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115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6510 
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 
JULY 25, 2018 
Mr. BISHOP of Utah (for himself, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. SIMPSON, Ms. 
WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. STIVERS, Ms. HANABUSA, Mr. YOUNG of 
Alaska, Mr. KILMER, Mr. COOK, Ms. TSONGAS, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. 
SCHRADER, Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, Ms. SINEMA, Mr. GIANFORTE, Mr. 
WELCH, Mr. CRAMER, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. COLE, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. HURD, 
Ms. MENG, Mr. CURTIS, Mr. COSTA, Mr. REICHERT, Mr. KIND, Mrs. 
LOVE, Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico, Mr. AMODEI, Ms. 
FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. TIPTON, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. STEWART, Ms. SE-
WELL of Alabama, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Ms. DEGETTE, Miss 
GONZA´LEZ-COLO´N of Puerto Rico, Ms. NORTON, Mrs. HANDEL, Mr. 
GARAMENDI, Mr. UPTON, Mr. GONZALEZ of Texas, Mr. ROGERS of Ala-
bama, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mrs. COMSTOCK, Mr. VISCLOSKY, Mr. 
PAULSEN, Mr. TURNER, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Ms. BONAMICI, and Mr. 
NOLAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Edu-
cation and the Workforce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a 
period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
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 
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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 2019 through 
2023, 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 
are not otherwise credited, covered, or deposited 
under Federal law. 
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(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 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. 
(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) 80 percent of amounts in the Fund shall be 
allocated to the Director of the National Park Serv-
ice for high-priority deferred maintenance needs, as 
determined by the Director, of which— 
(A) 65 percent shall be allocated for 
projects that are not eligible for the funding de-
scribed in clause (i) or (ii) of subparagraph (B) 
for the repair and rehabilitation of assets, in-
cluding— 
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(i) historic structures, facilities, and 
other historic assets; 
(ii) nonhistoric assets that relate di-
rectly to visitor— 
(I) access, including making fa-
cilities accessible to visitors with dis-
abilities; 
(II) health and safety; and 
(III) recreation; and 
(iii) visitor facilities, water and utility 
systems, and employee housing; and 
(B) 35 percent shall be allocated to road, 
bridge, tunnel, or other transportation-related 
projects that may be eligible for funding made 
available to the Director of the National Park 
Service through— 
(i) the transportation program under 
section 203 of title 23; or 
(ii) any similar Federal land highway 
program administered by the Secretary of 
Transportation. 
(2) 10 percent of amounts in the Fund shall be 
allocated to the Director of the United States Fish 
and Wildlife Service for purposes of addressing the 
national wildlife refuge system maintenance backlog. 
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(3) 5 percent of amounts in the Fund shall be 
allocated to the Director of the Bureau of Land 
Management for the purposes of addressing the pub-
lic access and recreation backlog. 
(4) 5 percent of amounts in the Fund shall be 
allocated to the Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs for the purposes of addressing the 
Bureau of Indian Education school construction and 
deferred maintenance backlogs. 
(f) 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, maintenance, and construction needs of the 
entities for which amounts from the Fund are allo-
cated under subsection (e). 
(g) SUBMISSION OF ANNUAL PROPOSAL.—As part of 
the annual budget submission of each entity for which 
amounts from the Fund are allocated under subsection 
(e), such entity shall submit a prioritized list of deferred 
maintenance projects or backlog projects proposed to be 
funded by amounts in the Fund during the fiscal year for 
which the budget submission is made to the Committee 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
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(B) more than 120 days, each project con-
tained in a list submitted under subsection (g) 
for that fiscal year shall be considered ap-
proved, unless otherwise provided in the con-
tinuing resolution or resolutions. 
(j) 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-
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. 
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(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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