Restore Our Parks Act

Restore Our Parks Act

This bill: (1) establishes the National Park Service Legacy Restoration Fund, and (2) requires 50% of all energy development revenues for FY2019-FY2023 to be deposited into such fund.

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]
[S. 3172 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3172

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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 28, 2018

  Mr. Portman (for himself, Mr. Warner, Mr. Alexander, and Mr. King) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
               Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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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 ``Restore Our Parks Act''.

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.--
            ``(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 Service without further appropriation or fiscal 
year limitation.
    ``(d) Investment of Amounts.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary may request the Secretary 
        of the Treasury to invest any portion of the Fund that is not, 
        as determined by the Secretary, 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; 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 for the 
high-priority deferred maintenance needs of the Service, as determined 
by the Director, as follows:
            ``(1) 65 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) 35 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.
    ``(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 and maintenance 
        needs of the Service.
    ``(g) 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.
    ``(h) Congressional Review.--After review of the list submitted 
under subsection (g), the Committees may provide for the allocation of 
amounts derived from the Fund.
    ``(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 Service 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, 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 (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 and the Director may 
        accept public cash or in-kind donations that advance efforts--
                    ``(A) to reduce the deferred maintenance backlog of 
                the Service; 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 Service shall be 
        included with the annual budget submission of the President to 
        Congress.''.
    (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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