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ESSION
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To amend title 54, United States Code, to establish, fund, and provide for the use of amounts in a National Park Service Legacy Restoration Fund to address the maintenance backlog of the National Park Service, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
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Mr. P
ORTMAN
(for himself, Mr. W
ARNER
, Mr. A
LEXANDER
, Mr. K
ING
, Mr. T
ILLIS
, Ms. C
OLLINS
, Ms. H
ARRIS
, Mr. H
OEVEN
, Mr. G
ARDNER
, Ms. K
LOBUCHAR
, Mr. C
RAMER
, Mr. P
ETERS
, Mr. B
OOZMAN
, Mr. B
LUNT
, Ms. B
ALDWIN
, Mrs. C
APITO
, Mr. S
ANDERS
, Mr. C
ASEY
, Mr. S
ULLIVAN
, Mr. H
EINRICH
, Mr. B
ENNET
, Mrs. F
EINSTEIN
, Ms. D
UCKWORTH
, Mr. B
OOK
-
ER
, and Mr. D
AINES
) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on
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A BILL
To amend title 54, United States Code, to establish, fund, and provide for the use of amounts in a National Park Service Legacy Restoration Fund to address the mainte-nance backlog of the National Park Service, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Restore Our Parks
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Act’’.
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SEC. 2. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE LEGACY RESTORATION
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FUND.
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(a) I
N
G
ENERAL
.—Chapter 1049 of title 54, United
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States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
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lowing:
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‘‘§104908. National Park Service Legacy Restoration
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Fund
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‘‘(a) D
EFINITIONS
.—In this section:
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‘‘(1) F
UND
.—The term ‘Fund’ means the Na-
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tional Park Service Legacy Restoration Fund estab-
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lished by subsection (b).
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‘‘(2) P
ROJECT
.—The term ‘project’ means the
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overall plan of remediation of deferred maintenance
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for an asset, which may include resolving directly re-
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lated infrastructure deficiencies of the asset.
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‘‘(b) E
STABLISHMENT
.—There is established in the
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Treasury of the United States a fund, to be known as the
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‘National Park Service Legacy Restoration Fund’.
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‘‘(c) D
EPOSITS
.—
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‘‘(1) I
N GENERAL
.—Except as provided in para-
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graph (2), for each of fiscal years 2019 through
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2023, there shall be deposited in the Fund an
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amount equal to 50 percent of all energy develop-
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ment revenues due and payable to the United States
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from oil, gas, coal, or alternative or renewable en-
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ergy development on Federal land and water that
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would otherwise be credited, covered, or deposited as
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miscellaneous receipts under Federal law.
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‘‘(2) M
AXIMUM AMOUNT
.—The amount depos-
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ited in the Fund under paragraph (1) shall not ex-
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ceed $1,300,000,000 for any fiscal year.
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‘‘(3) E
FFECT ON OTHER REVENUES
.—Nothing
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in this section affects the disposition of revenues
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that—
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‘‘(A) are due to the United States, special
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funds, trust funds, or States from mineral and
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energy development on Federal land and water;
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or
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‘‘(B) have been otherwise appropriated
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under Federal law, including the Gulf of Mexico
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Energy Security Act of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331
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note; Public Law 109–432), the Mineral Leas-
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ing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), and chapter
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2003.
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‘‘(d) A
VAILABILITY OF
F
UNDS
.—Amounts deposited
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in the Fund shall be available to the Secretary without
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further appropriation or fiscal year limitation.
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‘‘(e) I
NVESTMENT OF
A
MOUNTS
.—
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‘‘(1) I
N GENERAL
.—The Secretary may request
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the Secretary of the Treasury to invest any portion
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of the Fund that is not, as determined by the Sec-
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