S. 3422: A bill 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.

S. 3422: A bill 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.

116th Congress · introduced 2020-03-09 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 438.

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Where it came from: introduced 2020-03-09 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

A bill 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.

Plain summary

Great American Outdoors Act This bill establishes the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund to support deferred maintenance projects on federal lands. For FY2021-FY2025, there shall be deposited into the fund an amount equal to 50% of all federal revenues from the development of oil, gas, coal, or alternative or renewable energy on federal lands and waters. Deposited amounts must not exceed $1.9 billion for any fiscal year. The fund must be used for priority deferred maintenance projects in specified systems that are administered by the National Park Service, the Forest Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and the Bureau of Indian Education. The Government Accountability Office must report on the effect of the fund in reducing the backlog of priority deferred maintenance projects for the specified agencies. Additionally, the bill makes funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) permanent. The President shall annually report to Congress specified details regarding the allocation of funds to the LWCF. Congress may provide for alternate allocations using specified procedures.

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A bill 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.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO] · 59 cosponsors

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Steve Daines (R-MT), Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME), Susan M. Collins (R-ME), John Boozman (R-AR), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Gary C. Peters (D-MI), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Michael F. Bennet (D-CO), Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Cory A. Booker (D-NJ), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Christopher A. Coons (D-DE), Tina Smith (D-MN), Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY), Patty Murray (D-WA), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Brian Schatz (D-HI)

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116s3422.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/s>

Record fed-us-cong116-s3422 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116