National Park Centennial Act

To eliminate the annual operating deficit and maintenance backlog in the national parks, and for other purposes.

3/28/2007--Introduced.
National Park Centennial Act - Establishes the National Park Centennial Fund in the Treasury. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers to designate overpayments and contributions for the benefit of the National Park System. Allocates such amounts to the Fund (along with necessary amounts from the General Fund to the extent that such amounts are inadequate in any fiscal year) for expenditure by the Secretary of the Interior. Authorizes appropriations for a public awareness campaign about the Fund and the ability of taxpayers to make tax-related contributions. Requires a specified percentage of Fund deposits to be used:
(1) for the elimination of the backlog of unmet needs in the national parks as identified in the Facility Condition Index of the National Park Service (NPS);
(2) to protect natural resources within the parks; and
(3) to protect cultural resources within the parks. Requires a majority of such percentages to be distributed to those national parks that have completed comprehensive business plans under the Business Plan Initiative of the NPS. Directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) annually to submit a report on the National Park System. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to provide grants to elementary and secondary schools for cooperative agreements with the NPS providing distance learning and onsite education programs. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to submit specified reports assessing the national parks.

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Sponsor

• Rep. Brian Baird [D, WA-3]
• and 47 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Neil Abercrombie [D, HI-1]
  • Rep. Tammy Baldwin [D, WI-2]
  • Rep. John Boozman [R, AR-3]
  • Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D, GU-0]
  • Rep. Henry Brown [R, SC-1]
  • Rep. Shelley Capito [R, WV-2]
  • Rep. Jim Costa [D, CA-20]
  • Rep. David Davis [R, TN-1]
  • Rep. Susan Davis [D, CA-53]
  • Rep. Peter DeFazio [D, OR-4]
  • Rep. John Duncan [R, TN-2]
  • Rep. Vernon Ehlers [R, MI-3]
  • Rep. Philip English [R, PA-3]
  • Rep. Jim Gerlach [R, PA-6]
  • Rep. Robert Goodlatte [R, VA-6]
  • Rep. Jay Inslee [D, WA-1]
  • Rep. Dale Kildee [D, MI-5]
  • Rep. Ray LaHood [R, IL-18]
  • Rep. Tom Lantos [D, CA-12]
  • Rep. John Lewis [D, GA-5]
  • Rep. Edward Markey [D, MA-7]
  • Rep. Betty McCollum [D, MN-4]
  • Rep. Thaddeus McCotter [R, MI-11]
  • Rep. Michael McNulty [D, NY-21]
  • Rep. George Miller [D, CA-7]
  • Rep. Dennis Moore [D, KS-3]
  • Rep. Grace Napolitano [D, CA-38]
  • Rep. Richard Neal [D, MA-2]
  • Rep. James Oberstar [D, MN-8]
  • Rep. Todd Platts [R, PA-19]
  • Rep. James Ramstad [R, MN-3]
  • Rep. Ralph Regula [R, OH-16]
  • Rep. Dave Reichert [R, WA-8]
  • Rep. Rick Renzi [R, AZ-1]
  • Rep. Steven Rothman [D, NJ-9]
  • Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D, IL-9]
  • Rep. Christopher Shays [R, CT-4]
  • Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D, NH-1]
  • Rep. Victor Snyder [D, AR-2]
  • Rep. Mark Souder [R, IN-3]
  • Rep. Fortney Stark [D, CA-13]
  • Rep. C. Michael Thompson [D, CA-1]
  • Rep. Mark Udall [D, CO-2]
  • Rep. Greg Walden [R, OR-2]
  • Rep. Henry Waxman [D, CA-30]
  • Rep. Frank Wolf [R, VA-10]
  • Rep. Albert Wynn [D, MD-4]
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Committees

• House Ways and Means
• 2 more
  • House Natural Resources
  • House Natural Resources
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.1731

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
March 28, 2007

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• Apr 06, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
• Mar 28, 2007: Referred to House Ways and Means
• Mar 28, 2007: Referred to House Natural Resources
• Mar 28, 2007: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
• Introduced on Mar 28, 2007.

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