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Introduced

In Committee

3

Passed One Chamber

4

Passed Both

5

Signed into Law

Sponsor

Steve Daines

Republican · MT · Senator

Votes with party: 75.3% (815 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/D000618

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Cosponsors (66)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

Latest Action

The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 439.

2026-06-17

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Committee Activity

Currently in

Senate Committee on Energy and Natural ResourcesReported By · 2026-06-17

Previously

Senate Committee on Energy and Natural ResourcesMarkup By · 2026-06-17
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural ResourcesReferred To · 2025-05-01
Energy and Natural Resources CommitteeReferred To · 2025-05-01

Plain-English Summary

This bill likely aims to protect or improve public lands and natural resources across the United States, though the specific details would depend on its provisions. Based on the title and subject matter, it could involve measures like expanding national parks, protecting wilderness areas, funding conservation efforts, or managing public lands more sustainably. The bill would affect outdoor enthusiasts, environmental groups, local communities near public lands, and potentially the federal agencies that manage these areas.

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Subjects

Public Lands and Natural Resources

Full Bill Text

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 1547 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1547 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 Mr. Daines (for himself, Mr. King, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Warner, Mr. Sheehy, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Murkowski, and Mr. Hickenlooper) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title 54, United States Code, to reauthorize the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration 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 ``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-- (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``2025'' and inserting ``2033''; and (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``$1,900,000,000'' and inserting ``$2,000,000,000''. (b) Use of Funds.--Section 200402(e) of title 54, United States Code, is amended-- (1) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking ``in the National Wildlife Refuge System'' and inserting ``on land administered by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service''; and (2) by adding at the end the following: ``(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.''. (c) Submission of Annual List of Projects to Congress.--Section 200402(h) of title 54, United States Code, is amended by inserting ``and the subsequent fiscal year'' before the period at the end. (d) Alternate Allocation.--Section 200402(i) of title 54, United States Code, is amended-- (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``for the applicable fiscal year and subsequent fiscal year'' after ``under this section''; and (2) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the following: ``(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.''. (e) Public Donations.--Section 200402(j) of title 54, United States Code, is amended-- (1) in the subsection heading, by striking ``Public''; (2) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking ``public''; (3) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; (4) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following: ``(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-- ``(A) public awareness campaigns; ``(B) physical or digital donation locations at project sites; and ``(C) 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.''; (5) by striking paragraph (3) (as so redesignated) and inserting the following: ``(3) Credits to fund.--Any cash donations accepted under paragraph (1)-- ``(A) shall be-- ``(i) credited to, and form a…

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part of, the Fund; and ``(ii) allocated to the covered agency for which the donation was made; and ``(B) may be allocated to specific projects included on a list submitted under subsection (h).''; and (6) in paragraph (4) (as so redesignated), by striking ``paragraph (2)(B)'' and inserting ``paragraph (3)(A)(ii)''. (f) Disposal of Assets; Report to Congress.--Section 200402 of title 54, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(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-- ``(1) 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 ``(2) 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).''. <all>

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