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Great American Outdoors Act 250
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This legislation is called the Great American Outdoors Act 250. Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9250 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 9250
To modernize and maintain the National Park Service, the United States
Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the Forest
Service, and the Bureau of Indian Education in celebration of America's
250th anniversary.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 10, 2026
Mr. Westerman (for himself, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Ezell, Mr. Neguse, Mr.
Hunt, Ms. Hoyle of Oregon, Mrs. Fedorchak, Ms. Elfreth, Mrs. Radewagen,
Ms. Brownley, Mr. Zinke, Ms. Simon, Mrs. Miller of West Virginia, Mr.
Panetta, Mr. Carey, Mr. Gray, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Min, Mrs. Miller-Meeks,
Mrs. Grijalva, Mr. Kennedy of Utah, Mr. Golden of Maine, Mr. Downing,
Mr. Mullin, Mr. Lawler, Mr. Mrvan, Mr. Webster of Florida, Mr. Case,
Mr. McGuire, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Valadao, Mr. Peters, Mr. Wittman, Ms.
Randall, Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Van Drew, Mr.
Soto, Mr. Owens, Ms. Barragan, Mr. Gimenez, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Ellzey,
Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Guthrie, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Moore of Utah, Ms.
Ansari, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Stauber, Ms. Bynum, Ms. Stefanik,
Mr. Hernandez, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr.
Fitzpatrick, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Correa, Mr. Crank, Ms.
Stansbury, Mrs. Kim, Mr. Magaziner, Mr. Hill of Arkansas, Mr. Vasquez,
Mr. Amodei of Nevada, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Bentz, Mr. Suozzi, Mr.
Hurd of Colorado, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Crane, Mr. Amo, Mr. Evans of
Colorado, Ms. Craig, Ms. Lee of Florida, Mr. Torres of New York, Mr.
Yakym, Ms. Jacobs, Mr. Van Orden, Ms. Pettersen, Mr. Tiffany, Ms. Leger
Fernandez, Mr. Mast, Mr. Bell, Mr. Bergman, Mr. Garamendi, Ms. Maloy,
Mr. Keating, Mr. McDowell, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Collins, and Mr.
Cuellar) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on
Agriculture, 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
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To modernize and maintain the National Park Service, the United States
Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the Forest
Service, and the Bureau of Indian Education in celebration of America's
250th anniversary.
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 ``Great American Outdoors Act 250''.
SEC. 2. NATIONAL PARKS AND PUBLIC LANDS MAINTENANCE AND MODERNIZATION.
(a) In General.--Subtitle II of title 54, United States Code, is
amended by striking chapter 2004 and inserting the following:
``CHAPTER 2004--AMERICA'S LEGACY RESTORATION FUND
``200401. Definitions.
``200402. America's Legacy Restoration Fund.
``Sec. 200401. Definitions
``In this chapter:
``(1) Asset.--The term `asset' means any real property,
including any physical structure or grouping of structures,
landscape, trail, or other tangible property, that--
``(A) is tracked and managed as a distinct,
identifiable entity by a covered agency; and
``(B) has a specific service or function.
``(2) Covered agency.--The term `covered agency' means--
``(A) the Service;
``(B) the United States Fish and Wildlife Service;
``(C) the Forest Service;
``(D) the Bureau of Land Management; and
``(E) the Bureau of Indian Education.
``(3) Deferred maintenance.--The term `deferred
maintenance' means maintenance--
``(A) that was not carried out on an asset when it
should have been; or
``(B) was scheduled to be carried out and was put
off or delayed for a future period.
``(4) Fund.--The term `Fund' means the America's Legacy
Restoration Fund established by section 200402(a).
``(5) Priority deferred maintenance project.--The term
`priority deferred maintenance project' means any activity to
reduce or eliminate deferred maintenance of an asset, which may
include--
``(A) resolving directly related infrastructure
deficiencies of the asset that would not by itself be
classified as deferred maintenance;
``(B) conducting cyclical maintenance on an asset
if, with respect to the asset, a deferred maintenance
classification would be imminent without intervention;
``(C) modernizing the specific components or
systems of the asset requiring repair to contemporary
operational standards, in accordance with the laws and
policies applicable to a covered agency; and
``(D) an activity that supports any combination of
purposes described in subparagraphs (A) and (C).
``(6) Relevant congressional committees.--The term
`relevant Congressional Committees' means--
``(A) the Committees on Natural Resources,
Agriculture, and Appropriations of the House of
Representatives; and
``(B) the Committees on Energy and Natural
Resources, Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, Indian
Affairs, and Appropriations of the Senate.
``(7) Secretaries.--The term `Secretaries' means the
Secretary and the Secretary of Agriculture.
``Sec. 200402. America's Legacy Restoration Fund
``(a) Establishment.--The fund established in the Treasury of the
United States known as the National Parks and Public Land Legacy
Restoration Fund is hereby redesignated as the `America's Legacy
Restoration Fund'.
``(b) Deposits.--
``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2),
there shall be deposited in the Fund an amount equal to--
``(A) 100 percent of all revenue collected under
section 3 of the Great American Outdoors Act 250;
``(B) 100 percent of all donations collected under
the Great American Outdoors Act 250; and
``(C) 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 credited, covered, or deposited as
miscellaneous receipts under Federal law in the
preceding fiscal year.
``(2) Maximum amount.--Any amounts deposited in the Fund
for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030 under subparagraphs
(A) and (C) of paragraph (1) in excess of $1,900,000,000 in any
fiscal year shall be transferred to the General Fund of the
Treasury.
``(3) Effect on other revenues.--Section 200402(b)(3) of
title 54, United States Code, as in effect on the date
immediately before the date of the enactment of the Great
American Outdoors Act 250, shall apply to this chapter and any
disposition of revenues made under this chapter.
``(c) Availability of Funds.--Amounts deposited in the Fund for
each of fiscal years 2021 through 2030 shall be available to the
Secretaries, as provided in subsection (e), 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, in consultation with the
Secretary of Agriculture, 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.--
``(1) In general.--Amounts deposited in the Fund for each
fiscal year shall be used for priority deferred maintenance
projects or to carry out the pilot program in subsection (k),
as applicable, in the System, in the National Wildlife Refuge
System, on public land administered by the Bureau of Land
Management, for the Bureau of Indian Education schools, and in
the National Forest System, as follows:
``(A) 70 percent of the amounts deposited in the
Fund for each fiscal year shall be allocated to the
Service.
``(B) 15 percent of the amounts deposited in the
Fund for each fiscal year shall be allocated to the
Forest Service.
``(C) 5 percent of the amounts deposited in the
Fund for each fiscal year shall be allocated to the
United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
``(D) 5 percent of the amounts deposited in the
Fund for each fiscal year shall be allocated to the
Bureau of Land Management.
``(E) 5 percent of the amounts deposited in the
Fund for each fiscal year shall be allocated to the
Bureau of Indian Education.
``(2) Transportation and nontransportation projects.--
``(A) Nontransportation projects.--Over the term of
the Fund--
``(i) for the United States Fish and
Wildlife Service, not less than 80 percent of
amounts from the Fund shall be allocated for
nontransportation projects per year;
``(ii) for the Service, not less than 70
percent of amounts from the Fund shall be
allocated for nontransportation projects per
year;
``(iii) for the Bureau of Land Management,
not less than 65 percent of amounts from the
Fund shall be allocated for nontransportation
projects per year; and
``(iv) for the Forest Service, not less
than 55 percent of amounts from the Fund shall
be allocated for nontransportation projects per
year.
``(B) Transportation projects.--The amounts
remaining in the Fund after the allocations required
under subparagraph (A) may be allocated for
transportation projects of the covered agencies,
including paved and unpaved roads, bridges, tunnels,
and paved parking areas.
``(C) Plan.--Any project funded under this section
shall be consistent with an applicable transportation,
deferred maintenance, or capital improvement plan
developed by the applicable covered agency.
``(D) Transfer of funds.--Funds made available or
allocated under this section to the covered agencies
may be further allocated or reallocated to the Federal
Highway Administration for transportation projects, in
accordance with the allocations and limitations in this
subsection and the prohibitions and limitations in
subsection (f).
``(3) Special rule for certain funds.--In accordance with
the limitations set forth in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall
allocate not less than 80 percent of the revenues collected
under section 3(b) of the Great American Outdoors Act 250 and
deposited into the America's Legacy Restoration Fund toward
priority deferred maintenance projects in the unit in which the
revenues were collected.
``(f) Prohibitions and Limitations.--
``(1) Prohibitions.--No amounts in the Fund shall be used--
``(A) for the acquisition of land or any interests
in land;
``(B) to supplant discretionary funding made
available for annually recurring facility operations,
maintenance, and construction needs;
``(C) for bonuses for employees of the Federal
Government; and
``(D) to decommission a road.
``(2) Limitations.--Of the amounts made available under
this section to a covered agency, not more than--
``(A) 3 percent of the amounts deposited under
subsection (b) and 0 percent of amounts made credited
under subsection (d) may be used for administrative
expenses;
``(B) except as provided in paragraph (3), 15
percent may be used for a contingency fund; and
``(C) 8 percent may be used for priority deferred
maintenance project planning and compliance.
``(3) Contingency fund.--The head of a covered agency shall
provide written notification to the relevant Congressional
Committees not less than 30 days before taking any action
authorized by this section for a specific priority deferred
maintenance project if the amount to be reallocated from the
contingency fund for such priority deferred maintenance project
is projected to be 10 percent or greater than the initial
amount allocated to such priority deferred maintenance project.
``(g) Priority Deferred Maintenance Project Selection.--
``(1) In general.--As part of the selection of priority
deferred maintenance projects to be submitted under subsection
(h), the Secretaries shall--
``(A) ensure for each covered agency that funds are
prioritized primarily for priority deferred maintenance
projects that--
``(i) address mission critical assets that
promote public access, enhance the visitor
experience, or improve outdoor recreation
opportunities;
``(ii) address deferred maintenance on
assets for which failure would result in--
``(I) an imminent threat to public
health or safety; or
``(II) the closure or material
impairment of public access or core
operational functions;
``(iii) are necessary to prevent the
further deterioration of an asset that would
result in a substantially higher future repair
or replacement cost; or
``(iv) address any combination of purposes
described in clauses (i) through (iii);
``(B) publish, on a publicly available website
maintained by the Secretaries, a clear set of criteria
for priority deferred maintenance project selection
that takes into account--
``(i) the criteria listed in subparagraph
(A);
``(ii) appropriate distribution of priority
deferred maintenance projects geographically;
``(iii) appropriate distribution of
priority deferred maintenance projects between
large units and small units; and
``(iv) whether a unit or State has not
received funding in a previous priority
deferred maintenance project list for a covered
agency; and
``(C) annually solicit recommendations for priority
deferred maintenance projects from each Governor of a
State that contains lands managed by the Secretaries;
and
``(D) require that any transportation project to
improve infrastructure account for a not less than 10
percent growth in visitation over existing levels for
such infrastructure.
``(2) Accessibility.--
``(A) Required consideration for accessibility.--In
expending amounts from the Fund, the Secretaries shall
incorporate measures to improve the accessibility of
assets and accommodate visitors and employees with
disabilities in accordance with applicable law.
``(B) Access america.--In submitting a list of
priority deferred maintenance projects under subsection
(h), the Secretaries shall include not fewer than 2
priority deferred maintenance projects annually that
are authorized under subtitle A of title II of the
EXPLORE Act (16 U.S.C. 8481-8487).
``(h) Submission of List of Priority Deferred Maintenance Projects
to Congress.--
``(1) Initial submission.--Not later than 90 days after the
date of enactment of this section, the Secretaries shall each
submit to the relevant Congressional Committees a list of
proposed projects to be funded for fiscal year 2026 and the
subsequent fiscal year that as of the date of the submission of
the list, are ready to be implemented.
``(2) Submission of annual list of priority deferred
maintenance projects to congress.--Until the date on which all
of the amounts in the Fund are expended, the Secretaries shall
annually submit to Congress, together with the annual budget of
the United States, a list of priority deferred maintenance
projects to be funded from the Fund for the applicable fiscal
year and the subsequent fiscal year that includes a detailed
description of each priority deferred maintenance project,
including the estimated expenditures from the Fund for the
priority deferred maintenance project.
``(3) Submission of list for priority matching projects.--
``(A) Matching requirements.--As part of the
priority deferred maintenance project lists submitted
under this paragraph, the Secretaries shall submit for
each covered agency a list of priority deferred
maintenance projects for which full funding may be
accomplished through a combination of funding from the
covered agency and private cash or in-kind donations
(including through matched funding campaigns),
including the--
``(i) amount the covered agency has
allocated to such priority deferred maintenance
project; and
``(ii) remaining amount the covered agency
is soliciting to fully fund the priority
deferred maintenance project.
``(B) Limitation.--The contribution of each covered
agency to priority deferred maintenance projects
included on the list submitted under subparagraph (A)
shall collectively total not less than 5 percent of the
funding allocated to each covered agency.
``(C) Timeline for completion.--If a priority
deferred maintenance project has not received
sufficient matching private donations on the date which
is 5 years after such priority deferred maintenance
project was initially included on the list submitted by
the Secretaries, the Secretaries shall, with respect to
their respective departments, re-allocate any--
``(i) Federal funds initially allocated for
such priority deferred maintenance project to a
new priority deferred maintenance project for
the same covered agency, to be submitted in
accordance with subparagraph (A); and
``(ii) non-Federal funds initially
allocated for such priority deferred
maintenance project to fulfill the matching
requirements of any other priority deferred
maintenance project submitted under
subparagraph (A) for the same covered agency,
prioritizing any other priority deferred
maintenance projects proposed within the same
unit at which the initial project was proposed.
``(4) Maintenance action teams.--In carrying out this
section, the Secretary shall provide a list of each individual
priority deferred maintenance project carried out by a
maintenance action team during the preceding fiscal year.
``(i) Alternate Allocation.--
``(1) In general.--Appropriations Acts may provide for
alternate allocation of amounts made available under this
section, consistent with the allocations to covered agencies
under subsection (e)(1).
``(2) Allocation by president.--
``(A) No alternate allocations.--If Congress has
not enacted legislation establishing alternate
allocations by the date on which the Act making full-
year appropriations for the Department of the Interior,
Environment, and Related Agencies for the applicable
fiscal year is enacted into law, amounts made available
under subsection (c) shall be allocated by the
President.
``(B) Insufficient alternate allocation.--If
Congress enacts legislation establishing alternate
allocations for amounts made available under subsection
(c) that are less than the full amount appropriated
under that subsection, the difference between the
amount appropriated and the alternate allocation shall
be allocated by the President.
``(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.
``(j) Public-Private Partnerships and Philanthropic Donations.--
``(1) In general.--In carrying out this section, the
Secretaries may accept cash or in-kind donations that advance
efforts of the Great American Outdoors Act 250, including
encouraging relevant public-private partnerships.
``(2) Solicitation of donations.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretaries shall make
publicly available information on ways the public can
donate to support the efforts of the Great American
Outdoors Act 250, including through--
``(i) public awareness campaigns;
``(ii) physical or digital donation
locations at specific project sites or within
units managed by a covered agency;
``(iii) the solicitation of donations
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; and
``(iv) partnerships with the National Park
Foundation (54 U.S.C. 101111), the National
Forest Foundation (16 U.S.C. 583j), the
Foundation for America's Public Lands (43
U.S.C. 1748c), and the National Fish and
Wildlife Foundation (16 U.S.C. 3701).
``(B) Credits to fund.--Any cash donations accepted
under paragraph (1)--
``(i) shall be--
``(I) credited to, and form a part
of, the Fund; and
``(II) immediately available for
allocation to the covered agency for
which the donation was made; and
``(ii) may be immediately allocated to
specific priority deferred maintenance projects
submitted under subsection (h)(1) or (h)(2) or
to fulfill the match requirements under
subsection (h)(3)(A)(ii).
``(3) Partnerships.--
``(A) Cooperative agreements.--In carrying out this
section, a covered agency may transfer all or a portion
of funds for a specific priority deferred maintenance
project on Federal lands to carry out the planning,
design, construction, maintenance, or any other
activities to carry out such priority deferred
maintenance project through a cooperative agreement
with the following:
``(i) A congressionally chartered nonprofit
organization.
``(ii) A nonprofit organization affiliated
with a specific unit of a covered agency with
experience carrying out priority deferred
maintenance projects in such unit.
``(B) Regulations.--Any cooperative agreement
entered into under this section shall be considered a
financial assistance instrument and shall not be
treated as a procurement contract.
``(C) Reporting.--The Secretaries shall ensure that
all cooperative agreements entered into under this
section include appropriate reporting, financial
management, and oversight requirements consistent with
part 200 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations, to
ensure transparency and accountability of Federal
funds.
``(D) Retention of nepa responsibilities.--Any
decision required to be made under the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et
seq.) with respect to any priority deferred maintenance
project to be carried out under this paragraph on
Federal lands shall not be delegated to any non-Federal
entity listed under subparagraph (A).
``(4) Good neighbor authority.--To the maximum extent
practicable, the Secretaries shall carry out priority deferred
maintenance projects under this section using good neighbor
agreements entered into under section 351 of the EXPLORE Act
(16 U.S.C. 8571).
``(5) Cross-boundary partnerships.--To the maximum extent
practicable, the Secretaries shall seek to enter into public-
private partnerships with any governmental, nonprofit, or
private entity to carry out joint priority deferred maintenance
projects under this Act that improve access points between
developed recreation sites on non-Federal lands adjacent to
lands under the jurisdiction of the respective Secretary.
``(6) Centennial challenge amendments.--Section
103501(c)(3) of title 54, United States Code, is amended by
striking `including funds and fairly valued durable goods and
materials' and inserting `including any combination of cash,
fairly valued services, durable goods, and materials'.
``(k) Outdoor Recreation and Sportsmen's Access Pilot Program.--
``(1) In general.--In expending amounts from the Fund, not
more than 15 percent of funds made available to the--
``(A) Service shall be allocated to outdoor
recreation projects;
``(B) Forest Service or Bureau of Land Management
shall be allocated to outdoor recreation projects or
sportsmen's access projects; and
``(C) United States Fish and Wildlife Service shall
be allocated to sportsmen's access projects.
``(2) Location.--In carrying out this subsection, the
Service, and Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, and
United States Fish and Wildlife Service shall each carry out
not less than two outdoor recreation or sportsmen's access
projects, as applicable, per year in each region of each
respective agency.
``(3) Partnerships for sportsmen's access projects.--To the
maximum extent practicable, the Directors of the United States
Fish and Wildlife Service and Bureau of Land Management and the
Chief of the Forest Service shall use the authorities provided
under this section in combination with other authorities to
carry out sportsmen's access projects, including--
``(A) good neighbor agreements entered into under
section 8206 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (16 U.S.C.
2113a) or section 351 of the EXPLORE Act (16 U.S.C.
8571);
``(B) stewardship contracting projects entered into
under section 604 of the Healthy Forests Restoration
Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591c);
``(C) self-determination contracts and self-
governance compact agreements entered into under the
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act
(25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.); and
``(D) agreements entered into under the Tribal
Forest Protection Act of 2004 (25 U.S.C. 3115a et
seq.).
``(4) Receipts for sportsmen's access projects.--
``(A) Allocation.--Except as provided in
subparagraph (B), revenue received from a sportsmen's
access project under this section shall be retained by
the Federal Government and distributed to non-Federal
recipients in accordance with Federal law.
``(B) Retention by unit.--The amounts described in
subparagraph (A) retained by the Federal Government
shall be retained by the unit at which such sportsmen's
access project occurred, and may be used without
further appropriation to carry out--
``(i) additional sportsmen's access
projects; and
``(ii) if there are amounts remaining after
funding subparagraph (A), to address deferred
maintenance.
``(5) Definitions.--In this subsection:
``(A) Outdoor recreation project.--The term
`outdoor recreation project' means any activities that
improve outdoor recreation infrastructure, including
recreation enhancement or improvement services (as such
term is defined in section 351(a) of the EXPLORE Act
(16 U.S.C. 8571(a))), that are carried out in
accordance with the laws and policies applicable to a
covered agency.
``(B) Sportsmen's access project.--The term
`sportsmen's access project' means any activities that
improve recreational opportunities for sportsmen,
including improving wildlife habitat for hunting and
fishing.
``(l) Transparency and Accountability.--
``(1) Standardized methodology.--Not later than 2 years
after the date of enactment of the Great American Outdoors Act
250, the Secretaries shall establish clear, quantifiable, and
standardized metrics across each covered agency for--
``(A) calculating and determining deferred
maintenance, ensuring that such metrics--
``(i) adhere to established standards for
both transportation and nontransportation
assets; and
``(ii) rely on standardized condition
assessments methodologies;
``(B) delineate between cyclic maintenance and
deferred maintenance; and
``(C) provide for the timely addition or removal of
an asset from the deferred maintenance list.
``(2) Priority deferred maintenance project dashboard.--
``(A) Requirement to maintain.--Not later than 1
year after the date enactment of the Great American
Outdoors Act 250, the Secretaries shall each maintain a
searchable geospatial database on a publicly available
website to track, for each priority deferred
maintenance project that receives money from the Fund,
the--
``(i) location of such priority deferred
maintenance project;
``(ii) purposes of such priority deferred
maintenance project, as outlined by the
criteria in subsection (g);
``(iii) projected cost of such priority
deferred maintenance project, and whether such
priority deferred maintenance project is
exceeding projected costs or below projected
costs;
``(iv) projected timeline for completing
such priority deferred maintenance project,
including whether such priority deferred
maintenance project is ahead of schedule or
behind schedule;
``(v) status of Federal environmental
reviews, permits, and authorizations for such
priority deferred maintenance project,
including--
``(I) a comprehensive permitting
timetable;
``(II) the status of the compliance
of each lead agency, cooperating
agency, and participating agency with
the permitting timetable with respect
to such priority deferred maintenance
projects; and
``(III) any modifications of the
permitting timetable required under
clause (I), including an explanation as
to why the permitting timetable was
modified;
``(vi) information about whether such
priority deferred maintenance project has
received non-Federal funds and a link for
members of the public to donate to such
priority deferred maintenance project; and
``(vii) in the case of completed priority
deferred maintenance projects, the
effectiveness of such priority deferred
maintenance project in reducing the deferred
maintenance backlog.
``(B) Explore america 250 report.--As part of the
dashboard established under subparagraph (A), the
Secretaries shall include a list of not less than 250
projects funded under this Act that improve outdoor
recreation or visitor experiences (including projects
that support the implementation of the EXPLORE Act (16
U.S.C. 8401-8574)), as determined by the Secretaries.
``(3) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of the Great American Outdoors Act 250, and annually
thereafter, the Secretaries shall each submit to the relevant
Congressional Committees a report that--
``(A) lists the current cyclic maintenance needs
and the deferred maintenance backlog for each covered
agency, including information for each State and unit
of a covered agency;
``(B) describes how much deferred maintenance was
reduced in the prior year for each covered agency and
how much deferred maintenance each covered agency plans
to address to reduce the backlog in the upcoming year;
``(C) describes actions taken by the covered
agencies without using amounts from the Fund to reduce
deferred maintenance;
``(D) 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 subparagraph (A);
``(E) lists assets on the deferred maintenance list
that each covered agency disposed of the prior year
under subsection (o) of the Great American Outdoors Act
250 and assets on deferred maintenance list that each
covered agency plans to dispose of under subsection (o)
in the upcoming year;
``(F) outlines any full-time employees hired or
maintained to enact the provisions of this section; and
``(G) provides a clear explanation of the full
status of all funds, including the average number of
days for a priority deferred maintenance project to
reach completion from the date of award and the date on
which funds are obligated.
``(m) Implementation.--
``(1) Streamlining.--
``(A) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the
date of enactment of the Great American Outdoors Act
250, the Secretaries shall develop a consolidated
categorical exclusion (as defined in section 111 of the
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C.
4336e)) for projects using funds authorized by this Act
to eliminate or reduce deferred maintenance on land
under the jurisdiction of the Secretary or the
Secretary of Agriculture.
``(B) Administration.--In developing and
administering the categorical exclusion under
subparagraph (A)--
``(i) the Secretaries shall comply with the
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.);
``(ii) the Secretaries shall apply the
extraordinary circumstances procedures under
section 46.215 of title 43, Code of Federal
Regulations; and
``(iii) such categorical exclusion shall
have the force and effect of law.
``(2) Timelines.--The Secretaries shall award a
construction contract for a priority deferred maintenance
project not later than 180 days after the approval for the
final design of such priority deferred maintenance project.
``(3) Micro-purchase threshold.--For any priority deferred
maintenance project funded under this section, the micro-
purchase threshold for goods, services, and construction
described in section 2.101 of title 48, Code of Federal
Regulations, shall be $25,000.
``(4) Architect-engineer service fee allowances.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, fees for architects
and engineers for priority deferred maintenance projects shall
be capped at 8 percent.
``(5) Acquisition flexibilities.--Notwithstanding any
requirement for a Presidential emergency or disaster
declaration, the Secretaries are authorized to use the
emergency acquisition flexibilities under part 18 of title 48,
Code of Federal Regulations (and any successor regulations),
including the increased micro-purchase thresholds, simplified
acquisition thresholds, and other higher-level emergency
flexibilities, in contracting for priority deferred maintenance
projects.
``(n) Disposal of Assets.--The Secretaries shall provide for the
disposal of constructed assets included on a deferred maintenance list
submitted under subsection (m)(3) that no longer serve the public
interest or advance the mission of the applicable unit to which the
asset belongs.''.
(b) GAO Study.--Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment
of this Act and annually thereafter, the Comptroller General of the
United States shall--
(1) conduct a study on the implementation of this Act and
the amendments made by this Act, including whether the
implementation has effectively reduced the deferred maintenance
backlog of the covered agencies (as that term is defined in
section 200401 of title 54, United States Code); and
(2) submit to Congress a report that describes the results
of the study under paragraph (1).
(c) Rule of Construction.--
(1) In general.--The amendments made by this Act shall not
be construed to--
(A) except with respect to the designated name of
the fund, replace the National Parks and Public Land
Legacy Restoration Fund as in effect on the date
immediately before the date of the enactment of this
Act;
(B) affect or modify any amounts within the
National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund
as in effect on the date immediately before the date of
the enactment of this Act; or
(C) establish a new fund.
(2) References.--Any reference to the National Parks and
Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund in any law, regulation,
map, document, record, or other paper of the United States
shall be deemed to be a reference to the America's Legacy
Restoration Fund.
SEC. 3. CODIFICATION OF FOREIGN VISITOR FEES.
(a) Visitor Nonimmigrant.--Section 802 of the Federal Lands
Recreation Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6801) is amended by adding at the
end the following:
``(17) Visitor nonimmigrant.--The term `visitor
nonimmigrant' means a nonimmigrant individual admitted into the
United States under--
``(A) section 101(a)(15)(B) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(B)); or
``(B) section 217 of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187).''.
(b) Entry Fee for Foreign Visitors.--Section 803(e) of the Federal
Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6802(e)) is amended by
adding at the end the following:
``(3) Foreign visitors.--For all Federal recreational lands
and waters for which an entrance fee or standard amenity
recreation fee is charged, the entrance fee or standard amenity
recreation fee for a visitor nonimmigrant shall be not less
than $100 per visitor nonimmigrant, in addition to any other
fee charged with respect to such Federal recreational lands and
waters.''.
(c) Annual Pass for Foreign Visitors.--Section 805(a) of the
Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6804(a)) is amended
by adding at the end the following:
``(11) Rule for visitor nonimmigrants.--The Secretaries
shall make the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands
Pass available for sale to any visitor nonimmigrant for a fee
of not less than $250.''.
(d) Receipts.--Any monies derived from this section and amendments
made by this section shall be deposited in the America's Legacy
Restoration Fund.
(e) Definitions.--In this Act:
(1) America's legacy restoration fund.--The term
``America's Legacy Restoration Fund'' means the America's
Legacy Restoration Fund established under section 200402 of
title 54, United States Code, as amended by this Act.
(2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of the Interior.
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Sponsors
- Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4]RHouseAR
Cosponsors
- Del. Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman [R-AS-At Large]
- Rep. Amo, Gabe [D-RI-1]
- Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2]
- Rep. Ansari, Yassamin [D-AZ-3]
- Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2]
- Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44]
- Rep. Bell, Wesley [D-MO-1]
- Rep. Bentz, Cliff [R-OR-2]
- Rep. Bergman, Jack [R-MI-1]
- Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
- Rep. Bynum, Janelle S. [D-OR-5]
- Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24]
- Rep. Carey, Mike [R-OH-15]
- Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1]
- Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46]
- Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2]
- Rep. Crane, Elijah [R-AZ-2]
- Rep. Crank, Jeff [R-CO-5]
- Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]
- Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6]
- Rep. Downing, Troy [R-MT-2]
- Rep. Elfreth, Sarah [D-MD-3]
- Rep. Ellzey, Jake [R-TX-6]
- Rep. Evans, Gabe [R-CO-8]
- Rep. Ezell, Mike [R-MS-4]
- Rep. Fedorchak, Julie [R-ND-At Large]
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]
- Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-10]
- Rep. Gimenez, Carlos A. [R-FL-28]
- Rep. Golden, Jared F. [D-ME-2]
- Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5]
- Rep. Gray, Adam [D-CA-13]
- Rep. Grijalva, Adelita S. [D-AZ-7]
- Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2]
- Rep. Hill, J. French [R-AR-2]
- Rep. Hoyle, Val T. [D-OR-4]
- Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
- Rep. Hunt, Wesley [R-TX-38]
- Rep. Hurd, Jeff [R-CO-3]
- Rep. Jacobs, Sara [D-CA-51]
- Rep. Kennedy, Mike [R-UT-3]
- Rep. Kiggans, Jennifer A. [R-VA-2]
- Rep. Kim, Young [R-CA-40]
- Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8]
- Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17]
- Rep. Lee, Laurel M. [R-FL-15]
- Rep. Leger Fernandez, Teresa [D-NM-3]
- Rep. Magaziner, Seth [D-RI-2]
- Rep. Mast, Brian J. [R-FL-21]
- Rep. McGuire, John J. [R-VA-5]
- Rep. Miller-Meeks, Mariannette [R-IA-1]
- Rep. Miller, Carol D. [R-WV-1]
- Rep. Min, Dave [D-CA-47]
- Rep. Moore, Blake D. [R-UT-1]
- Rep. Mrvan, Frank J. [D-IN-1]
- Rep. Mullin, Kevin [D-CA-15]
- Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
- Rep. Owens, Burgess [R-UT-4]
- Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19]
- Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50]
- Rep. Pettersen, Brittany [D-CO-7]
- Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1]
- Rep. Randall, Emily [D-WA-6]
- Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7]
- Rep. Simon, Lateefah [D-CA-12]
- Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2]
- Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9]
- Rep. Stansbury, Melanie A. [D-NM-1]
- Rep. Stauber, Pete [R-MN-8]
- Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21]
- Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3]
- Rep. Taylor, David J. [R-OH-2]
- Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4]
- Rep. Tiffany, Thomas P. [R-WI-7]
- Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15]
- Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-22]
- Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2]
- Rep. Van Orden, Derrick [R-WI-3]
- Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-52]
- Rep. Vasquez, Gabe [D-NM-2]
- Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-5]
- Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25]
- Rep. Webster, Daniel [R-FL-11]
- Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1]
- Rep. Yakym, Rudy [R-IN-2]
- Rep. Zinke, Ryan K. [R-MT-1]
- Rescom. Hernández, Pablo Jose [D-PR-At Large]
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