About the bill
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Context
$11.9 billion worth of deferred maintenance has been delayed or postponed on national parks. These include transportation infrastructure such as roadways, tunnels, and bridges — and also trails, dams, fortifications, wastewater systems, and more.
The National Parks Service (NPS) proposed budget for 2021 recommends Congress create a dedicated stream of funding for the purpose, using the revenues from energy production such as oil drilling on federal lands.
What the legislation does
The Restore Our Parks and Public Lands Act would do the same. The created fund would devote up to 50% of such energy revenues to a restoration fund devoted to national park maintenance, capped at $1.3 billion annually.
None of the funds could be used for land acquisition, …
Sponsor and status
116th Congress (2019–2021)
Provisions of this bill were incorporated into other bills which were enacted.
This bill was incorporated into:
51 Cosponsors (31 Democrats, 17 Republicans, 3 Independents)
Position statements
What legislators are saying
“Senator Roberts Applauds Senate Passage of the Great American Outdoors Act”
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Sen. Pat Roberts [R-KS, 1997-2020]
(Co-sponsor)
on Jun 17, 2020
“Rosen-Backed Bipartisan Great American Outdoors Act Signed Into Law”
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Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]
(Co-sponsor)
on Aug 4, 2020
“House to Vote Today on New COVID-19 Relief Proposal”
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Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR3]
on Dec 21, 2020
History
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Oct 2, 2018
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Earlier Version —
Ordered Reported
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Feb 14, 2019
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Introduced
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Apr 9, 2019
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Final Bill —
Passed House (Senate next)
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Nov 19, 2019
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Ordered Reported
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Jun 17, 2020
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Final Bill —
Passed Senate with Changes (back to House)
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Jul 22, 2020
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Final Bill —
House Agreed to Changes
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Aug 4, 2020
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Final Bill —
Enacted — Signed by the President
This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 1957 (116th), possibly in lieu of similar activity on S. 500 (116th). |
S. 500 (116th) was a bill in the United States Congress.
A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.
Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number S. 500. This is the one from the 116th Congress.
This bill was introduced in the 116th Congress, which met from Jan 3, 2019 to Jan 3, 2021. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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