IB Union Calendar No. 199 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1225 [Report No. 116–250, Part I] 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 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:46 Oct 23, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H1225.RH H1225 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1225 RH 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 OCTOBER 22, 2019 Additional sponsors: Mr. EVANS, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. CARTER of Georgia, Mr. ARMSTRONG, Ms. SCHRIER, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. POCAN, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Mr. RYAN, Mr. KIND, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mrs. MILLER, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. NEGUSE, Mrs. RODGERS of Washington, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. LAWSON of Florida, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. RUSH, Mr. COL- LINS of New York, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. STAUBER, Mrs. WATSON COLE- MAN, Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. KIL- DEE, Mr. BABIN, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. UPTON, Ms. HILL of California, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mrs. MCBATH, Mrs. TORRES of California, Mr. RUTHER- FORD, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. BISHOP of Geor- gia, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. PETERSON, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. GOLDEN, Mr. CARTER of Texas, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. CROW, Mr. MALINOWSKI, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. EMMER, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. GONZALEZ of Ohio, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Mr. GOODEN, Mr. WALDEN, Mr. VAN DREW, Ms. TITUS, Mr. O’HALLERAN, Ms. FRANKEL, Ms. SHALALA, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. NADLER, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. HIMES, Mr. RIGGLEMAN, Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. COHEN, Mrs. KIRK- PATRICK, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. ROSE of New York, Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire, Mr. HECK, Mr. COX of Cali- fornia, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota, Mr. COMER, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mrs. NAPOLI- TANO, Mr. WATKINS, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Ms. PORTER, Mr. CASTEN of Illi- nois, Mr. BROWN of Maryland, Mr. GUTHRIE, Mr. HORSFORD, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. CASE, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. TRONE, Ms. MUCARSEL-POWELL, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. COSTA, Mr. TONKO, Mr. KIM, Ms. OMAR, Mr. WOODALL, Mr. KEVIN HERN of Oklahoma, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mrs. DIN- GELL, Ms. CRAIG, Mr. KHANNA, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. STANTON, Mr. MORELLE, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. GOMEZ, Ms. BASS, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. CORREA, Mr. BACON, Mr. WILLIAMS, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. PAPPAS, Mrs. LURIA, Mr. BRINDISI, Mr. MCADAMS, Mr. GONZALEZ of Texas, Mr. YARMUTH, Ms. STEVENS, Mr. FLORES, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. FULCHER, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. REED, Mr. SMUCKER, Mr. BURCHETT, Mr. NEAL, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. SHIM- KUS, Mr. WALBERG, Mrs. HARTZLER, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. HOLDING, Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky, Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. RICE of South Carolina, Mr. WESTERMAN, Mr. FERGUSON, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. BUCSHON, Mrs. DEMINGS, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. HARDER of Cali- fornia, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. BARR, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. CRIST, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, Ms. SLOTKIN, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mr. FOR- TENBERRY, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Ms. TORRES SMALL of New Mexico, Mr. SPANO, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. MARCHANT, Miss RICE of New York, Mr. OLSON, Mr. WRIGHT, Mr. JEFFRIES, Ms. FINKENAUER, Mr. VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:46 Oct 23, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H1225.RH H1225 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 1225 RH COLLINS of Georgia, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Mr. SOTO, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. BRADY, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. BUCHANAN, Mr. ROUZER, Mrs. AXNE, Ms. ESCOBAR, Ms. SHERRILL, Mr. DUFFY, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. HUDSON, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. ALLRED, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mrs. FLETCHER, Ms. WEXTON, Mr. LUCAS, Mr. PHILLIPS, Ms. WATERS, Mr. BERA, Mr. CLINE, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. PENCE, Mr. DELGADO, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. ARRINGTON, Mr. GRAVES of Missouri, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. KENDRA S. HORN of Oklahoma, Ms. SPANBERGER, Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas, Mrs. LEE of Nevada, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Mr. VISCLOSKY, Ms. GABBARD, Mr. LEVIN of Michigan, Mrs. MURPHY of Florida, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, and Ms. JOHN- SON of Texas OCTOBER 22, 2019 Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with an amendment [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] OCTOBER 22, 2019 Committee on Education and Labor discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 14, 2019] VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:46 Oct 23, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H1225.RH H1225 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 1225 RH 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. VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:46 Oct 23, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H1225.RH H1225 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 1225 RH Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Restore Our Parks and 4 Public Lands Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND PUBLIC LANDS LEG- 6 ACY RESTORATION FUND. 7 (a) IN GENERAL.—There is established in the Treasury 8 of the United States a fund, to be known as the ‘‘National 9 Park Service and Public Lands Legacy Restoration Fund’’ 10 (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Fund’’). 11 (b) DEPOSITS.— 12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para- 13 graph (2), for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024, 14 there shall be deposited in the Fund an amount equal 15 to 50 percent of all energy development revenues due 16 and payable to the United States from oil, gas, coal, 17 or alternative or renewable energy development on 18 Federal land and water that would otherwise be cred- 19 ited, covered, or deposited as miscellaneous receipts 20 under Federal law. 21 (2) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—The amount deposited 22 in the Fund under paragraph (1) shall not exceed 23 $1,300,000,000 for any fiscal year. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:46 Oct 23, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H1225.RH H1225 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 6 •HR 1225 RH (3) EFFECT ON OTHER REVENUES.—Nothing in 1 this section affects the disposition under Federal law, 2 including the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 3 2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331 note; Public Law 109–432), the 4 Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), and 5 chapter 2003 of title 54, United States Code, of en- 6 ergy development revenues— 7 (A) to special funds, trust funds, or States; 8 or 9 (B) that have been otherwise appropriated 10 under Federal law. 11 (c) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts deposited in 12 the Fund shall be available to the Secretary of the Interior 13 without further appropriation or fiscal year limitation. 14 (d) INVESTMENT OF AMOUNTS.— 15 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior 16 may request the Secretary of the Treasury to invest 17 any portion of the Fund that is not, as determined 18 by the Secretary of the Interior, required to meet the 19 current needs of the Fund. 20 (2) REQUIREMENT.—An investment requested 21 under paragraph (1) shall be made by the Secretary 22 of the Treasury in a public debt security— 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:46 Oct 23, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H1225.RH H1225 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 7 •HR 1225 RH (A) with a maturity suitable to the needs of 1 the Fund, as determined by the Secretary of the 2 Interior; and 3 (B) bearing interest at a rate determined by 4 the Secretary of the Treasury, taking into con- 5 sideration current market yields on outstanding 6 marketable obligations of the United States of 7 comparable maturity. 8 (3) CREDITS TO FUND.—The income on invest- 9 ments of the Fund under this subsection shall be cred- 10 ited to, and form a part of, the Fund. 11 (e) USE OF FUNDS.— 12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Amounts in the Fund shall be 13 used as follows: 14 (A) Eighty percent of amounts in the Fund 15 shall be allocated for priority deferred mainte- 16 nance projects, including other infrastructure de- 17 ficiencies directly related to such deferred main- 18 tenance projects, as determined by the Secretary 19 of the Interior and the Director of the National 20 Park Service, with the goal of ensuring overall 21 parity between amounts allocated to transpor- 22 tation and non-transportation projects. 23 (B) Ten percent of amounts in the Fund 24 shall be allocated for purposes of addressing the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:46 Oct 23, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H1225.RH H1225 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 8 •HR 1225 RH national wildlife refuge system maintenance 1 backlog, as determined by the Secretary of the 2 Interior and the Director of the United States 3 Fish and Wildlife Service. 4 (C) Five percent of amounts in the Fund 5 shall be allocated for the purposes of addressing 6 the public access and recreation backlog on pub- 7 lic lands, as determined by the Secretary of the 8 Interior and the Director of the Bureau of Land 9 Management. 10 (D) Five percent of amounts in the Fund 11 shall be allocated for the purposes of addressing 12 the Bureau of Indian Education school construc- 13 tion and deferred maintenance backlogs, as deter- 14 mined by the Secretary of the Interior and the 15 Director of the Bureau of Indian Education. 16 (2) CONSIDERATION OF PROJECT LIFESPAN.— 17 The Secretary of the Interior shall take into consider- 18 ation the projected lifespan of any project under this 19 Act when prioritizing which such projects to fund 20 under paragraph (1). 21 (f) LIMIT ON USE OF FUNDS.—No more than 10 per- 22 cent of the amounts in the Fund may be used for adminis- 23 trative costs incurred in implementing this Act. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:46 Oct 23, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H1225.RH H1225 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 9 •HR 1225 RH (g) PROHIBITED USE OF FUNDS.—No amounts in the 1 Fund shall be used— 2 (1) for land acquisition; 3 (2) to supplant discretionary funding made 4 available for the annually recurring facility oper- 5 ations, maintenance, and construction needs of the 6 entities for which amounts from the Fund are allo- 7 cated under subsection (e); or 8 (3) for performance awards for Federal employ- 9 ees who are employed in implementing this Act. 10 (h) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary of the 11 Interior shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 12 and Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and 13 to the Committees on Appropriations and Energy and Nat- 14 ural Resources of the Senate, with the annual budget sub- 15 mission of the President, a list of projects for which the 16 amounts in the Fund are allocated under this section, in- 17 cluding a description of each such project. 18 (i) PUBLIC DONATIONS.— 19 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior, 20 the Director of the National Park Service, the Direc- 21 tor of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the 22 Director of the Bureau of Land Management, and the 23 Assistant Secretary — Indian Affairs may accept 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:46 Oct 23, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H1225.RH H1225 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 10 •HR 1225 RH public cash or in-kind donations that advance ef- 1 forts— 2 (A) to reduce the deferred maintenance 3 backlog of the National Park Service, the na- 4 tional wildlife refuge system maintenance back- 5 log of the United States Fish and Wildlife Serv- 6 ice, the public access and recreation backlog of 7 the Bureau of Land Management, and the school 8 construction backlog of the Bureau of Indian 9 Education, respectively; and 10 (B) to encourage relevant public-private 11 partnerships. 12 (2) CREDITS TO FUND.—Any cash donations ac- 13 cepted under paragraph (1) shall be credited to, and 14 form a part of, the Fund. 15 (3) REPORTING.—Each donation received under 16 paragraph (1) that is used for, or directly related to, 17 the reduction of the deferred maintenance backlog of 18 th [Text truncated for display. 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