HR 1225 — Restore Our Parks and Public Lands Act

Blumenauer, Mrs.

McBath, Mrs.

Torres of California, Mr.

Rutherford, Mr.

Cuellar, Mr.

Takano, Mr.

LaHood, Mr.

Bishop of Georgia, Mr.

Loebsack, Mr.

Peterson, Mr.

McHenry, Mr.

Golden, Mr.

Carter of Texas, Mr.

Perlmutter, Mr.

Kennedy, Mr.

Crow, Mr.

Malinowski, Mr.

Suozzi, Mr.

Emmer, Ms.

Granger, Mr.

Gonzalez of Ohio, Ms.

Sewell of Alabama, Ms.

Judy Chu of California, Mr.

Gooden, Mr.

Walden, Mr.

Van Drew, Ms.

Titus, Mr.

O'Halleran, Ms.

Frankel, Ms.

Shalala, Mr.

Meeks, Mr.

Nadler, Ms.

Matsui, Mr.

Himes, Mr.

Riggleman, Mr.

Norcross, Mr.

Cohen, Mrs.

Kirkpatrick, Mr.

Ruppersberger, Mr.

Rose of New York, Mr.

Webster of Florida, Ms.

Kuster of New Hampshire, Mr.

Heck, Mr.

Cox of California, Mr.

Cardenas, Mr.

Johnson of South Dakota, Mr.

Comer, Mr.

Carbajal, Mr.

Calvert, Mr.

Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mrs.

Napolitano, Mr.

Watkins, Ms.

Sanchez, Ms.

Porter, Mr.

Casten of Illinois, Mr.

Brown of Maryland, Mr.

Guthrie, Mr.

Horsford, Mr.

Garamendi, Mr.

Case, Mr.

Garcia of Illinois, Mr.

Trone, Ms.

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Raskin, Mr.

Price of North Carolina, Mr.

Costa, Mr.

Tonko, Mr.

Kim, Ms.

Omar, Mr.

Woodall, Mr.

Kevin Hern of Oklahoma, Mr.

DeSaulnier, Mrs.

Dingell, Ms.

Craig, Mr.

Khanna, Ms.

Brownley of California, Mr.

Stanton, Mr.

Morelle, Mr.

Foster, Mr.

Lynch, Mr.

McCaul, Mr.

Gomez, Ms.

Bass, Mr.

Hastings, Mr.

McKinley, Mr.

Correa, Mr.

Bacon, Mr.

Williams, Ms.

Clark of Massachusetts, Mr.

Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr.

Pappas, Mrs.

Luria, Mr.

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McAdams, Mr.

Gonzalez of Texas, Mr.

Yarmuth, Ms.

Stevens, Mr.

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Tlaib, Mr.

Fulcher, Mr.

Duncan, Mr.

Reed, Mr.

Smucker, Mr.

Burchett, Mr.

Neal, Mr.

Mullin, Mr.

King of New York, Mr.

Shimkus, Mr.

Walberg, Mrs.

Hartzler, Mr.

Bilirakis, Mr.

Pallone, Mr.

Holding, Mr.

Rogers of Kentucky, Mr.

Thornberry, Mr.

Rice of South Carolina, Mr.

Westerman, Mr.

Ferguson, Mr.

Chabot, Mr.

Bucshon, Mrs.

Demings, Mr.

Johnson of Ohio, Mr.

Harder of California, Mr.

Sensenbrenner, Mr.

Conaway, Mr.

Barr, Mr.

Deutch, Mr.

Crist, Mr.

LaMalfa, Mr.

Rogers of Alabama, Ms.

Slotkin, Ms.

Castor of Florida, Ms.

Speier, Mr.

Swalwell of California, Mr.

Fortenberry, Mr.

DesJarlais, Ms.

Torres Small of New Mexico, Mr.

Spano, Mr.

Larson of Connecticut, Mr.

Marchant, Miss Rice of New York, Mr.

Olson, Mr.

Wright, Mr.

Jeffries, Ms.

Finkenauer, Mr.

Collins of Georgia, Mr.

Gosar, Mr.

Castro of Texas, Mr.

Soto, Mr.

Hunter, Mr.

Weber of Texas, Mr.

Brady, Mr.

Courtney, Mr.

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Rouzer, Mrs.

Axne, Ms.

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Sherrill, Mr.

Duffy, Mr.

Harris, Mr.

Gottheimer, Mr.

Payne, Mr.

Newhouse, Mr.

Kelly of Pennsylvania, Mr.

Doggett, Mr.

DeFazio, Mr.

Hudson, Mr.

Butterfield, Mr.

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McNerney, Mrs.

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Wexton, Mr.

Lucas, Mr.

Phillips, Ms.

Waters, Mr.

Bera, Mr.

Cline, Mrs.

Davis of California, Mr.

Pence, Mr.

Delgado, Mr.

Scott of Virginia, Mr.

Arrington, Mr.

Graves of Missouri, Ms.

Jackson Lee, Ms.

Kendra S.

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Spanberger, Ms.

Davids of Kansas, Mrs.

Lee of Nevada, Ms.

Adams, Mr.

Crawford, Mr.

Ted Lieu of California, Ms.

Pressley, Mr.

Cunningham, Mrs.

Carolyn B.

Maloney of New York, Mr.

Higgins of New York, Mr.

Visclosky, Ms.

Gabbard, Mr.

Levin of Michigan, Mrs.

Murphy of Florida, Mr.

David Scott of Georgia, and Ms.

Johnson of Texas October 22, 2019 Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with an amendment [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] October 22, 2019 Committee on Education and Labor discharged;

committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 14, 2019] _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To establish, fund, and provide for the use of amounts in a National Park Service and Public Lands Legacy Restoration Fund to address the maintenance backlog of the National Park Service, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, and Bureau of Indian Education, and for other purposes.

(e) Use of Funds.--AmountsFunds.-- (1) In general.--Amounts in the Fund shall be used as follows:

(1)(A) Eighty percent of amounts in the Fund shall be allocated for priority deferred maintenance projects, including other infrastructure deficiencies directly related to such deferred maintenance projects, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior and the Director of the National Park Service, with the goal of ensuring overall parity between amounts allocated to transportation and non-transportation projects.

(2)(B) Ten percent of amounts in the Fund shall be allocated for purposes of addressing the national wildlife refuge system maintenance backlog, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior and the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.

(3)(C) Five percent of amounts in the Fund shall be allocated for the purposes of addressing the public access and recreation backlog on public lands, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior and the Director of the Bureau of Land Management.

(4)(D) Five percent of amounts in the Fund shall be allocated for the purposes of addressing the Bureau of Indian Education school construction and deferred maintenance backlogs, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior and the Director of the Bureau of Indian Education.

(2) Consideration of project lifespan.--The Secretary of the Interior shall take into consideration the projected lifespan of any project under this Act when prioritizing which such projects to fund under paragraph (1).

(h) Submission to Congress.--The Secretary of the Interior shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations and Energy and Natural Resources of the SenateHouse of Representatives and to the Committees on Appropriations and Energy and Natural Resources inof the HouseSenate, of Representatives, with the annual budget submission of the President, a list of projects for which the amounts in the Fund are allocated under this section, including a description of each such project.

(i) Public Donations.-- (1) In general.--The Secretary of the Interior, the Director of the National Park Service, the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, and the Assistant Secretary of-- Indian Affairs may accept public cash or in-kind donations that advance efforts-- (A) to reduce the deferred maintenance backlog of the National Park Service, the national wildlife refuge system maintenance backlog of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the public access and recreation backlog of the Bureau of Land Management, and the school construction backlog of the Bureau of Indian Education, respectively;

<all>Union Calendar No.

199 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H.

R.

1225 [Report No.

116-250, Part I] _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To establish, fund, and provide for the use of amounts in a National Park Service and Public Lands Legacy Restoration Fund to address the maintenance backlog of the National Park Service, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, and Bureau of Indian Education, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________ October 22, 2019 Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with an amendment October 22, 2019 Committee on Education and Labor discharged;

committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed