H.R. 9250

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 9250 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 9250

To 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.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

June 10, 2026

Mr. 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. Barragan, 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. Hernandez, 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 concerned

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A BILL

To 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.

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 250''.

SEC. 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:

``CHAPTER 2004--AMERICA'S LEGACY RESTORATION FUND

``200401. Definitions.
``200402. America's 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) 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.
``Sec. 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.

SEC. 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.
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