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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1225 
To establish, fund, and provide for the use of amounts in a National Park 
Service and Public Lands Legacy Restoration Fund to address the main-
tenance backlog of the National Park Service, United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, and Bureau of Indian 
Education, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 14, 2019 
Mr. BISHOP of Utah (for himself, Mr. KILMER, Mr. VELA, Mr. COOK, Ms. 
WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. AGUILAR, Mr. 
BERGMAN, Mr. CONNOLLY, Ms. MENG, Mr. COOPER, Mr. TURNER, Mr. 
TIPTON, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. ROONEY of Florida, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. 
JOYCE of Pennsylvania, Mr. GAETZ, Mrs. WALORSKI, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, 
Mr. HICE of Georgia, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, 
Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Ms. NORTON, 
Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. FLEISCHMANN, Mr. ALLEN, Mrs. LESKO, Mr. 
JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. LUJA´N, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. RESCHENTHALER, 
Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. LAMB, Mr. PANETTA, Ms. 
WILD, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Ms. 
PINGREE, Mr. CURTIS, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. CUMMINGS, 
Mr. PETERS, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. SIRES, Mr. STEWART, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. 
MOONEY of West Virginia, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. STIV-
ERS, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. ZELDIN, Mr. WELCH, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. 
WILSON of Florida, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. YOUNG, 
Miss GONZA´LEZ-COLO´N of Puerto Rico, Mr. AMODEI, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. 
WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. KATKO, Mrs. RADEWAGEN, 
Mr. GALLAGHER, Mr. HILL of Arkansas, Mr. CLEAVER, Ms. SCANLON, 
Mr. RUIZ, Mr. CLAY, Ms. DEAN, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. CISNEROS, Mr. 
ENGEL, Mr. SCHRADER, Mr. ROUDA, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. SMITH of 
Washington, Mr. GIANFORTE, Mr. BUDD, Mr. COLE, Mr. HURD of 
Texas, Mr. LONG, Mr. DAVID P. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. SIMPSON, Ms. 
STEFANIK, and Ms. HOULAHAN) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the 
Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently de-
termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
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A BILL 
To establish, fund, and provide for the use of amounts in 
a National Park Service and Public Lands Legacy Res-
toration Fund to address the maintenance backlog of 
the National Park Service, United States Fish and Wild-
life Service, Bureau of Land Management, and Bureau 
of Indian Education, 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 ‘‘Restore Our Parks 
and Public Lands Act’’. 
SEC. 2. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND PUBLIC LANDS LEG-
ACY RESTORATION FUND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is established in the Treas-
ury of the United States a fund, to be known as the ‘‘Na-
tional Park Service and Public Lands Legacy Restoration 
Fund’’ (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Fund’’). 
(b) DEPOSITS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), for each of fiscal years 2020 through 
2024, 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 that 
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would otherwise be credited, covered, or deposited as 
miscellaneous receipts under Federal law. 
(2) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—The amount deposited 
in the Fund under paragraph (1) shall not exceed 
$1,300,000,000 for any fiscal year. 
(3) EFFECT ON OTHER REVENUES.—Nothing 
in this section affects the disposition 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 Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et 
seq.), and chapter 2003 of title 54, United States 
Code, of energy development revenues— 
(A) to special funds, trust funds, or States; 
or 
(B) that have been otherwise appropriated 
under Federal law. 
(c) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts deposited in 
the Fund shall be available to the Secretary of the Interior 
without further appropriation or fiscal year limitation. 
(d) INVESTMENT OF AMOUNTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Inte-
rior may request the Secretary of the Treasury to 
invest any portion of the Fund that is not, as deter-
mined by the Secretary of the Interior, required to 
meet the current needs of the Fund. 
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(2) REQUIREMENT.—An investment requested 
under paragraph (1) shall be made by the Secretary 
of the Treasury in a public debt security— 
(A) with a maturity suitable to the needs 
of the Fund, as determined by the Secretary of 
the Interior; 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 invest-
ments of the Fund under this subsection shall be 
credited to, and form a part of, the Fund. 
(e) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts in the Fund shall be 
used as follows: 
(1) Eighty percent of amounts in the Fund 
shall be allocated for priority deferred maintenance 
projects, including other infrastructure deficiencies 
directly related to such deferred maintenance 
projects, as determined by the Secretary of the Inte-
rior and the Director of the National Park Service, 
with the goal of ensuring overall parity between 
amounts allocated to transportation and non-trans-
portation projects. 
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(2) Ten percent of amounts in the Fund shall 
be allocated for purposes of addressing the national 
wildlife refuge system maintenance backlog, as de-
termined by the Secretary of the Interior and the 
Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service. 
(3) Five percent of amounts in the Fund shall 
be allocated for the purposes of addressing the pub-
lic access and recreation backlog on public lands, as 
determined by the Secretary of the Interior and the 
Director of the Bureau of Land Management. 
(4) Five percent of amounts in the Fund shall 
be for the purposes of addressing the Bureau of In-
dian Education school construction and deferred 
maintenance backlogs, as determined by the Sec-
retary of the Interior and the Director of the Bu-
reau of Indian Education. 
(f) LIMIT ON USE OF FUNDS.—No more than 10 per-
cent of the amounts in the Fund may be used for adminis-
trative costs incurred in implementing this Act. 
(g) PROHIBITED USE OF FUNDS.—No amounts in 
the Fund shall be used— 
(1) for land acquisition; 
(2) to supplant discretionary funding made 
available for the annually recurring facility oper-
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ations, maintenance, and construction needs of the 
entities for which amounts from the Fund are allo-
cated under subsection (e); or 
(3) for performance awards for Federal employ-
ees who are employed in implementing this Act. 
(h) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary of 
the Interior shall submit to the Committees on Appropria-
tions and Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate 
and to the Committees on Appropriations and Natural Re-
sources in the House of Representatives, with the annual 
budget submission of the President, a list of projects for 
which the amounts in the Fund are allocated under this 
section, including a description of each such project. 
(i) PUBLIC DONATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Inte-
rior, the Director of the National Park Service, the 
Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service, the Director of the Bureau of Land Man-
agement, and the Assistant Secretary of Indian Af-
fairs may accept public cash or in-kind donations 
that advance efforts— 
(A) to reduce the deferred maintenance 
backlog of the National Park Service, the na-
tional wildlife refuge system maintenance back-
log of the United States Fish and Wildlife Serv-
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ice, the public access and recreation backlog of 
the Bureau of Land Management, and the 
school construction backlog of the Bureau of 
Indian Education, respectively; and 
(B) to encourage relevant public-private 
partnerships. 
(2) CREDITS TO FUND.—Any cash donations 
accepted under paragraph (1) shall be credited to, 
and form a part of, the Fund. 
(3) REPORTING.—Each donation received under 
paragraph (1) that is used for, or directly related to, 
the reduction of the deferred maintenance backlog of 
the National Park Service, the national wildlife ref-
uge system maintenance backlog of the United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service, the public access 
and recreation backlog of the Bureau of Land Man-
agement, and the school construction backlog of the 
Bureau of Indian Education, shall be included with 
the annual budget submission of the President to 
Congress. 
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