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<dc:title>119 S1547 IS: America the Beautiful Act</dc:title>
<dc:publisher>U.S. Senate</dc:publisher>
<dc:date>2025-05-01</dc:date>
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        <distribution-code>II</distribution-code>
        <congress>119th CONGRESS</congress>
        <session>1st Session</session>
        <legis-num>S. 1547</legis-num>
        <current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber>
        <action>
            <action-date date="20250501">May 1, 2025</action-date>
            <action-desc><sponsor name-id="S375">Mr. Daines</sponsor> (for himself, <cosponsor name-id="S363">Mr. King</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S398">Mr.
                    Cramer</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S327">Mr. Warner</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S435">Mr. Sheehy</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S324">Mrs.
                    Shaheen</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S288">Ms. Murkowski</cosponsor>, and
                    <cosponsor name-id="S408">Mr. Hickenlooper</cosponsor>) introduced the following
                bill; which was read twice and referred to the <committee-name committee-id="SSEG00">Committee on Energy and Natural Resources</committee-name></action-desc>
        </action>
        <legis-type>A BILL</legis-type>
        <official-title>To amend title 54, United States Code, to reauthorize the National Parks and
            Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund, and for other purposes.</official-title>
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    <legis-body display-enacting-clause="yes-display-enacting-clause">
        <section section-type="section-one" id="id606609b678e044c887a707daf567a548">
            <enum>1.</enum>
            <header>Short title</header>
 <text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>America the Beautiful Act</short-title></quote>.</text>
        </section>
        <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3c03bab0acd24886aa25ce6eca3fcab4">
            <enum>2.</enum>
            <header>Reuauthorization of the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration
                Fund</header>
            <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idffbea3d11bbc4e8d99b97fe0fb83b33c">
                <enum>(a)</enum>
                <header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Deposits</header>
 <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 200402(b) of title 54, United States Code, is amended—</text>
                <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8c4cedb1e78042beb8d0f734c6c1b7e5">
                    <enum>(1)</enum>
 <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>2025</quote> and inserting <quote>2033</quote>; and</text>
                </paragraph>
                <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idba1ead0b6e254259a253ad023d322d51">
                    <enum>(2)</enum>
 <text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>$1,900,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$2,000,000,000</quote>.</text>
                </paragraph>
            </subsection>
            <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id357c2a666c1e41d6ae56762ded90eec7">
                <enum>(b)</enum>
                <header>Use of funds</header>
 <text>Section 200402(e) of title 54, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id35329c982f9345e0bd305ee29d2571de"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>in the National Wildlife Refuge System</quote> and inserting <quote>on land administered by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service</quote>; and</text>
                </paragraph>
                <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd295f72be8a149c7bedf5b7465d8c8f8">
                    <enum>(2)</enum>
 <text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id63174B2747064CB0AC1572D8508DBCEC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc76d5b7f3f664b9aae270a343b06ec4b"> <enum>(3)</enum> <header>Project prioritization</header> <text>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.</text>
                        </paragraph>
                        <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
                    </quoted-block>
                </paragraph>
            </subsection>
            <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0604d326f65e49999dc0b09a05a7c96a">
                <enum>(c)</enum>
                <header>Submission of annual list of projects to Congress</header>
 <text>Section 200402(h) of title 54, United States Code, is amended by inserting <quote>and the subsequent fiscal year</quote> before the period at the end.</text>
            </subsection>
            <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id457b57f2177f4adc817bdd2c4b8b3192">
                <enum>(d)</enum>
                <header>Alternate allocation</header>
 <text>Section 200402(i) of title 54, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id76da87e68f4f43169f6177a105e281d7"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>for the applicable fiscal year and subsequent fiscal year</quote> after <quote>under this section</quote>; and</text>
                </paragraph>
                <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id71d95e582d98413d80979d250fe560e8">
                    <enum>(2)</enum>
 <text>in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id64F604F1F41D460F8EDFE65DDBDEC404"> <subparagraph id="id909b853adf4245b2b89db0b9496c85e1"> <enum>(C)</enum> <header>No full-year appropriations enacted</header> <text>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.</text>
                        </subparagraph>
                        <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
                    </quoted-block>
                </paragraph>
            </subsection>
            <subsection id="iddbf48e76c9224f2c9226a4490fe94a8c">
                <enum>(e)</enum>
                <header>Public donations</header>
 <text>Section 200402(j) of title 54, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf92ba44574594731a975dddb7f5e09c9"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>in the subsection heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Public</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
                </paragraph>
                <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1da806b498b24071b35896fba0c15cee">
                    <enum>(2)</enum>
 <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>public</quote>;</text>
                </paragraph>
                <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida86a08ca626b407e8b7ee1305b7236b7">
                    <enum>(3)</enum>
 <text>by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively;</text>
                </paragraph>
                <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd69b258ddab2473ead3156a505394095">
                    <enum>(4)</enum>
 <text>by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB074D53895C94E4882C5AD59902C454E"> <paragraph id="idf23e05d5d53a47a7851534747f66b324"> <enum>(2)</enum> <header>Solicitation of Donations</header> <text>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—</text>
                            <subparagraph id="id5cd55d6c1a2d424db50f81cba91e3a4f">
                                <enum>(A)</enum>
 <text>public awareness campaigns;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="iddee71d3f67814d6cb45f3bc74e42e001"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text>physical or digital donation locations at project sites; and</text>
                            </subparagraph>
                            <subparagraph id="id0c47262af8fc4ec4842b738f9ea047c0">
                                <enum>(C)</enum>
 <text>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.</text>
                            </subparagraph>
                        </paragraph>
                        <after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
                    </quoted-block>
                </paragraph>
                <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3504c667ab124e84810e7a0bdb039898">
                    <enum>(5)</enum>
 <text>by striking paragraph (3) (as so redesignated) and inserting the following:</text>
                    <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id08EACCAEC6524C8CA46E164215539B79">
                        <paragraph id="id4eb35fbc0323428a8dab0e6f87439da4">
                            <enum>(3)</enum>
                            <header>Credits to fund</header>
 <text>Any cash donations accepted under paragraph (1)—</text> <subparagraph id="idbf1196cc69804d67b862b6f1750d4219"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text>shall be—</text>
                                <clause id="ide8213e0520f3473d8ce2adf9e4dc3e5a">
                                    <enum>(i)</enum>
 <text>credited to, and form a part of, the Fund; and</text> </clause> <clause id="id319343701ef247eab90c4b3d528637f2"> <enum>(ii)</enum> <text>allocated to the covered agency for which the donation was made; and</text>
                                </clause>
                            </subparagraph>
                            <subparagraph id="id8444fb18ad95462695b0554fd3c71549">
                                <enum>(B)</enum>
 <text>may be allocated to specific projects included on a list submitted under subsection (h).</text>
                            </subparagraph>
                        </paragraph>
                        <after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
                    </quoted-block>
                </paragraph>
                <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide9be701a0b754c4a8f7af8c961577d7d">
                    <enum>(6)</enum>
 <text>in paragraph (4) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>paragraph (2)(B)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (3)(A)(ii)</quote>.</text>
                </paragraph>
            </subsection>
            <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5869560639bc4719aea9480d6f1369e2">
                <enum>(f)</enum>
                <header>Disposal of assets; report to congress</header>
 <text>Section 200402 of title 54, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
                <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCC3CF2A564D14E0EB8A9DED85D88FA3F">
                    <subsection id="id0d62e20c86a14d9b9b6aa3fd45691df9">
                        <enum>(l)</enum>
                        <header>Disposal of assets</header>
 <text>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.</text>
                    </subsection>
                    <subsection id="id59326ffb7cd84c5682f1b513485d2450">
                        <enum>(m)</enum>
                        <header>Report to Congress</header>
 <text>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—</text>
                        <paragraph id="id4b36b078706540c4a83e00d51c546f90">
                            <enum>(1)</enum>
 <text>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 </text>
                        </paragraph>
                        <paragraph id="idb73403eed7a54b0b8d496484b63a8ffb">
                            <enum>(2)</enum>
 <text>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).</text>
                        </paragraph>
                    </subsection>
                    <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
                </quoted-block>
            </subsection>
        </section>
    </legis-body>
</bill>

