from the Fund for high priority deferred mainte-
nance needs of the Service that support critical infrastruc-
ture and visitor services. 
‘‘(e) LAND ACQUISITION PROHIBITION.—Amounts in 
the Fund shall not be used for land acquisition.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for chapter 1049 of title 54, United States Code, is 
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amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
104907 the following: 
‘‘104908. National Park Service Maintenance and Revitalization Conservation 
Fund.’’. 
Æ 
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