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handle is hein.crs/goveahs0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Congressional ~.Research Service The Great American Outdoors Act, H.R. 1957: Selected Provisions July 17, 2020 The Great American Outdoors Act-HR. 1957, as passed by the Senate-would establish anew fund with mandatory spending authority to address deferred maintenance needs of five federal agencies. In addition, the bill would make the deposits to an existing fund-the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF)-mandatory spending and make other changes to the LWCF Act. This Insight addresses some of the main provisions of this legislation. Section 1 of HR. 1957 provides the short title as the Great American Outdoors Act. Section 2 pertains to the new deferred maintenance fund, and Section 3 relates to the LWCF. National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund (Section 2) The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Forest Service (FS), Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), and National Park Service (NPS) maintain thousands of diverse assets, including roads, buildings, and others. Each agency has a backlog of deferred maintenance (DM), defined as maintenance not performed as needed and put off for a future time. For FY2018, NPS's backlog was reported at $11.9 billion, FS's at $5.2 billion, FWS's at $1.3 billion, and BLM's at $1.0 billion. Additionally, the Department of the Interior (DOI) reported DM of $1.8 billion for Indian Affairs, including the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE). For all the agencies except BIE, a sizeable portion of DM is in transportation assets. Most current funding for agency DM comes from discretionary appropriations. The agencies also have some mandatory spending authorities, including (among others) transportation maintenance funding under the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act. HR. 1957 would establish a new mandatory fund to address DM for the five agencies (NPS, FS, FWS, BLM, and BIE). The new fund would receive annual deposits for FY2021-FY2025 of 50% of all federal energy revenues (from oil, gas, coal, or renewable energy) credited as miscellaneous receipts to the Treasury, up to a cap of $1.9 billion annually. The bill states that it would not affect energy revenues appropriated under other laws, such as state revenue shares under the Mineral Leasing Act and the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (GOMESA), or deposits to the LWCF and the Historic Preservation Fund. Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov IN11459 CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Membersand Committeesof Congress

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