S. 500: Restore Our Parks Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-02-14 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 428.

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Where it came from: introduced 2019-02-14 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 428. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Restore Our Parks Act

Plain summary

Restore Our Parks Act This bill (1) establishes the National Park Service Legacy Restoration Fund, and (2) requires 50% of all energy development revenues for FY2020-FY2024 to be deposited into such fund. Amounts deposited in the fund must not exceed $1.3 billion for any fiscal year and must be used for meeting the priority deferred maintenance needs of the National Park Service.

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Official text

Restore Our Parks Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] · 51 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 500, Restore Our Parks Act (2020-01-08)

Cosponsors on this site

Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Susan M. Collins (R-ME), John Hoeven (R-ND), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Gary C. Peters (D-MI), John Boozman (R-AR), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Michael F. Bennet (D-CO), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Cory A. Booker (D-NJ), Steve Daines (R-MT), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), 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), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Todd Young (R-IN), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Tom Cotton (R-AR)

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate)
Congress.gov
Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116s500.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/s>

Record fed-us-cong116-s500 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116