[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1547 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1547
To amend title 54, United States Code, to reauthorize the National
Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 1, 2025
Mr. Daines (for himself, Mr. King, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Warner, Mr. Sheehy,
Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Murkowski, and Mr. Hickenlooper) 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 reauthorize the National
Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund, 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 ``America the Beautiful Act''.
SEC. 2. REUAUTHORIZATION OF THE NATIONAL PARKS AND PUBLIC LAND LEGACY
RESTORATION FUND.
(a) Deposits.--Section 200402(b) of title 54, United States Code,
is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``2025'' and inserting
``2033''; and
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``$1,900,000,000'' and
inserting ``$2,000,000,000''.
(b) Use of Funds.--Section 200402(e) of title 54, United States
Code, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A), by striking ``in the National Wildlife Refuge System'' and
inserting ``on land administered by the United States Fish and
Wildlife Service''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(3) Project prioritization.--The Secretary and the
Secretary of Agriculture shall prioritize the use of amounts
allocated from the Fund for projects that receive donations
under subsection (j) of not less than 15 percent of the total
costs of the applicable project.''.
(c) Submission of Annual List of Projects to Congress.--Section
200402(h) of title 54, United States Code, is amended by inserting
``and the subsequent fiscal year'' before the period at the end.
(d) Alternate Allocation.--Section 200402(i) of title 54, United
States Code, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``for the applicable
fiscal year and subsequent fiscal year'' after ``under this
section''; and
(2) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the following:
``(C) No full-year appropriations enacted.--If
Congress has not enacted full-year appropriations for
the Department of the Interior, Environment, and
Related Agencies for the applicable fiscal year by the
end of the previous fiscal year, amounts made available
under subsection (c) shall be allocated by the
President, if that allocation had previously been
approved under paragraph (1) as an allocation for the
subsequent fiscal year.''.
(e) Public Donations.--Section 200402(j) of title 54, United States
Code, is amended--
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking ``Public'';
(2) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A), by striking ``public'';
(3) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs
(3) and (4), respectively;
(4) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
``(2) Solicitation of donations.--The Secretary and the
Secretary of Agriculture shall provide to the public
information on the ability of the Secretary and the Secretary
of Agriculture to accept donations under paragraph (1),
including through--
``(A) public awareness campaigns;
``(B) physical or digital donation locations at
project sites; and
``(C) during the checkout process for the purchase
of a physical or digital pass to access a Federal
recreational site or an interagency pass, such as the
America the Beautiful--the National Parks and Federal
Recreational Lands Pass.'';
(5) by striking paragraph (3) (as so redesignated) and
inserting the following:
``(3) Credits to fund.--Any cash donations accepted under
paragraph (1)--
``(A) shall be--
``(i) credited to, and form a part of, the
Fund; and
``(ii) allocated to the covered agency for
which the donation was made; and
``(B) may be allocated to specific projects
included on a list submitted under subsection (h).'';
and
(6) in paragraph (4) (as so redesignated), by striking
``paragraph (2)(B)'' and inserting ``paragraph (3)(A)(ii)''.
(f) Disposal of Assets; Report to Congress.--Section 200402 of
title 54, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(l) Disposal of Assets.--The Secretary and the Secretary of
Agriculture shall provide for the disposal of constructed assets
included on a deferred maintenance list submitted under subsection (h)
that no longer serve the public interest or advance the mission of the
applicable unit to which the asset belongs.
``(m) Report to Congress.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this subsection, the Secretary and the Secretary of
Agriculture shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a
report that--
``(1) describes actions taken by the covered agencies
without using amounts from the Fund to reduce deferred
maintenance in the System, on land administered by the United
States Fish and Wildlife Service, on public land administered
by the Bureau of Land Management, for the Bureau of Indian
Education schools, and in the National Forest System; and
``(2) includes a plan from the covered agencies to increase
preventative annual and cyclic maintenance activities by
covered agencies to a level that properly maintains the assets
of the covered agencies and prevents the addition of assets to
a deferred maintenance list under subsection (h).''.
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