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CONGRESS 2
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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
, and Mr. K
ING
) 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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‘‘SEC. 104908. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE LEGACY RESTORA-
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TION FUND.
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‘‘(a) I
N
G
ENERAL
.—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’ (re-
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ferred to in this section as the ‘Fund’).
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‘‘(b) 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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are not otherwise credited, covered, or deposited
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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 of title 54, United States Code.
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‘‘(c) A
VAILABILITY OF
F
UNDS
.—Amounts deposited
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in the Fund shall be available to the Service without fur-
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ther appropriation or fiscal year limitation.
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‘‘(d) 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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retary, required to meet the current needs of the
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Fund.
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‘‘(2) R
EQUIREMENT
.—An investment requested
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under paragraph (1) shall be made by the Secretary
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of the Treasury in a public debt security—
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