Title: Restore Our Parks and Public Lands Act
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
Restore Our Parks and Public Lands Act
Amounts deposited in the fund must not exceed $1.3 billion for any fiscal year and must be used for meeting high-priority deferred maintenance needs of the National Park Service.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6510 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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 
 maintenance 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.


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                    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. Sewell of Alabama, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Ms. 
 DeGette, Miss Gonzalez-Colon of Puerto Rico, Ms. Norton, Mrs. Handel, 
Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Upton, Mr. Gonzalez of Texas, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, 
 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 Committee on Natural 
   Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Education 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 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 Restoration Fund to address the 
 maintenance 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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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 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 and Public 
Lands Legacy Restoration Fund'' (referred to in this section as the 
``Fund'').
    (b) Deposits.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (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 development revenues due and payable to the United 
        States from oil, gas, coal, or alternative or renewable energy 
        development on Federal land and water that are not otherwise 
        credited, covered, or deposited 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 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 Leasing 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 Interior may request 
        the Secretary of the Treasury to invest any portion of the Fund 
        that is not, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior, 
        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--
                    (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 outstanding marketable 
                obligations of the United States of comparable 
                maturity.
            (3) Credits to fund.--The income on investments 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 Service 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 described in clause 
                (i) or (ii) of subparagraph (B) for the repair and 
                rehabilitation of assets, including--
                            (i) historic structures, facilities, and 
                        other historic assets;
                            (ii) 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
                            (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.
            (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 public 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 operations, maintenance, and 
        construction needs of the entities for which amounts from the 
        Fund are allocated 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 Committee on Appropriations of the Senate 
(referred to in this section as the ``Committees'').
    (h) Congressional Approval.--After review of each list submitted 
under subsection (g), the Committees may provide for the allocation of 
amounts derived from the Fund with respect to such list.
    (i) Project Approval.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), if, 
        before the beginning of a fiscal year, the Committees do not 
        alter the allocation of funds proposed by the entity for that 
        fiscal year, the list submitted under subsection (g) for that 
        fiscal year shall be considered approved.
            (2) Continuing resolution.--If, before the beginning of a 
        fiscal year, there is enacted a continuing resolution or 
        resolutions for a period of--
                    (A) less than or equal to 120 days, each entity for 
                which amounts from the Fund are allocated under 
                subsection (e) shall not obligate funds to any project 
                contained in a list submitted under subsection (g) for 
                that fiscal year until the date of enactment of a law 
                making appropriations for such entity that is not a 
                continuing resolution; or
                    (B) more than 120 days, each project contained in a 
                list submitted under subsection (g) for that fiscal 
                year shall be considered approved, unless otherwise 
                provided in the continuing resolution or resolutions.
    (j) Public Donations.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of the Interior, the 
        Director of the National Park Service, the Director of the 
        United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the Director of the 
        Bureau of Land Management, and the Assistant Secretary of 
        Indian Affairs may accept public cash or in-kind donations that 
        advance efforts--
                    (A) to reduce the deferred maintenance backlog of 
                the National Park Service, the national wildlife refuge 
                system maintenance backlog of the United States Fish 
                and Wildlife Service, 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 refuge system maintenance backlog of the 
        United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the public access and 
        recreation backlog of the Bureau of Land Management, 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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