National Park Service Legacy Act of 2017
This bill: (1) establishes the National Park Service Legacy Restoration Fund, and (2) requires specified amounts of federal mineral revenues that are not otherwise credited, covered, or deposited pursuant to federal law to be deposited into such fund each fiscal year through FY2047.
Amounts in the fund shall be used for meeting high-priority deferred maintenance needs of the National Park Service (NPS) as follows:
No fund amounts may be used by the NPS to acquire land or to supplant discretionary funding made available for annually recurring facility operations and maintenance needs.
As part of its annual budget submission, the NPS shall submit a prioritized list of deferred maintenance projects proposed to be funded by such fund during the fiscal year.
[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2584 Introduced in House (IH)]
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115th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2584
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.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 22, 2017
Mr. Hurd (for himself, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Reichert, and Ms. Hanabusa)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on 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 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.
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 ``National Park Service Legacy Act of
2017''.
SEC. 2. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE LEGACY RESTORATION FUND.
(a) In General.--Chapter 1049 of title 54, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 104908. National Park Service 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 Legacy
Restoration Fund' (referred to in this section as the `Fund').
``(b) Deposits.--At the beginning of each applicable fiscal year,
there shall be deposited in the Fund from mineral revenues due and
payable to the United States that are not otherwise credited, covered,
or deposited under Federal law--
``(1) $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018, 2019, and
2020;
``(2) $150,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021, 2022, and
2023;
``(3) $250,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024, 2025, and
2026; and
``(4) $500,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through
2047.
``(c) Availability of Funds.--
``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2),
amounts deposited in the Fund shall be available to the Service
for expenditure without further appropriation.
``(2) Unobligated amounts.--Any amounts not obligated by
the date that is 2 years after the date on which the amounts
are first available shall be credited to miscellaneous receipts
of the Treasury.
``(d) Use of Funds.--Amounts in the Fund shall be used for the
high-priority deferred maintenance needs of the Service, as determined
by the Director, as follows:
``(1) Eighty percent of amounts in the Fund shall be
allocated for projects that are not eligible for the funding
described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (2) for the
repair and rehabilitation of assets, including--
``(A) historic structures, facilities, and other
historic assets;
``(B) 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
``(C) visitor facilities, water and utility
systems, and employee housing.
``(2) Twenty percent of amounts in the Fund shall be
allocated to road, bridge, tunnel, or other transportation-
related projects that may be eligible for funding made
available to the Service through--
``(A) the transportation program under section 203
of title 23; or
``(B) any similar Federal land highway program
administered by the Secretary of Transportation.
``(e) 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 and maintenance
needs of the Service.
``(f) Submission of Annual Proposal.--As part of the annual budget
submission of the Service 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'), the Service
shall submit a prioritized list of deferred maintenance projects
proposed to be funded by amounts in the Fund during the fiscal year for
which the budget submission is made.
``(g) Congressional Review.--After review of the list submitted
under subsection (f), the Committees may provide for the allocation of
amounts derived from the Fund.
``(h) 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 Service for that
fiscal year, the list submitted under subsection (f) 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, the Service
shall not commit funds to any proposed high-priority
deferred maintenance project until the date of
enactment of a law making appropriations for the
Service that is not a continuing resolution; or
``(B) more than 120 days, the list submitted under
subsection (f) for that fiscal year shall be considered
approved, unless otherwise provided in the continuing
resolution or resolutions.
``(i) Public Donations.--To encourage public-private partnerships
that will reduce the overall deferred maintenance costs to the Service,
the Secretary and the Director may accept public cash or in-kind
donations by including on each list submitted to Congress under
subsection (f) after the date of enactment of this section each
project, regardless of the priority ranking of the project, that
costs--
``(1) less than $2,000,000, with at least a 33-percent non-
Federal cost-share component; or
``(2) equal to or more than $2,000,000, with at least a 25-
percent non-Federal cost-share component.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 1049 of
title 54, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``104908. National Park Service Legacy Restoration Fund.''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
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