    [United States Statutes at Large, Volume 134, 116th Congress, 2nd Session]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    Public Law 116-152
    116th Congress

    An Act

    To amend title 54, United States Code, to establish, fund, and provide
    for the use of amounts in a National Parks and Public Land Legacy
    Restoration Fund to address the maintenance backlog of 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, and
    to provide permanent, dedicated funding for the Land and Water
    Conservation 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 ``Great American Outdoors Act''.
    SEC. 2. NATIONAL PARKS AND PUBLIC LAND LEGACY RESTORATION FUND.

    (a) In General.--Subtitle II of title 54, United States Code, is
    amended by inserting after chapter 2003 the following:

    ``CHAPTER 2004-- <> NATIONAL PARKS AND
    PUBLIC LAND LEGACY RESTORATION FUND

    ``Sec.
    ``200401. Definitions.
    ``200402. National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund.

    ``Sec. 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) has a specific service or function; and
    ``(B) is tracked and managed as a distinct,
    identifiable entity by the applicable covered agency.
    ``(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) Fund.--The term `Fund' means the National Parks and
    Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund established by section
    200402(a).
    ``(4) Project.--The term `project' means any activity to
    reduce or eliminate deferred maintenance of an asset, which

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    may include resolving directly related infrastructure
    deficiencies of the asset that would not by itself be classified
    as deferred maintenance.
    ``Sec. 200402. <>  National Parks and Public
    Land Legacy Restoration Fund

    ``(a) Establishment.--There is established in the Treasury of the
    United States a fund to be known as the `National Parks and Public Land
    Legacy Restoration Fund'.
    ``(b) Deposits.--
    ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), for
    each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025, there shall be deposited
    in the Fund an amount equal to 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 and water credited, covered, or deposited as
    miscellaneous receipts under Federal law in the preceding fiscal
    year.
    ``(2) Maximum amount.--The amount deposited in the Fund
    under paragraph (1) shall not exceed $1,900,000,000 for any
    fiscal year.
    ``(3) Effect on other revenues.--Nothing in this section
    affects the disposition of revenues that--
    ``(A) are due to the United States, special funds,
    trust funds, or States from mineral and energy
    development on Federal land and water; or
    ``(B) have been otherwise appropriated--
    ``(i) under Federal law, including--
    ``(I) the Gulf of Mexico Energy
    Security Act of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331
    note; Public Law 109-432); and
    ``(II) the Mineral Leasing Act (30
    U.S.C. 181 et seq.); or
    ``(ii) from--
    ``(I) the Land and Water
    Conservation Fund established under
    chapter 2003; or
    ``(II) the Historic Preservation
    Fund established under chapter 3031.

    ``(c) Availability of Funds.--Amounts deposited in the Fund shall be
    available to the Secretary and the Secretary of Agriculture, 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.

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    ``(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 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) Limitations.--
    ``(A) Non-transportation projects.--Over the term of
    the Fund, within each covered agency, not less than 65
    percent of amounts from the Fund shall be allocated for
    non-transportation projects.
    ``(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 priority deferred maintenance
    project funded under this section shall be consistent
    with an applicable transportation, deferred maintenance,
    or capital improvement plan developed by the applicable
    covered agency.

    ``(f) Prohibited Use of Funds.--No amounts in the Fund shall be
    used--
    ``(1) for land acquisition;
    ``(2) to supplant discretionary funding made available for
    annually recurring facility operations, maintenance, and
    construction needs; or
    ``(3) for bonuses for employees of the Federal Government
    that are carrying out this section.

    ``(g) Submission of Priority List of Projects to Congress.--Not
    later <>  than 90 days after the date of enactment of
    this section, the Secretary and the Secretary of Agriculture shall
    submit to the Committees on Energy and Natural Resources and
    Appropriations of the Senate and the Committees on Natural Resources and
    Appropriations of the House of Representatives a list of projects to be
    funded for fiscal year 2021 that--
    ``(1) are identified by the Secretary and the Secretary of
    Agriculture as priority deferred maintenance projects; and
    ``(2) as of the date of the submission of the list, are
    ready to be implemented.

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    ``(h) Submission of Annual List of Projects to Congress.--Until
    the <> date on which all of the amounts in the Fund
    are expended, the President shall annually submit to Congress, together
    with the annual budget of the United States, a list of projects to be
    funded from the Fund that includes a detailed description of each
    project, including the estimated expenditures from the Fund for the
    project for the applicable 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.

    ``(j) Public Donations.--
    ``(1) In general.--The Secretary and the Secretary of
    Agriculture may accept public cash or in-kind donations that
    advance efforts--
    ``(A) to reduce the deferred maintenance backlog;
    and
    ``(B) to encourage relevant public-private
    partnerships.
    ``(2) Credits to fund.--Any cash donations accepted under
    paragraph (1) shall be--
    ``(A) credited to, and form a part of, the Fund; and
    ``(B) allocated to the covered agency for which the
    donation was made.
    ``(3) Other allocations.--Any donations allocated to a
    covered agency under paragraph (2)(B) shall be allocated to the
    applicable covered agency independently of the allocations under
    subsection (e)(1).

    ``(k) Required Consideration for Accessibility.--In expending
    amounts from the Fund, the Secretary and the Secretary of Agriculture
    shall incorporate measures to improve the accessibility of assets and
    accommodate visitors and employees with disabilities in accordance with
    applicable law.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of chapters for subtitle II of
    title 54, United States Code, <> is amended
    by inserting after the item relating to chapter 2003 the following:

    ``2004.  National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund200401''.

    (c) <> GAO Study.--Not later than 5 years after the
    date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United
    States shall--
    (1) conduct a study on the implementation of this section
    and the amendments made by this section, including whether

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    this section and the amendments made by this section have
    effectively reduced the priority 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).
    SEC. 3. PERMANENT FULL FUNDING OF THE LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION
    FUND.

    (a) In General.--Section 200303 of title 54, United States Code, is
    amended to read as follows:
    ``Sec. 200303. Availability of funds

    ``(a) In General.--Any amounts deposited in the Fund under section
    200302 for fiscal year 2020 and each fiscal year thereafter shall be
    made available for expenditure for fiscal year 2021 and each fiscal year
    thereafter, without further appropriation or fiscal year limitation, to
    carry out the purposes of the Fund (including accounts and programs made
    available from the Fund pursuant to the Further Consolidated
    Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116-94; 133 Stat. 2534)).
    ``(b) Additional Amounts.--Amounts made available under subsection
    (a) shall be in addition to amounts made available to the Fund under
    section 105 of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (43 U.S.C.
    1331 note; Public Law 109-432) or otherwise appropriated from the Fund.
    ``(c) Allocation Authority.--
    ``(1) <>  Submission of cost estimates.--
    The President shall submit to Congress detailed account,
    program, and project allocations of the full amount made
    available under subsection (a)--
    ``(A) <>  for fiscal year 2021, not
    later than 90 days after the date of enactment of the
    Great American Outdoors Act; and
    ``(B) for each fiscal year thereafter, as part of
    the annual budget submission of the President.
    ``(2) Alternate allocation.--
    ``(A) In general.--Appropriations Acts may provide
    for alternate allocation of amounts made available under
    subsection (a), including allocations by account,
    program, and project.
    ``(B) Allocation by president.--
    ``(i) 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 (a) shall
    be allocated by the President.
    ``(ii) Insufficient alternate allocation.--If
    Congress enacts legislation establishing alternate
    allocations for amounts made available under
    subsection (a) 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.

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    ``(3) Recreational public access.--Amounts expended from the
    Fund under this section shall be consistent with the
    requirements for recreational public access for hunting,
    fishing, recreational shooting, or other outdoor recreational
    purposes under section 200306(c).
    ``(4) <>  Annual report.--The President
    shall submit to Congress an annual report that describes the
    final allocation by account, program, and project of amounts
    made available under subsection (a), including a description of
    the status of obligations and expenditures.''.

    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
    (1) Section 200302(c) of title 54, United States Code, is
    amended by striking paragraph (3).
    (2) Section 200306(a)(2)(B) of title 54, United States Code,
    is amended by striking clause (iii).

    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 2003 of
    title 54, United States Code <> , is amended
    by striking the item relating to section 200303 and inserting the
    following:

    ``200303. Availability of funds.''.

    Approved August 4, 2020.

    LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 1957:
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    HOUSE REPORTS: No. 116-39, Pt. 1 (Comm. on Ways and Means).
    CONGRESSIONAL RECORD:
    Vol. 165 (2019): Apr. 9, considered and passed House.
    Vol. 166 (2020): June 10-12, 15-17, considered and passed
    Senate, amended.
    July 22, House concurred in Senate amendments.
    DAILY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS (2020):
    Aug. 4, Presidential remarks.