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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Simon Wiesenthal Holocaust Education 
Assistance Act''.

SEC. 2. HOLOCAUST EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM.

    Part A of title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 7111 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:

          ``Subpart 3--Holocaust Education Assistance Program

``SEC. 4131. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

    ``(a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
            ``(1) The Holocaust was a historical event that resulted in 
        the systemic, state-sponsored, mass murders by Nazi Germany of 
        6,000,000 Jews, along with millions of others, in the name of 
        racial purity.
            ``(2) Eight States (California, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, 
        Michigan, New Jersey, New York, and Rhode Island) now mandate 
        that the Holocaust be taught in the educational curriculum, and 
        12 States (Alabama, Connecticut, Georgia, Mississippi, 
        Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, 
        Tennessee, Washington, and West Virginia) recommend teaching 
        the Holocaust but the funds necessary to carry out those 
        recommendations may not be available.
            ``(3) The Holocaust is a sensitive and difficult subject to 
        teach effectively, and educators need appropriate teaching 
        tools and training to increase their knowledge of the Holocaust 
        and enhance the educational experience.
    ``(b) Statement of Purpose.--It is the purpose of this subpart--
            ``(1) to educate students in the United States so that 
        they--
                    ``(A) may explore the lessons that the Holocaust 
                provides for all people; and
                    ``(B) may be less susceptible to the falsehood of 
                Holocaust denial and to the destructive messages of 
                hate that arise from Holocaust denial; and
            ``(2) to provide resources and support for educational 
        programs that--
                    ``(A) portray accurate historical information about 
                the Holocaust;
                    ``(B) sensitize communities to the circumstances 
                that gave rise to the Holocaust;
                    ``(C) convey the lessons that the Holocaust 
                provides for all people; and
                    ``(D) develop curriculum guides and provide 
                training to help teachers incorporate the study of the 
                Holocaust and its lessons into mainstream disciplines.

``SEC. 4132. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.

    ``(a) In General.--From funds made available under subsection (c), 
the Secretary is authorized to award grants to educational 
organizations to carry out proposed or existing Holocaust educational 
programs.
    ``(b) Contract With Nonprofit.--The Secretary is authorized to 
enter into a contract with a nonprofit organization exempt from 
taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
under which the organization will encourage, accept, and administer 
voluntary private donations and gifts of money from individuals, 
corporations, foundations and other donors for the purpose of funding 
the activities under this subpart. A donation may not be accepted in 
exchange for a commitment to the donor on the part of the Secretary or 
which attaches conditions inconsistent with applicable laws and 
regulations or that is conditioned upon or will require the expenditure 
of appropriated funds that are not available to the Department, or 
which compromises a criminal or civil position of the United States or 
any of its departments or agencies or the administrative authority of 
any agency of the United States. The Secretary shall ensure that such 
contract contains provisions setting forth the criteria to be used in 
determining whether the solicitation or acceptance of a donation is 
prohibited because the donation would reflect unfavorably upon the 
ability of the Department, or any official or employee of the 
Department, to carry out its responsibilities or official duties in a 
fair and objective manner, or would compromise the integrity or the 
appearance of the integrity of its programs or any official or employee 
involved in those programs.
    ``(c) Use of Funds.--The Secretary is authorized to accept 
donations of money from the nonprofit described in subsection (b). Such 
funds shall be deposited in a special fund established in the Treasury 
of the United States titled `Holocaust Education Assistance Program 
Account' and shall remain available to the Secretary until expended, to 
the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts, to carry out 
this subpart.

``SEC. 4133. APPLICATION.

    ``The Secretary may award a grant under this subpart only to an 
educational organization that has submitted an application to the 
Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information 
as the Secretary may require.

``SEC. 4134. USE OF GRANTS.

    ``(a) In General.--An educational organization receiving a grant 
under this subpart may use the grant only to carry out the Holocaust 
education program for which the grant was provided.
    ``(b) Requirements.--An educational organization receiving a grant 
under this subpart shall comply with the following requirements:
            ``(1) Continuation of eligibility.--The educational 
        organization shall, throughout the period that the educational 
        organization receives and uses the grant, continue to be an 
        educational organization.
            ``(2) Supplementation of existing funds.--The educational 
        organization shall ensure that the grant is used to supplement, 
        and not supplant, non-Federal funds that would otherwise be 
        available to the educational organization to carry out the 
        Holocaust education program for which the grant was provided.
    ``(c) Additional Conditions.--The Secretary may require additional 
terms and conditions in connection with the use of grants provided 
under this subpart as the Secretary considers appropriate.
    ``(d) Cooperative Arrangements.--The Secretary should encourage 
educational organizations to work cooperatively with State educational 
agencies or local educational agencies in applying for and using grants 
under this subpart.

``SEC. 4135. SELECTION CRITERIA.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall award grants under this 
subpart in accordance with competitive criteria to be established by 
the Secretary.
    ``(b) Consultation With Holocaust Educators.--In establishing the 
competitive criteria under subsection (a), the Secretary shall consult 
with a number of prominent educators in the field of Holocaust 
education, to be determined by the Secretary.

``SEC. 4136. REVIEW AND SANCTIONS.

    ``(a) Annual Review.--The Secretary shall review at least annually 
each educational organization receiving a grant under this subpart to 
determine the extent to which the educational organization has complied 
with the provisions of this subpart and the regulations issued under 
this subpart.
    ``(b) Imposition of Sanctions.--The Secretary may impose one or 
more sanctions, to be determined by the Secretary, on an educational 
organization for the failure of the educational organization to comply 
substantially with the provisions of this subpart or the regulations 
issued under this subpart.

``SEC. 4137. ANNUAL REPORT.

    ``Not later than February 1 of each year, the Secretary shall 
submit to the Congress a report describing the activities carried out 
under this subpart and containing any related information that the 
Secretary considers appropriate.

``SEC. 4138. DEFINITIONS.

    ``In this subpart:
            ``(1) Educational organization.--The term `educational 
        organization' means an entity--
                    ``(A) described in section 501(c)(3) of the 
                Internal Revenue Code of 1986;
                    ``(B) exempt from tax under section 501(a) of the 
                Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and
                    ``(C) organized and operated for cultural, 
                literary, or educational purposes.
            ``(2) Holocaust education program.--The term `Holocaust 
        education program' means a program that--
                    ``(A) has as its specific and primary purpose to 
                improve awareness and understanding of the Holocaust; 
                and
                    ``(B) to achieve such purpose, furnishes one or 
                more of the following:
                            ``(i) Educational materials.
                            ``(ii) Student and school-based activities, 
                        including field trips.
                            ``(iii) Teacher training.
                            ``(iv) Any other good or service designed 
                        to improve awareness and understanding of the 
                        Holocaust.
            ``(3) Holocaust.--The term `Holocaust' means the systemic, 
        state-sponsored, mass murders by Nazi Germany of 6,000,000 
        Jews, and millions of others, in the name of racial purity.

``SEC. 4139. REGULATIONS.

    ``The Secretary shall issue any regulations necessary to carry out 
this subpart.''.

SEC. 3. CLERICAL AMENDMENT.

    The table of contents of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 is amended by adding after the item relating to section 4121 
the following:

          ``Subpart 3--Holocaust Education Assistance Program

``Sec. 4131. Findings and purposes.
``Sec. 4132. Program authorized.
``Sec. 4133. Application.
``Sec. 4134. Use of grants.
``Sec. 4135. Selection criteria.
``Sec. 4136. Review and sanctions.
``Sec. 4137. Annual report.
``Sec. 4138. Definitions.
``Sec. 4139. Regulations.''.
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Simon Wiesenthal Holocaust Education Assistance Act This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Department of Education (ED) to award competitive grants to educational organizations to carry out proposed or existing Holocaust education programs. ED may contract with a nonprofit organization to encourage, accept, and administer private donations and gifts for funding the education programs. Grants may not be used to supplant nonfederal funds the grantees would otherwise have used for Holocaust education programs.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Missile Defense Burdensharing Act of 
2001''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) The United States has established burdensharing 
        arrangements with Japan, member nations of the North Atlantic 
        Treaty Organization (NATO), and other countries to share the 
        costs of common defense efforts and successfully solicited 
        contributions from several countries to offset costs relating 
        to the Persian Gulf War.
            (2) The President has stated that a missile defense system 
        should be deployed to protect allies and other friendly foreign 
        countries as well as the United States.

SEC. 3. DETERMINATION OF SCOPE OF MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM; DESIGNATION 
              OF PROTECTED COUNTRIES.

    (a) Determination Relating to Scope of Missile Defense System.--Not 
later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
President--
            (1) shall determine whether any missile defense system to 
        be developed by the United States is intended to protect the 
        territory of allied or other friendly foreign countries, in 
        addition to the territory of the United States, from ballistic 
        missile attack; and
            (2) shall prepare and transmit to Congress a report 
        containing the determination of the President under paragraph 
        (1).
    (b) Designation of Protected Countries.--If the President makes a 
determination under subsection (a)(1) that a proposed United States 
missile defense system is intended to protect the territory of allied 
or other friendly foreign countries from ballistic missile attack, the 
President--
            (1) shall designate each allied or other friendly foreign 
        country, with respect to which the system is intended to 
        protect, as a protected country for the purposes of this Act, 
        and shall so notify Congress in writing at least 30 days prior 
        to the designation; and
            (2) shall notify Congress in writing at least 30 days prior 
        to the termination of a designation of a country.
    (c) Additional Requirement With Respect to Termination of 
Designation of Protected Countries.--
            (1) In general.--As part of the notification to Congress 
        with respect to the termination of a designation of a country 
        as a protected country under subsection (b)(2), the President 
        shall include a description of the reasons for the termination, 
        including an assessment of the effect of the termination on the 
        security relations between the country and the United States 
        and on mutual commitments of the United States under bilateral 
        and multilateral security arrangements, such as the North 
        Atlantic Treaty.
            (2) Notification of involved countries.--The President 
        shall transmit to the government of a country with respect to 
        which the President has terminated the designation of the 
        country as a protected country under subsection (b)(2) a copy 
        of the notification to Congress with respect to such 
        termination.

SEC. 4. BURDENSHARING CONTRIBUTIONS BY PROTECTED COUNTRIES.

    (a) Solicitation of Contributions.--The President shall seek 
financial contributions from each protected country designated by the 
President under section 3(b)(1) commensurate with the country's 
proportional share of protection from the United States missile defense 
system.
    (b) Use of Contributions.--Contributions received pursuant to 
subsection (a) shall be used to offset costs incurred by the United 
States for deployment of the missile defense system, including costs 
relating to procurement, construction, operations, and personnel.

SEC. 5. ANNUAL REPORTS.

    (a) Report by Secretary of Defense.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense, acting through 
        the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, shall submit to 
        Congress an annual report that--
                    (A) identifies each foreign country that would 
                receive protection under the missile defense system 
                from ballistic missile attack, irrespective of whether 
                or not the country has been designated by the President 
                under section 3(b)(1) as a protected country; and
                    (B) describes the nature and extent of the 
                protection for each such foreign country.
            (2) Form.--The report shall be submitted in unclassified 
        form, but may contain a classified annex.
    (b) Report by the President.--The President shall transmit to 
Congress as part of the annual budget request a report that--
            (1) describes the extent to which each protected country 
        designated by the President under section 3(b)(1) has provided 
        financial contributions to the United States in accordance with 
        section 4(a);
            (2) describes the proportion of actual and expected 
        contributions by each protected country as a share of overall 
        costs of the missile defense system; and
            (3) describes efforts by the United States to obtain 
        payments from protected countries that have not fully 
        contributed to their share of protection under the missile 
        defense system.

SEC. 6. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.

    In this Act, the term ``missile defense system'' does not include a 
theater missile defense system that is designed or deployed to defend 
elements of the United States Armed Forces that are deployed outside 
the United States.
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Missile Defense Burdensharing Act of 2001 - Directs the President to: (1) determine whether any missile defense system to be developed by the United States is intended to protect, in addition to U.S. territory, the territory of allied or other friendly countries from ballistic missile attack; and (2) seek financial contributions from each protected country, if any, commensurate with their proportional share of protection from such system.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Park Centennial Act of 
2004''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds:
            (1) The National Park Service was established to conserve 
        the national parks, their scenery, natural and historic 
        objects, and wildlife for the enjoyment, in such manner and by 
        such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of 
        future generations.
            (2) The central purpose of the establishment of our 
        national parks is being challenged by chronic funding 
        shortfalls, which have created annual shortfalls in operational 
        funding that exceed $600,000,000, and have amassed a 
        maintenance backlog estimated by the General Accounting Office 
        at between $4,080,000,000 and $6,800,000,000.
            (3) Without providing the Park Service the resources 
        necessary to operate and maintain our national parks, future 
        generations will receive diminished visitor services, will 
        experience a continually weakening system that is less and less 
        able to fulfill its mission, and will inherit a national park 
        system than has been left to them in worse condition that it 
        was left to their ancestors.
            (4) The annual appropriations process has proved incapable 
        of fully addressing the debilitating funding shortfalls of the 
        national parks, making it necessary to supplement what the 
        appropriations process is able to accomplish.
            (5) It is necessary to ensure that fiscal resources devoted 
        to the national parks are spent wisely and effectively, making 
        strong congressional oversight over annual appropriations 
        extremely important.
            (6) Congress can enhance the resources available for 
        national park operations and ensure adequate oversight over 
        Park Service spending by removing from the appropriations 
        process a series of funding responsibilities that are outside 
        the core operating budgets for the national parks.
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to eliminate the annual 
operating deficit and the maintenance backlog in the national parks by 
the centennial anniversary of the National Park System by enabling 
Congress to focus on overseeing and fully funding the core operations 
of the national parks in the annual appropriations process.

                        TITLE I--CENTENNIAL FUND

SEC. 101. CENTENNIAL FUND FOR PRESERVING AMERICA'S NATIONAL PARKS.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established in the Treasury of the 
United States a fund which shall be known as the ``National Park 
Centennial Fund'', hereinafter in this Act referred to as the 
``Centennial Fund''. In each fiscal year beginning in fiscal year 2005, 
the Secretary of the Treasury shall deposit in the Centennial Fund 
amounts set forth in subsection (b) sufficient to fund the programs 
identified in titles II, III, and IV.
    (b) Appropriations.--There are hereby appropriated to the 
Centennial Fund in each fiscal year, the following amounts:
            (1) Amounts equivalent to the amounts designated in the 
        fiscal year concerned under section 6097 of the Internal 
        Revenue Code of 1986.
            (2) Any additional amounts necessary to make the total 
        amounts deposited to the Centennial Fund each fiscal year equal 
        to the total amount listed in section 103.

SEC. 102. DESIGNATION OF OVERPAYMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE BENEFIT 
              OF UNITS OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter A of chapter 61 of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new part:

   ``PART IX--DESIGNATION OF OVERPAYMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE 
              BENEFIT OF UNITS OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM

``Sec. 6097. Designation.

``SEC. 6097. DESIGNATION.

    ``(a) In General.--In the case of an individual, with respect to 
each taxpayer's return for the taxable year of the tax imposed by 
chapter 1, such taxpayer may designate that--
            ``(1) a specified portion (but not less than $1) of any 
        overpayment of tax for such taxable year, and
            ``(2) any cash contribution which the taxpayer includes 
        with such return, shall be used for the benefit of units of the 
        National Park System.
    ``(b) Manner and Time of Designation.--A designation under 
subsection (a) may be made with respect to any taxable year only at the 
time of filing the return of the tax imposed by chapter 1 for such 
taxable year. Such designation shall be made in such manner as the 
Secretary prescribes by regulations except that such designation shall 
be made either on the first page of the return or on the page bearing 
the taxpayer's signature.
    ``(c) Overpayments Treated as Refunded.--For purposes of this 
title, any portion of any overpayment of tax designated under 
subsection (a) shall be treated as being refunded to the taxpayer as of 
the last date prescribed for filing the return of tax imposed by 
chapter 1 (determined without regard to extensions) or, if later, the 
date the return is filed.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of parts for subchapter A of 
chapter 61 of such Code is amended by adding at the end thereof the 
following new item:

   ``Part IX. Designation of overpayments and contributions for the 
            benefit of units of the National Park System''.

    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2004.

SEC. 103. PROGRAM ALLOCATION.

    The following amounts shall be deposited in the Centennial Fund 
from amounts designated under section 102 (and from the General Fund of 
the Treasury to the extent the amounts so designated are less than the 
total amounts specified in this section for the fiscal year concerned). 
Such amounts shall, without further appropriation, be available to the 
Secretary of the Interior until expended:
            (1) Fiscal year 2005: $100,000,000.
            (2) Fiscal year 2006: $125,000,000.
            (3) Fiscal year 2007: $150,000,000.
            (4) Fiscal year 2008: $175,000,000.
            (5) Such sums as may be necessary through fiscal year 2016.

SEC. 104. DISTRIBUTION OF FUND.

    There are hereby created within the Centennial Fund 3 accounts, 
designated for the following purposes:
            (1) National Park Backlog Elimination Fund (60 percent).
            (2) Natural Resource Challenge Fund (20 percent).
            (3) Cultural Resource Challenge Fund (20 percent).

SEC. 105. PATRIOTS FOR PARKS PROMOTION.

    There are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of 
the Interior such sums as necessary for a public awareness campaign 
about the existence of the National Park Centennial Fund created in 
section 101 and the ability of taxpayers to contribute to it through 
the tax checkoff created in section 6097 of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986.

      TITLE II--ELIMINATING THE NATIONAL PARK MAINTENANCE BACKLOG

SEC. 201. BACKLOG ELIMINATION.

    (a) In General.--Sixty percent of the funds deposited into the 
Centennial Fund shall be used to eliminate the backlog of unmet needs 
in the National Parks, as identified in the Facility Condition Index 
(hereinafter in this Act referred to as the ``FCI'') of the National 
Park Service.
    (b) Priorities.--(1) The Secretary of the Interior shall prepare, 
as part of the annual budget proposal, a priority list for projects to 
be funded under this section. Moneys shall be made available from the 
fund, without further appropriation, effective October 15 of each 
calendar year, for the projects identified on the priority list, unless 
prior to such date, legislation is enacted establishing a different 
priority list.
    (2) In preparing the list of projects to be funded under this 
section, the Secretary of the Interior shall give priority to projects 
that--
            (A) are identified in the park unit's general management 
        plan;
            (B) are listed in the FCI;
            (C) are identified by the Secretary of the Interior as 
        necessary to prevent immediate damage to the park unit's 
        natural, cultural, or historic resources, with priority given 
        to projects with the most significant benefit to conservation 
        of resources or visitor education; and
            (D) are identified as necessary to promote public health 
        and safety.
    (c) Overhead.--National Parks undertaking projects under this 
section may allocate up to 8 percent of the funds for such projects for 
oversight of such projects and other associated overhead 
responsibilities.

                 TITLE III--PROTECTING NATURAL WONDERS

SEC. 301. NATURAL RESOURCE CHALLENGE.

    (a) Natural Resource Protection.--Twenty percent of the funds 
deposited into the Centennial Fund shall be used to protect natural 
resources within the parks.
    (b) Project Description.--The Secretary of the Interior shall 
prepare, as part of the annual budget proposal, a description of 
projects to be funded under this section. Moneys shall be made 
available from the Centennial Fund, without further appropriation, 
effective October 15 of each calendar year for activities that include 
each of the following:
            (1) Natural resource inventories.
            (2) Monitoring efforts including air and water quality 
        monitoring.
            (3) Protection of native and endangered species and their 
        habitats.
            (4) Control of nonnative species.
            (5) Resource planning.
            (6) Increase collaboration with scientists.
            (7) Authorized environmental restoration projects.
            (8) Use of parks for learning.
            (9) Establishment of partnerships with nonpark entities for 
        the purpose of leveraging Federal funds allocated to natural 
        resource protection.

                TITLE IV--PROTECTING NATIONAL TREASURES

SEC. 401. CULTURAL RESOURCE CHALLENGE.

    (a) Cultural Resources.--Twenty percent of the funds deposited into 
the Centennial Fund shall be used to protect cultural resources within 
the national parks.
    (b) Project Description.--The Secretary of the Interior shall 
prepare, as part of the annual budget proposal, a description of 
projects to be funded under this section. Moneys shall be made 
available from the fund, without further appropriation, effective 
October 15 of each calendar year for activities that include each of 
the following:
            (1) Cultural or historic resources not listed on the FCI.
            (2) Documenting and preserving archaeological sites.
            (3) Preserving collections and archives.
            (4) Ethnographic activities.
            (5) Evaluating and protecting cultural landscapes.
            (6) Establishment of partnerships with non-park entities 
        for the purpose of leveraging Federal funds allocated to 
        cultural resource protection.

                TITLE V--MEETING ANNUAL OPERATING NEEDS

SEC. 501. PROGRESS ON ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) GAO Report.--The General Accounting Office annually shall 
submit to the Committee on Appropriations, Committee on Government 
Reform, and Committee on Resources of the United States House of 
Representatives and to the Committee on Appropriations, Committee on 
Government Affairs, and Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of 
the United States Senate a report that describes each of the following:
            (1) The progress of Congress in eliminating the annual 
        operating fund deficit in the National Park System, defined as 
        in excess of $600,000,000 based on a fiscal year 2002 estimate 
        of then-complete national park business plans, and projection 
        of when such deficit will be eliminated, based on funding 
        levels and trends.
            (2) A comparison of business plan estimates of national 
        park needs versus actual funds appropriated to such parks.
            (3) Any differences in the Park Service's business plan 
        methodology for the estimate in paragraph (2) of this 
        subsection compared to that used in fiscal year 2003.
            (4) Management improvement measures undertaken by 
        individual park units and by the National Park Service as a 
        whole, including actual realized savings and actual impact on 
        visitor services and resource protection.
            (5) Adjustments in, and the total number of, full-time 
        equivalent and actual positions dedicated to resource 
        protection, visitor services, interpretation, and other 
        employment categories.
            (6) Any adjustments made in service to the public, 
        including but not limited to adjustments to visitor center 
        hours and the number or quality of ranger-led tours.
            (7) Any changes in the Park Service's level of effort due 
        to partnership or other leveraged activities.
            (8) Any new requirements and assessments placed on the 
        parks for unbudgeted expenses, including, but not limited to, 
        homeland security, natural disasters, and employee cost-of-
        living adjustments.
            (9) An assessment of the accuracy and completeness of the 
        Facility Condition Index described in Title I of this Act, 
        including adjustments made to such Index on an annual basis.
    (b) Business Plan Implementation Pilot (Demonstration) Program.--In 
consultation with the Director of the National Park Service, at least 
60 percent of the amounts provided under Titles II, III, and IV shall 
be distributed to national parks that have completed comprehensive 
business plans under the Business Plan Initiative of the National Park 
Service.
    (c) Education and the National Parks.--The Secretary of Education 
is hereby authorized to provide grants to elementary and secondary 
schools to enter into cooperative agreements with the National Park 
Service for the purpose of distance learning and onsite education 
programs for the following purposes:
            (1) Connecting students to the history of our Nation 
        through the national parks.
            (2) Using the parks to facilitate scientific instruction.
    (d) Intent of Congress to Supplement Annual Appropriations for 
National Park Service.--Amounts made available by this Act are intended 
by the Congress to supplement, and not detract from, annual 
appropriations for the National Park Service.
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National Park Centennial Act of 2004 - Establishes the National Park Centennial Fund (Fund) in the Treasury.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers to designate overpayments and contributions for the benefit of the National Park System. Allocates such amounts to the Fund (along with necessary amounts from the General Fund to the extent that such amounts are inadequate in any fiscal year) for expenditure by the Secretary of the Interior.

Creates within the Fund the National Park Backlog Elimination Fund, the Natural Resource Challenge Fund, and the Cultural Resource Challenge Fund.

Authorizes appropriations for a public awareness campaign about the Fund and the ability of taxpayers to make tax-related contributions.

Requires a specified percentage of Fund deposits to be used: (1) for the elimination of the backlog of unmet needs in the national parks as identified in the Facility Condition Index of the National Park Service (NPS); (2) to protect natural resources within the parks; and (3) to protect cultural resources within the parks. Requires a majority of such percentages to be distributed to those national parks that have completed comprehensive business plans under the Business Plan Initiative of the NPS.

Directs the Government Accountability Office annually to submit a report on the National Park System to specified congressional committees.

Authorizes the Secretary of Education to provide grants to elementary and secondary schools for cooperative agreements with the NPS providing distance learning and onsite education programs.