[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[H.R. 3094 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3094

To establish in the Treasury of the United States a fund which shall be 
  known as the National Park Centennial Fund, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 19, 2007

  Mr. Grijalva (for himself and Mr. Rahall) introduced the following 
     bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To establish in the Treasury of the United States a fund which shall be 
  known as the National Park Centennial Fund, 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.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Park Centennial Fund Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Fund.--The term ``Fund'' means the National Park 
        Centennial Fund established under section 3.
            (2) Project.--The term ``Project'' means a National Park 
        Centennial Project funded pursuant to this Act.
            (3) Proposal.--The term ``Proposal'' means a National Park 
        Centennial Proposal submitted pursuant to section 4.
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.

SEC. 3. NATIONAL PARK CENTENNIAL FUND.

    (a) Establishment of Fund.--There is established in the Treasury of 
the United States a fund which shall be known as the National Park 
Centennial Fund. In each fiscal year from fiscal year 2008 through 
fiscal year 2017, the Secretary of the Treasury shall deposit into the 
Fund all amounts collected from fees described in subsection (b), 
totaling $100,000,000 each fiscal year.
    (b) Commercial Activities Fee.--
            (1) Establishment.--Not later than 90 days after the date 
        of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall promulgate 
        regulations to establish new fees or fee increases for 
        commercial activities, including leases, on Federal lands 
        administered by the Secretary. Such fee or fee increases shall 
        apply to any commercial activity, including leases, in effect 
        on the date final regulations are promulgated under this 
        subsection or thereafter.
            (2) Amount.--The amount of fees shall, in aggregate, result 
        in the receipt by the United States of a total of not less than 
        $100,000,000 annually for fiscal years 2008 through 2017.
            (3) Offsetting receipts.--New fees or the portion of 
        revenue generated from increased fees received by the United 
        States under this section shall be treated as offsetting 
        receipts for the purposes of this Act.
            (4) Deposit of amounts into fund.--Amounts received by the 
        United States as fees under this section shall be deposited 
        into the Fund.

SEC. 4. PROGRAM ALLOCATION.

    (a) In General.--Each fiscal year, the Administration's annual 
budget submission for the Department of the Interior shall include a 
list of proposals which shall be known as National Park Centennial 
Proposals. The Secretary shall establish a standard process for 
developing the list that shall encourage input from both the public and 
a broad cross-section of employees at every level of the National Park 
Service. The list--
            (1) shall include proposals having an aggregate cost equal 
        to the unobligated amount in the Fund;
            (2) shall include only proposals consistent with National 
        Park Service policies and adopted park planning documents;
            (3) may include proposals which focus on individual units 
        of the National Park System, clusters of units of the National 
        Park System, a region or regions of the National Park System, 
        the National Park System in its entirety, or any program 
        administered by the National Park Service;
            (4) shall cumulatively represent a nationwide array of 
        proposals that is diverse geographically, in size, scope, 
        magnitude, theme, and variety under the initiatives described 
        in subsection (b);
            (5) shall include only proposals demonstrating long-term 
        viability beyond receipts from the Fund; and
            (6) shall include only proposals meeting the requirements 
        of one or more of the initiatives set forth in subsection (b).
    (b) National Park Centennial Initiatives.--The requirements 
referred to in subsection (a)(6) are as follows:
            (1) Education in parks centennial initiative.--Proposals 
        for the ``Education in Parks Centennial Initiative'' shall meet 
        the following requirements:
                    (A) Each proposal shall be designed to increase 
                National Park-based educational opportunities for 
                persons under 18 years of age, particularly those from 
                populations historically underrepresented among 
                visitors to units of the National Park System.
                    (B) Priority shall be given to proposals designed 
                to bring persons under 18 years of age into units of 
                the National Park System in person.
                    (C) Each proposal shall include strategies for 
                encouraging young people to become lifelong advocates 
                for National Parks.
                    (D) Proposals shall be developed in consultation 
                with the leadership of educational and youth 
                organizations expected to participate in the proposed 
                initiative.
            (2) Diversity in parks centennial initiative.--
                    (A) Study.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
                the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
                to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 
                Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
                Resources of the Senate a report detailing a service-
                wide strategy for increasing diversity among both 
                National Park Service employees and visitors to units 
                of the National Park System.
                    (B) Proposals.--Proposals for the ``Diversity in 
                Parks Centennial Initiative'' shall meet the following 
                requirements:
                            (i) Each proposal shall be based on 
                        recommendations contained in the report 
                        required in subparagraph (A).
                            (ii) Each proposal shall be designed to 
                        make National Park Service employees, at all 
                        levels, and visitors to units of the National 
                        Park System reflect the diversity of the 
                        population of the United States.
            (3) Supporting park professionals centennial initiative.--
        Proposals for the ``Supporting Park Professionals Centennial 
        Initiative'' shall meet the following requirements:
                    (A) Each proposal shall provide specific 
                opportunities for National Park Service employees, at 
                all levels, to participate in professional career 
                development.
                    (B) Proposals may include National Park Service-
                designed, internal professional development programs.
                    (C) Proposals may also be designed to facilitate 
                participation in external professional development 
                programs or established courses of study by National 
                Park Service employees.
            (4) Environmental leadership centennial initiative.--
        Proposals for the ``Environmental Leadership Centennial 
        Initiative'' shall meet the following requirements:
                    (A) Each proposal shall be designed to reduce 
                harmful emissions, conserve energy and water resources 
                and reduce solid waste production within units of the 
                National Park System.
                    (B) Each proposal shall include strategies for 
                educating the public regarding Environmental Leadership 
                projects and their results.
                    (C) Priority shall be given to proposals with the 
                potential to spread technological advances to other 
                Federal agencies or to the private sector.
            (5) Natural resource protection centennial initiative.--
        Proposals for the ``Natural Resource Protection Centennial 
        Initiative'' shall meet the following requirements:
                    (A) Each proposal shall be designed to restore or 
                conserve native ecosystems within units of the National 
                Park System.
                    (B) Priority shall be given to proposals designed 
                to control invasive species.
            (6) Line item construction.--The President may submit 
        proposals for projects prioritized in the existing National 
        Park Service Line Item Construction Program for funding from 
        the Fund. These proposals shall have all environmental 
        compliance and administrative approvals in place before or 
        during the fiscal year for which funds are sought.
    (c) Funding.--In each of fiscal years 2009 through 2018, 
unobligated amounts in the Fund shall be available without further 
appropriation only for Projects approved in Acts of appropriation for 
the Department of the Interior.
    (d) Distribution of Funds.--In each of fiscal years 2009 through 
2018, unobligated amounts in the Fund shall be appropriated among the 6 
initiatives in subsection (b) as follows:
            (1) 10 percent for projects under the Diversity in Parks 
        Centennial Initiative.
            (2) 10 percent for projects under the Support for Park 
        Professionals Centennial Initiative.
            (3) 10 percent for projects under the Environmental 
        Leadership Centennial Initiative.
            (4) 10 percent for projects under the Natural Resource 
        Protection Centennial Initiative.
            (5) 30 percent for projects under the Education in Parks 
        Centennial Initiative.
            (6) 30 percent for Centennial projects under the Line Item 
        Construction Program.

SEC. 5. PARTNERSHIPS.

    (a) Donations.--The Secretary may accept funds for any Project 
pursuant to section 1 of the Act of June 5, 1920 (16 U.S.C. 6).
    (b) No Contingency.--Receipt or expenditure of Federal funding for 
Projects shall not be contingent on receipt of non-Federal funds.
    (c) Terms and Conditions.--To the extent that private organizations 
or individuals are to participate in or contribute to any Project, the 
terms and conditions of that participation or contribution shall be 
governed by National Park Service Directors Order #21, ``Donations and 
Fundraising'', as in force on the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 6. EMPLOYEE PARTICIPATION.

    The actions of all employees of the National Park Service with 
regard to any Project shall be governed by National Park Service 
Director's Order #21, ``Donations and Fundraising'', as in force on the 
date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 7. MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.

    Amounts made available from the Fund shall supplement rather than 
replace annual expenditures by the National Park Service, including 
authorized expenditures from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and 
the National Park Service Line Item Construction Program. The National 
Park Service shall maintain adequate, permanent staffing levels and 
permanent staff shall not be replaced with nonpermanent employees hired 
to carry out this Act or Projects carried out with funds provided under 
this Act.

SEC. 8. REPORTS.

    For each fiscal year beginning in fiscal year 2009, the Secretary 
shall submit to Congress a report that includes the following:
            (1) A detailed accounting of all expenditures from the 
        Fund, including a detailed accounting of any private 
        contributions, either in cash or in kind, to any Project.
            (2) A statement of whether the National Park Service has 
        maintained adequate, permanent staffing levels and what 
        nonpermanent and permanent staff have been hired to carry out 
        this Act or Projects carried out with funds provided under this 
        Act.
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