S. 1547

119 S1547 IS: America the Beautiful Act
 U.S. Senate
 2025-05-01
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  II
  119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
  S. 1547
  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
  A BILL
To amend title 54, United States Code, to reauthorize the National Parks and
  Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   America the Beautiful Act  .
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.
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(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.
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(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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