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H.R. 3094, The National Park Centennial Fund Act
- This item is from the 110th Congress (2007-2008) and is no longer current. Comments, voting, and wiki editing have been disabled, and the cost/savings estimate has been frozen.
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H.R. 3094 would establish in the Treasury of the United States a fund which shall be known as the National Park Centennial Fund.
== Detailed Summary ==
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National Park Centennial Fund Act - Establishes in the Treasury the National Park Centennial Fund, in which in each fiscal year from FY2008 through FY2017, there shall be deposited into the Fund amounts collected from new fees or fee increases for commercial activities, including leases, on federal lands administered by the Secretary of the Interior totaling $100 million each fiscal year.
Requires the Administration's annual budget submission for the Department of the Interior to include a list of National Park Centennial Proposals.
Specifies that the list include proposals that meet the requirements of one or more of : (1) an Education in Parks Centennial Initiative; (2) a Diversity in Parks Centennial Initiative; (3) a Supporting Park Professionals Centennial Initiative; (4) an Environmental Leadership Centennial Initiative; (5) a Natural Resource Protection Centennial Initiative; and (6) allowing the President to submit proposals for projects prioritized in the existing National Park Service Line Item Construction Program for funding from the Fund.
Requires submission of a report detailing a service-wide strategy for increasing diversity among National Park Service employees and visitors to units of the National Park System.
Makes, from FY2009-FY2018, unobligated amounts in the Fund available only for National Park Centennial Projects submitted pursuant to this Act approved in appropriation Acts for the Department. Provides for the distribution of such unobligated amounts among the six Initiatives.
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== Status of the Legislation ==
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Latest Major Action: 5/7/2008: House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.7/29/2008: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 513.
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