[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 599 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 599

  To provide a source of funds to carry out restoration activities on 
 Federal lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior 
        or the Secretary of Agriculture, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 2, 2005

  Mr. Udall of Colorado (for himself and Mr. Tancredo) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide a source of funds to carry out restoration activities on 
 Federal lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior 
        or the Secretary of Agriculture, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND FINDINGS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Lands 
Restoration, Enhancement, Public Education, and Information Resources 
Act of 2005''.
    (b) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) Violations of laws and regulations applicable to the 
        use of Federal lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of 
        the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture often result in 
        damages to those lands that require expenditures for 
        restoration activities to mitigate the damages.
            (2) Increased public information and education regarding 
        the laws and regulations applicable to the use of these Federal 
        lands can help to reduce the frequency of unintentional 
        violations.
            (3) It is appropriate that fines and other monetary 
        penalties paid as a result of violations of laws and 
        regulations applicable to the use of these Federal lands be 
        used to defray the costs of such restoration activities and to 
        provide such public information and education.

SEC. 2. USE OF FINES FROM VIOLATIONS OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS APPLICABLE 
              TO PUBLIC LANDS FOR RESTORATION AND INFORMATIONAL 
              ACTIVITIES.

    (a) Lands Under Jurisdiction of Bureau of Land Management.--Section 
305 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 
1735), is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(d) Use of Collected Fines.--
            ``(1) Availability and authorized use.--Any moneys received 
        by the United States as a result of a fine imposed under 
        section 3571 of title 18, United States Code, for a violation 
        of a regulation prescribed under section 303(a) shall be 
        available to the Secretary, without further appropriation and 
        until expended, for the following purposes:
                    ``(A) To cover the cost to the United States of any 
                improvement, protection, or rehabilitation work on the 
                public lands rendered necessary by the action which led 
                to the fine or by similar actions.
                    ``(B) To increase public awareness of regulations 
                and other requirements regarding the use of the public 
                lands.
            ``(2) Treatment of excess funds.--Moneys referred to in 
        paragraph (1) that the Secretary determines are excess to the 
        amounts necessary to carry out the purposes specified in such 
        paragraph shall be transferred to the Crime Victims Fund 
        established by section 1402 of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 
        (42 U.S.C. 10601).''.
    (b) National Park System Lands.--Section 3 of the Act of August 25, 
1916 (popularly known as the National Park Service Organic Act; 16 
U.S.C. 3), is amended--
            (1) by striking ``That the Secretary'' the first place it 
        appears and inserting ``(a) Regulations for Use and Management 
        of National Park System; Enforcement.--The Secretary'';
            (2) by striking ``He may also'' the first place it appears 
        and inserting the following:
    ``(b) Special Management Authorities.--The Secretary of the 
Interior may'';
            (3) by striking ``He may also'' the second place it appears 
        and inserting ``The Secretary may'';
            (4) by striking ``No natural,'' and inserting the 
        following:
    ``(c) Lease and Permit Authorities.--No natural''; and
            (5) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(d) Use of Collected Fines.--
            ``(1) Availability and authorized use.--Any moneys received 
        by the United States as a result of a fine imposed under 
        section 3571 of title 18, United States Code, for a violation 
        of a rule or regulation prescribed under this section shall be 
        available to the Secretary of the Interior, without further 
        appropriation and until expended, for the following purposes:
                    ``(A) To cover the cost to the United States of any 
                improvement, protection, or rehabilitation work on the 
                National Park System lands rendered necessary by the 
                action which led to the fine or by similar actions.
                    ``(B) To increase public awareness of rules, 
                regulations, and other requirements regarding the use 
                of such lands.
            ``(2) Treatment of excess funds.--Moneys referred to in 
        paragraph (1) that the Secretary determines are excess to the 
        amounts necessary to carry out the purposes specified in such 
        paragraph shall be transferred to the Crime Victims Fund 
        established by section 1402 of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 
        (42 U.S.C. 10601).''.
    (c) National Wildlife Refuge System Lands.--Subsection (f) of 
section 4 of the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 
1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraphs:
            ``(3) Use of collected fines.--Any moneys received by the 
        United States as a result of a fine imposed under section 3571 
        of title 18, United States Code, for a violation of this Act or 
        a regulation issued thereunder shall be available to the 
        Secretary, without further appropriation and until expended, 
        for the following purposes:
                    ``(A) To cover the cost to the United States of any 
                improvement, protection, or rehabilitation work on the 
                System lands rendered necessary by the action which led 
                to the fine or by similar actions.
                    ``(B) To increase public awareness of rules, 
                regulations, and other requirements regarding the use 
                of System lands.
            ``(4) Treatment of excess funds.--Moneys referred to in 
        paragraph (3) that the Secretary determines are excess to the 
        amounts necessary to carry out the purposes specified in such 
        paragraph shall be transferred to the Crime Victims Fund 
        established by section 1402 of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 
        (42 U.S.C. 10601).''.
    (d) National Forest System Lands.--Section 7 of the Act of June 20, 
1958 (16 U.S.C. 579c), is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(a) Treatment of Certain Moneys Received 
        on Behalf of Forest Service.--'' before ``Any funds'';
            (2) by striking ``contract or (2)'' and inserting 
        ``contract, (2)'';
            (3) by inserting after ``improvements,'' the following: 
        ``or (3) as a result of a fine imposed under section 3571 of 
        title 18, United States Code, for a violation of a rule or 
        regulation prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture with 
        respect to such lands,'';
            (4) by striking ``to cover'' and all that follows through 
        the end of the section and inserting the following: ``for the 
        purposes specified in subsection (b).''; and
            (5) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(b) Authorized Use.--
            ``(1) In general.--The moneys referred to in subsection (a) 
        shall be available to the Secretary of Agriculture for the 
        following purposes:
                    ``(A) To cover the cost to the United States of any 
                improvement, protection, or rehabilitation work on 
                National Forest System lands rendered necessary by the 
                action which led to the fine, forfeiture, judgment, 
                compromise, or settlement or by similar actions.
                    ``(B) To increase public awareness of rules, 
                regulations, and other requirements regarding the use 
                of such lands.
            ``(2) Treatment of excess funds.--Moneys referred to in 
        subsection (a) that the Secretary determines are excess to the 
        amounts necessary to carry out the purposes specified in 
        paragraph (1) shall be transferred to the Crime Victims Fund 
        established by section 1402 of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 
        (42 U.S.C. 10601).''.
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