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Great American Outdoors Act 250

H.R. 9250 Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-AR-4) In committee
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  1. Introduced Jun 10
  2. Committee Jun 10
  3. Passed House Next
  4. Passed Senate Not yet
  5. To President Not yet
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Where it stands
In committee, Jun 10, 2026Next: House vote
126d ago Jun 24, 2026: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.
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Summary

This bill, the Great American Outdoors Act 250, creates a fund to pay for fixing and modernizing buildings, trails, and other assets on federal lands and at Bureau of Indian Education schools, using money from new foreign visitor fees and energy development revenues. It also sets up a pilot program for outdoor recreation and sportsmen's access projects.

Sec. 2, National Parks and Public Lands Maintenance and Modernization: This section renames the existing National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund to the America's Legacy Restoration Fund. Money will come from all revenue collected under section 3 of this Act, all donations collected under this Act, and 50% of certain energy development revenues from federal lands. For fiscal years 2026 through 2030, no more than $1.9 billion per year can be deposited from those sources; any excess goes to the general Treasury. The fund is available without further appropriation through fiscal year 2030. The money is split: 70% to the National Park Service, 15% to the Forest Service, 5% each to the Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, and Bureau of Indian Education. The money can only be used for priority deferred maintenance projects (fixing overdue repairs, modernizing components, or addressing imminent failures) or for the pilot program. It cannot be used to buy land, replace regular funding, pay employee bonuses, or decommission roads. Up to 3% can go to administrative costs, 15% to a contingency fund, and 8% to planning. Projects must be selected based on criteria like public access, safety, and preventing further damage. The Secretaries must publish selection criteria, solicit state recommendations, and include at least two projects per year under the EXPLORE Act's Access America program. They must submit annual project lists to Congress, including matching-fund projects where private donations can help. The Secretaries can accept cash or in-kind donations and enter into cooperative agreements with nonprofits to carry out projects.

Sec. 3, Codification of Foreign Visitor Fees: This section adds a definition for "visitor nonimmigrant" (a person admitted as a tourist or under the Visa Waiver Program). For any federal recreational lands or waters that charge an entrance or standard amenity fee, the fee for a visitor nonimmigrant must be at least $100 per person, on top of any other fee. The annual National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass must be sold to visitor nonimmigrants for at least $250. All money from these fees goes into the America's Legacy Restoration Fund.

Summary of the bill text as introduced in House (Jun 10, 2026), generated by SecBot from the official bill text; the Library of Congress summary is not yet published.

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