S. 1547

119th CONGRESS 1st Session

To amend title 54, United States Code, to reauthorize the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES · May 1, 2025 · Sponsor: Mr. Daines · Committee: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

Table of contents

• S. 1547
  • SEC. 1. Short title
  • SEC. 2. Reuauthorization of the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund

SEC. 1. Short title

• This Act may be cited as the America the Beautiful Act.

SEC. 2. Reuauthorization of the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund

• (a) Deposits
  • Section 200402(b) of title 54, United States Code, is amended—
  • Deposits
    • in paragraph (1), by striking and inserting ; and
    • in paragraph (2), by striking striking,900,000,000and inserting ,000,000,000.
• (b) Use of funds
  • Section 200402(e) of title 54, United States Code, is amended—
    • in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking in the National Wildlife Refuge Systemand inserting on land administered by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; and
      • (3) Project prioritization
        • 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.
    • by adding at the end the following:
• (c) Submission of annual list of projects to Congress
  • Section 200402(h) of title 54, United States Code, is amended by inserting before the period at the end.
• (d) Alternate allocation
  • Section 200402(i) of title 54, United States Code, is amended—
    • in paragraph (1), by inserting after ; and
      • (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.
    • in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the following:
• (e) Public donations
  • Section 200402(j) of title 54, United States Code, is amended—
    • in the subsection heading, by striking ;
    • in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking ;
    • by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively;
      • (2) Solicitation of Donations
        • 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—
          • public awareness campaigns;
          • physical or digital donation locations at project sites; and
          • 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.
    • by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
      • (3) Credits to fund
        • Any cash donations accepted under paragraph (1)—
          • shall be—
            • (i) credited to, and form a part of, the Fund; and
            • (ii) allocated to the covered agency for which the donation was made; and
          • may be allocated to specific projects included on a list submitted under subsection (h).
    • by striking paragraph (3) (as so redesignated) and inserting the following:
    • in paragraph (4) (as so redesignated), by striking paragraph (2)(B)and inserting paragraph (3)(A)(ii).
• (f) Disposal of assets; report to congress
  • (l) Disposal of assets
    • 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.
  • (m) Report to Congress
    • 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—
      • 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
      • 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).
  • Section 200402 of title 54, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: