S 1547
America the Beautiful Act
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Bill overview
The America the Beautiful Act reauthorizes the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund, increasing the amount available for projects and clarifying how funds can be used. It prioritizes projects that receive donations of at least 15% of their total cost and encourages the public to donate through various channels. The bill also addresses the allocation of funds, particularly in the event of a lapse in appropriations, and requires agencies to dispose of assets on deferred maintenance lists that no longer serve a public purpose.
Key provisions
- Increases the annual deposit into the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund to $2 billion.
- Prioritizes projects receiving donations of at least 15% of their total cost.
- Requires the Secretary and Secretary of Agriculture to solicit public donations and provide information on donation opportunities.
- Allows cash donations to be credited to the Fund and allocated to specific projects.
- Addresses allocation of funds in the event of a lapse in appropriations.
- Mandates the disposal of constructed assets on deferred maintenance lists that no longer serve a public purpose.
- Requires agencies to submit a report to Congress detailing actions taken to reduce deferred maintenance.
- Encourages agencies to increase preventative maintenance activities.
Who is affected
- National Park Service
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Bureau of Land Management
- Public Land Donors
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119th CONGRESS — 1st Session
S. 1547
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
A BILL
To amend title 54, United States Code, to reauthorize the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund, and for other purposes.
This Act may be cited as the America the Beautiful Act
.
2025and inserting
2033; and
in paragraph (2), by striking $1,900,000,000
and inserting $2,000,000,000
.
Section 200402(e) of title 54, United States Code, is amended—
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
by adding at the end the following:
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.
Section 200402(h) of title 54, United States Code, is amended by inserting and the subsequent fiscal year
before the period at the end.
Section 200402(i) of title 54, United States Code, is amended—
in paragraph (1), by inserting for the applicable fiscal year and subsequent fiscal year
after under this section
; and
in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the following:
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.
Section 200402(j) of title 54, United States Code, is amended—
in the subsection heading, by striking Public
;
public;
by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively;
by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
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—
public awareness campaigns;
physical or digital donation locations at project sites; and
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.
by striking paragraph (3) (as so redesignated) and inserting the following:
Any cash donations accepted under paragraph (1)—
shall be—
credited to, and form a part of, the Fund; and
allocated to the covered agency for which the donation was made; and
may be allocated to specific projects included on a list submitted under subsection (h).
in paragraph (4) (as so redesignated), by striking paragraph (2)(B)
and inserting paragraph (3)(A)(ii)
.
Section 200402 of title 54, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
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.
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—
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
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).