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I119th CONGRESS2d SessionH. R. 9250IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESJune 10, 2026Mr. Westerman (for himself, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Ezell, Mr. Neguse, Mr. Hunt, Ms. Hoyle of Oregon, Mrs. Fedorchak, Ms. Elfreth, Mrs. Radewagen, Ms. Brownley, Mr. Zinke, Ms. Simon, Mrs. Miller of West Virginia, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Carey, Mr. Gray, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Min, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, Mrs. Grijalva, Mr. Kennedy of Utah, Mr. Golden of Maine, Mr. Downing, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Lawler, Mr. Mrvan, Mr. Webster of Florida, Mr. Case, Mr. McGuire, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Valadao, Mr. Peters, Mr. Wittman, Ms. Randall, Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Van Drew, Mr. Soto, Mr. Owens, Ms. Barragán, Mr. Gimenez, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Ellzey, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Guthrie, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Moore of Utah, Ms. Ansari, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Stauber, Ms. Bynum, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Hernández, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Correa, Mr. Crank, Ms. Stansbury, Mrs. Kim, Mr. Magaziner, Mr. Hill of Arkansas, Mr. Vasquez, Mr. Amodei of Nevada, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Bentz, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. Hurd of Colorado, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Crane, Mr. Amo, Mr. Evans of Colorado, Ms. Craig, Ms. Lee of Florida, Mr. Torres of New York, Mr. Yakym, Ms. Jacobs, Mr. Van Orden, Ms. Pettersen, Mr. Tiffany, Ms. Leger Fernandez, Mr. Mast, Mr. Bell, Mr. Bergman, Mr. Garamendi, Ms. Maloy, Mr. Keating, Mr. McDowell, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Collins, and Mr. Cuellar) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 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 concernedA BILLTo modernize and maintain the National Park Service, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the Forest Service, and the Bureau of Indian Education in celebration of America’s 250th anniversary.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Great American Outdoors Act 250.

2.

National parks and public lands maintenance and modernization

(a)

In general

Subtitle II of title 54, United States Code, is amended by striking chapter 2004 and inserting the following: 2004

AMERICA’S LEGACY RESTORATION FUND

200401. Definitions. 200402. America’s Legacy Restoration Fund.

200401.

Definitions

In this chapter: (1)

Asset

The term asset means any real property, including any physical structure or grouping of structures, landscape, trail, or other tangible property, that— (A)is tracked and managed as a distinct, identifiable entity by a covered agency; and (B)has a specific service or function. (2)

Covered agency

The term covered agency means— (A)the Service; (B)the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; (C)the Forest Service; (D)the Bureau of Land Management; and (E)the Bureau of Indian Education. (3)

Deferred maintenance

The term deferred maintenance means maintenance— (A)that was not carried out on an asset when it should have been; or (B)was scheduled to be carried out and was put off or delayed for a future period. (4)

Fund

The term Fund means the America’s Legacy Restoration Fund established by section 200402(a). (5)

Priority deferred maintenance project

The term priority deferred maintenance project means any activity to reduce or eliminate deferred maintenance of an asset, which may include— (A)resolving directly related infrastructure deficiencies of the asset that would not by itself be classified as deferred maintenance; (B)conducting cyclical maintenance on an asset if, with respect to the asset, a deferred maintenance classification would be imminent without intervention; (C)modernizing the specific components or systems of the asset requiring repair to contemporary operational standards, in accordance with the laws and policies applicable to a covered agency; and (D)an activity that supports any combination of purposes described in subparagraphs (A) and (C). (6)

Relevant Congressional Committees

The term relevant Congressional Committees means— (A)the Committees on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and (B)the Committees on Energy and Natural Resources, Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, Indian Affairs, and Appropriations of the Senate. (7)

Secretaries

The term Secretaries means the Secretary and the Secretary of Agriculture.

200402.

America’s Legacy Restoration Fund

(a)

Establishment

The fund established in the Treasury of the United States known as the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund is hereby redesignated as the America’s Legacy Restoration Fund. (b)

Deposits

(1)

In general

Except as provided in paragraph (2), there shall be deposited in the Fund an amount equal to— (A)100 percent of all revenue collected under section 3 of the Great American Outdoors Act 250; (B)100 percent of all donations collected under the Great American Outdoors Act 250; and (C)50 percent of all energy development revenues due and payable to the United States from oil, gas, coal, or alternative or renewable energy development on Federal land credited, covered, or deposited as miscellaneous receipts under Federal law in the preceding fiscal year. (2)

Maximum amount

Any amounts deposited in the Fund for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030 under subparagraphs (A) and (C) of paragraph (1) in excess of $1,900,000,000 in any fiscal year shall be transferred to the General Fund of the Treasury. (3)

Effect on other revenues

Section 200402(b)(3) of title 54, United States Code, as in effect on the date immediately before the date of the enactment of the Great American Outdoors Act 250, shall apply to this chapter and any disposition of revenues made under this chapter. (c)

Availability of funds

Amounts deposited in the Fund for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2030 shall be available to the Secretaries, as provided in subsection (e), without further appropriation or fiscal year limitation. (d)

Investment of amounts

(1)

In general

The Secretary may request the Secretary of the Treasury to invest any portion of the Fund that is not, as determined by the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, required to meet the current needs of the Fund. (2)

Requirement

An investment requested under paragraph (1) shall be made by the Secretary of the Treasury in a public debt security— (A)with a maturity suitable to the needs of the Fund, as determined by the Secretary; and (B)bearing interest at a rate determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, taking into consideration current market yields on outstanding marketable obligations of the United States of comparable maturity. (3)

Credits to Fund

The income on investments of the Fund under this subsection shall be credited to, and form a part of, the Fund. (e)

Use of funds

(1)

In general

Amounts deposited in the Fund for each fiscal year shall be used for priority deferred maintenance projects or to carry out the pilot program in subsection (k), as applicable, in the System, in the National Wildlife Refuge System, on public land administered by the Bureau of Land Management, for the Bureau of Indian Education schools, and in the National Forest System, as follows: (A)70 percent of the amounts deposited in the Fund for each fiscal year shall be allocated to the Service. (B)15 percent of the amounts deposited in the Fund for each fiscal year shall be allocated to the Forest Service. (C)5 percent of the amounts deposited in the Fund for each fiscal year shall be allocated to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. (D)5 percent of the amounts deposited in the Fund for each fiscal year shall be allocated to the Bureau of Land Management. (E)5 percent of the amounts deposited in the Fund for each fiscal year shall be allocated to the Bureau of Indian Education. (2)

Transportation and nontransportation projects

(A)

Nontransportation projects

Over the term of the Fund— (i)for the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, not less than 80 percent of amounts from the Fund shall be allocated for nontransportation projects per year; (ii)for the Service, not less than 70 percent of amounts from the Fund shall be allocated for nontransportation projects per year; (iii)for the Bureau of Land Management, not less than 65 percent of amounts from the Fund shall be allocated for nontransportation projects per year; and (iv)for the Forest Service, not less than 55 percent of amounts from the Fund shall be allocated for nontransportation projects per year. (B)

Transportation projects

The amounts remaining in the Fund after the allocations required under subparagraph (A) may be allocated for transportation projects of the covered agencies, including paved and unpaved roads, bridges, tunnels, and paved parking areas. (C)

Plan

Any project funded under this section shall be consistent with an applicable transportation, deferred maintenance, or capital improvement plan developed by the applicable covered agency. (D)

Transfer of funds

Funds made available or allocated under this section to the covered agencies may be further allocated or reallocated to the Federal Highway Administration for transportation projects, in accordance with the allocations and limitations in this subsection and the prohibitions and limitations in subsection (f). (3)

Special rule for certain funds

In accordance with the limitations set forth in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall allocate not less than 80 percent of the revenues collected under section 3(b) of the Great American Outdoors Act 250 and deposited into the America’s Legacy Restoration Fund toward priority deferred maintenance projects in the unit in which the revenues were collected. (f)

Prohibitions and limitations

(1)

Prohibitions

No amounts in the Fund shall be used— (A)for the acquisition of land or any interests in land; (B)to supplant discretionary funding made available for annually recurring facility operations, maintenance, and construction needs; (C)for bonuses for employees of the Federal Government; and (D)to decommission a road. (2)

Limitations

Of the amounts made available under this section to a covered agency, not more than— (A)3 percent of the amounts deposited under subsection (b) and 0 percent of amounts made credited under subsection (d) may be used for administrative expenses; (B)except as provided in paragraph (3), 15 percent may be used for a contingency fund; and (C)8 percent may be used for priority deferred maintenance project planning and compliance. (3)

Contingency fund

The head of a covered agency shall provide written notification to the relevant Congressional Committees not less than 30 days before taking any action authorized by this section for a specific priority deferred maintenance project if the amount to be reallocated from the contingency fund for such priority deferred maintenance project is projected to be 10 percent or greater than the initial amount allocated to such priority deferred maintenance project. (g)

Priority deferred maintenance project selection

(1)

In general

As part of the selection of priority deferred maintenance projects to be submitted under subsection (h), the Secretaries shall— (A)ensure for each covered agency that funds are prioritized primarily for priority deferred maintenance projects that— (i)address mission critical assets that promote public access, enhance the visitor experience, or improve outdoor recreation opportunities; (ii)address deferred maintenance on assets for which failure would result in— (I)an imminent threat to public health or safety; or (II)the closure or material impairment of public access or core operational functions; (iii)are necessary to prevent the further deterioration of an asset that would result in a substantially higher future repair or replacement cost; or (iv)address any combination of purposes described in clauses (i) through (iii); (B)publish, on a publicly available website maintained by the Secretaries, a clear set of criteria for priority deferred maintenance project selection that takes into account— (i)the criteria listed in subparagraph (A); (ii)appropriate distribution of priority deferred maintenance projects geographically; (iii)appropriate distribution of priority deferred maintenance projects between large units and small units; and (iv)whether a unit or State has not received funding in a previous priority deferred maintenance project list for a covered agency; and (C)annually solicit recommendations for priority deferred maintenance projects from each Governor of a State that contains lands managed by the Secretaries; and (D)require that any transportation project to improve infrastructure account for a not less than 10 percent growth in visitation over existing levels for such infrastructure. (2)

Accessibility

(A)

Required consideration for accessibility

In expending amounts from the Fund, the Secretaries shall incorporate measures to improve the accessibility of assets and accommodate visitors and employees with disabilities in accordance with applicable law. (B)

Access America

In submitting a list of priority deferred maintenance projects under subsection (h), the Secretaries shall include not fewer than 2 priority deferred maintenance projects annually that are authorized under subtitle A of title II of the EXPLORE Act (16 U.S.C. 8481–8487). (h)

Submission of list of priority deferred maintenance projects to Congress

(1)

Initial submission

Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretaries shall each submit to the relevant Congressional Committees a list of proposed projects to be funded for fiscal year 2026 and the subsequent fiscal year that as of the date of the submission of the list, are ready to be implemented. (2)

Submission of annual list of priority deferred maintenance projects to Congress

Until the date on which all of the amounts in the Fund are expended, the Secretaries shall annually submit to Congress, together with the annual budget of the United States, a list of priority deferred maintenance projects to be funded from the Fund for the applicable fiscal year and the subsequent fiscal year that includes a detailed description of each priority deferred maintenance project, including the estimated expenditures from the Fund for the priority deferred maintenance project. (3)

Submission of list for priority matching projects

(A)

Matching requirements

As part of the priority deferred maintenance project lists submitted under this paragraph, the Secretaries shall submit for each covered agency a list of priority deferred maintenance projects for which full funding may be accomplished through a combination of funding from the covered agency and private cash or in-kind donations (including through matched funding campaigns), including the— (i)amount the covered agency has allocated to such priority deferred maintenance project; and (ii)remaining amount the covered agency is soliciting to fully fund the priority deferred maintenance project. (B)

Limitation

The contribution of each covered agency to priority deferred maintenance projects included on the list submitted under subparagraph (A) shall collectively total not less than 5 percent of the funding allocated to each covered agency. (C)

Timeline for completion

If a priority deferred maintenance project has not received sufficient matching private donations on the date which is 5 years after such priority deferred maintenance project was initially included on the list submitted by the Secretaries, the Secretaries shall, with respect to their respective departments, re-allocate any— (i)Federal funds initially allocated for such priority deferred maintenance project to a new priority deferred maintenance project for the same covered agency, to be submitted in accordance with subparagraph (A); and (ii)non-Federal funds initially allocated for such priority deferred maintenance project to fulfill the matching requirements of any other priority deferred maintenance project submitted under subparagraph (A) for the same covered agency, prioritizing any other priority deferred maintenance projects proposed within the same unit at which the initial project was proposed. (4)

Maintenance action teams

In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall provide a list of each individual priority deferred maintenance project carried out by a maintenance action team during the preceding fiscal year. (i)

Alternate allocation

(1)

In general

Appropriations Acts may provide for alternate allocation of amounts made available under this section, consistent with the allocations to covered agencies under subsection (e)(1). (2)

Allocation by president

(A)

No alternate allocations

If Congress has not enacted legislation establishing alternate allocations by the date on which the Act making full-year appropriations for the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies for the applicable fiscal year is enacted into law, amounts made available under subsection (c) shall be allocated by the President. (B)

Insufficient alternate allocation

If Congress enacts legislation establishing alternate allocations for amounts made available under subsection (c) that are less than the full amount appropriated under that subsection, the difference between the amount appropriated and the alternate allocation shall be allocated by the President. (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. (j)

Public-Private partnerships and philanthropic donations

(1)

In general

In carrying out this section, the Secretaries may accept cash or in-kind donations that advance efforts of the Great American Outdoors Act 250, including encouraging relevant public-private partnerships. (2)

Solicitation of donations

(A)

In general

The Secretaries shall make publicly available information on ways the public can donate to support the efforts of the Great American Outdoors Act 250, including through— (i) public awareness campaigns; (ii) physical or digital donation locations at specific project sites or within units managed by a covered agency; (iii) the solicitation of donations 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; and (iv) partnerships with the National Park Foundation (54 U.S.C. 101111), the National Forest Foundation (16 U.S.C. 583j), the Foundation for America’s Public Lands (43 U.S.C. 1748c), and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (16 U.S.C. 3701). (B)

Credits to fund

Any cash donations accepted under paragraph (1)— (i) shall be— (I) credited to, and form a part of, the Fund; and (II) immediately available for allocation to the covered agency for which the donation was made; and (ii) may be immediately allocated to specific priority deferred maintenance projects submitted under subsection (h)(1) or (h)(2) or to fulfill the match requirements under subsection (h)(3)(A)(ii). (3)

Partnerships

(A)

Cooperative agreements

In carrying out this section, a covered agency may transfer all or a portion of funds for a specific priority deferred maintenance project on Federal lands to carry out the planning, design, construction, maintenance, or any other activities to carry out such priority deferred maintenance project through a cooperative agreement with the following: (i) A congressionally chartered nonprofit organization. (ii) A nonprofit organization affiliated with a specific unit of a covered agency with experience carrying out priority deferred maintenance projects in such unit. (B)

Regulations

Any cooperative agreement entered into under this section shall be considered a financial assistance instrument and shall not be treated as a procurement contract. (C)

Reporting

The Secretaries shall ensure that all cooperative agreements entered into under this section include appropriate reporting, financial management, and oversight requirements consistent with part 200 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations, to ensure transparency and accountability of Federal funds. (D)

Retention of NEPA responsibilities

Any decision required to be made under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) with respect to any priority deferred maintenance project to be carried out under this paragraph on Federal lands shall not be delegated to any non-Federal entity listed under subparagraph (A). (4)

Good neighbor authority

To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretaries shall carry out priority deferred maintenance projects under this section using good neighbor agreements entered into under section 351 of the EXPLORE Act (16 U.S.C. 8571). (5)

Cross-boundary partnerships

To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretaries shall seek to enter into public-private partnerships with any governmental, nonprofit, or private entity to carry out joint priority deferred maintenance projects under this Act that improve access points between developed recreation sites on non-Federal lands adjacent to lands under the jurisdiction of the respective Secretary. (6)

Centennial challenge amendments

Section 103501(c)(3) of title 54, United States Code, is amended by striking including funds and fairly valued durable goods and materials and inserting including any combination of cash, fairly valued services, durable goods, and materials. (k)

Outdoor recreation and sportsmen’s access pilot program

(1)

In general

In expending amounts from the Fund, not more than 15 percent of funds made available to the— (A)Service shall be allocated to outdoor recreation projects; (B)Forest Service or Bureau of Land Management shall be allocated to outdoor recreation projects or sportsmen’s access projects; and (C)United States Fish and Wildlife Service shall be allocated to sportsmen’s access projects. (2)

Location

In carrying out this subsection, the Service, and Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, and United States Fish and Wildlife Service shall each carry out not less than two outdoor recreation or sportsmen’s access projects, as applicable, per year in each region of each respective agency. (3)

Partnerships for sportsmen’s access projects

To the maximum extent practicable, the Directors of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and Bureau of Land Management and the Chief of the Forest Service shall use the authorities provided under this section in combination with other authorities to carry out sportsmen’s access projects, including— (A)good neighbor agreements entered into under section 8206 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (16 U.S.C. 2113a) or section 351 of the EXPLORE Act (16 U.S.C. 8571); (B)stewardship contracting projects entered into under section 604 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591c); (C)self-determination contracts and self-governance compact agreements entered into under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.); and (D)agreements entered into under the Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 (25 U.S.C. 3115a et seq.). (4)

Receipts for sportsmen’s access projects

(A)

Allocation

Except as provided in subparagraph (B), revenue received from a sportsmen’s access project under this section shall be retained by the Federal Government and distributed to non-Federal recipients in accordance with Federal law. (B)

Retention by unit

The amounts described in subparagraph (A) retained by the Federal Government shall be retained by the unit at which such sportsmen’s access project occurred, and may be used without further appropriation to carry out— (i)additional sportsmen’s access projects; and (ii)if there are amounts remaining after funding subparagraph (A), to address deferred maintenance. (5)

Definitions

In this subsection: (A)

Outdoor recreation project

The term outdoor recreation project means any activities that improve outdoor recreation infrastructure, including recreation enhancement or improvement services (as such term is defined in section 351(a) of the EXPLORE Act (16 U.S.C. 8571(a))), that are carried out in accordance with the laws and policies applicable to a covered agency. (B)

Sportsmen’s access project

The term sportsmen’s access project means any activities that improve recreational opportunities for sportsmen, including improving wildlife habitat for hunting and fishing. (l)

Transparency and accountability

(1)

Standardized methodology

Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the Great American Outdoors Act 250, the Secretaries shall establish clear, quantifiable, and standardized metrics across each covered agency for— (A)calculating and determining deferred maintenance, ensuring that such metrics— (i)adhere to established standards for both transportation and nontransportation assets; and (ii)rely on standardized condition assessments methodologies; (B)delineate between cyclic maintenance and deferred maintenance; and (C)provide for the timely addition or removal of an asset from the deferred maintenance list. (2)

Priority deferred maintenance project dashboard

(A)

Requirement to maintain

Not later than 1 year after the date enactment of the Great American Outdoors Act 250, the Secretaries shall each maintain a searchable geospatial database on a publicly available website to track, for each priority deferred maintenance project that receives money from the Fund, the— (i)location of such priority deferred maintenance project; (ii)purposes of such priority deferred maintenance project, as outlined by the criteria in subsection (g); (iii)projected cost of such priority deferred maintenance project, and whether such priority deferred maintenance project is exceeding projected costs or below projected costs; (iv)projected timeline for completing such priority deferred maintenance project, including whether such priority deferred maintenance project is ahead of schedule or behind schedule; (v)status of Federal environmental reviews, permits, and authorizations for such priority deferred maintenance project, including— (I)a comprehensive permitting timetable; (II)the status of the compliance of each lead agency, cooperating agency, and participating agency with the permitting timetable with respect to such priority deferred maintenance projects; and (III)any modifications of the permitting timetable required under clause (I), including an explanation as to why the permitting timetable was modified; (vi)information about whether such priority deferred maintenance project has received non-Federal funds and a link for members of the public to donate to such priority deferred maintenance project; and (vii)in the case of completed priority deferred maintenance projects, the effectiveness of such priority deferred maintenance project in reducing the deferred maintenance backlog. (B)

Explore America 250 report

As part of the dashboard established under subparagraph (A), the Secretaries shall include a list of not less than 250 projects funded under this Act that improve outdoor recreation or visitor experiences (including projects that support the implementation of the EXPLORE Act (16 U.S.C. 8401–8574)), as determined by the Secretaries. (3)

Report

Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Great American Outdoors Act 250, and annually thereafter, the Secretaries shall each submit to the relevant Congressional Committees a report that— (A)lists the current cyclic maintenance needs and the deferred maintenance backlog for each covered agency, including information for each State and unit of a covered agency; (B)describes how much deferred maintenance was reduced in the prior year for each covered agency and how much deferred maintenance each covered agency plans to address to reduce the backlog in the upcoming year; (C)describes actions taken by the covered agencies without using amounts from the Fund to reduce deferred maintenance; (D)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 subparagraph (A); (E)lists assets on the deferred maintenance list that each covered agency disposed of the prior year under subsection (o) of the Great American Outdoors Act 250 and assets on deferred maintenance list that each covered agency plans to dispose of under subsection (o) in the upcoming year; (F)outlines any full-time employees hired or maintained to enact the provisions of this section; and (G)provides a clear explanation of the full status of all funds, including the average number of days for a priority deferred maintenance project to reach completion from the date of award and the date on which funds are obligated. (m)

Implementation

(1)

Streamlining

(A)

In general

Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Great American Outdoors Act 250, the Secretaries shall develop a consolidated categorical exclusion (as defined in section 111 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4336e)) for projects using funds authorized by this Act to eliminate or reduce deferred maintenance on land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary or the Secretary of Agriculture. (B)

Administration

In developing and administering the categorical exclusion under subparagraph (A)— (i)the Secretaries shall comply with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); (ii)the Secretaries shall apply the extraordinary circumstances procedures under section 46.215 of title 43, Code of Federal Regulations; and (iii)such categorical exclusion shall have the force and effect of law. (2)

Timelines

The Secretaries shall award a construction contract for a priority deferred maintenance project not later than 180 days after the approval for the final design of such priority deferred maintenance project. (3)

Micro-purchase threshold

For any priority deferred maintenance project funded under this section, the micro-purchase threshold for goods, services, and construction described in section 2.101 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations, shall be $25,000. (4)

Architect-engineer service fee allowances

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, fees for architects and engineers for priority deferred maintenance projects shall be capped at 8 percent. (5)

Acquisition flexibilities

Notwithstanding any requirement for a Presidential emergency or disaster declaration, the Secretaries are authorized to use the emergency acquisition flexibilities under part 18 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations (and any successor regulations), including the increased micro-purchase thresholds, simplified acquisition thresholds, and other higher-level emergency flexibilities, in contracting for priority deferred maintenance projects. (n)

Disposal of assets

The Secretaries shall provide for the disposal of constructed assets included on a deferred maintenance list submitted under subsection (m)(3) that no longer serve the public interest or advance the mission of the applicable unit to which the asset belongs.

. (b)

GAO study

Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the Comptroller General of the United States shall— (1)conduct a study on the implementation of this Act and the amendments made by this Act, including whether the implementation has effectively reduced the deferred maintenance backlog of the covered agencies (as that term is defined in section 200401 of title 54, United States Code); and (2)submit to Congress a report that describes the results of the study under paragraph (1). (c)

Rule of construction

(1)

In general

The amendments made by this Act shall not be construed to— (A)except with respect to the designated name of the fund, replace the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund as in effect on the date immediately before the date of the enactment of this Act; (B)affect or modify any amounts within the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund as in effect on the date immediately before the date of the enactment of this Act; or (C)establish a new fund. (2)

References

Any reference to the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund in any law, regulation, map, document, record, or other paper of the United States shall be deemed to be a reference to the America’s Legacy Restoration Fund.

3.

Codification of foreign visitor fees

(a)

Visitor nonimmigrant

Section 802 of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6801) is amended by adding at the end the following: (17)

Visitor nonimmigrant

The term visitor nonimmigrant means a nonimmigrant individual admitted into the United States under— (A)section 101(a)(15)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(B)); or (B)section 217 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187).. (b)

Entry fee for foreign visitors

Section 803(e) of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6802(e)) is amended by adding at the end the following: (3)

Foreign visitors

For all Federal recreational lands and waters for which an entrance fee or standard amenity recreation fee is charged, the entrance fee or standard amenity recreation fee for a visitor nonimmigrant shall be not less than $100 per visitor nonimmigrant, in addition to any other fee charged with respect to such Federal recreational lands and waters.. (c)

Annual pass for foreign visitors

Section 805(a) of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6804(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: (11)

Rule for visitor nonimmigrants

The Secretaries shall make the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass available for sale to any visitor nonimmigrant for a fee of not less than $250.. (d)

Receipts

Any monies derived from this section and amendments made by this section shall be deposited in the America’s Legacy Restoration Fund. (e)

Definitions

In this Act: (1)

America’s Legacy Restoration Fund

The term America’s Legacy Restoration Fund means the America’s Legacy Restoration Fund established under section 200402 of title 54, United States Code, as amended by this Act. (2)

Secretary

The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior.