Tackles the highest-priority deferred maintenance projects at every federal land management agency and the BIE, so the places Americans love stay open and safe.
Huffman will push for the America the Beautiful Act to fund high-priority deferred maintenance at federal land management agencies and Bureau of Indian Education facilities.
Occurrences
Evidence
DOI lists 396 FY2021-FY2025 GAOA Legacy Restoration Fund projects, spanning all states and territories, addressing priority deferred maintenance and repair needs at national parks, refuges, other public lands, and BIE-funded schools.
Congress.gov records H.R.1957 as Public Law 116-152. Its summary says the law establishes the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund for deferred maintenance on federal lands, with priority projects for NPS, Forest Service, FWS, BLM, and BIE.
The House Clerk records Roll Call 155 on H.R.1957, Great American Outdoors Act, as passed 310-107. Jared Huffman, Democrat of California, voted Yea.
GovInfo lists Public Law 116-152, approved August 4, 2020. The full title establishes and funds a Legacy Restoration Fund to address maintenance backlogs for NPS, FWS, BLM, Forest Service, and BIE.
Interior says GAOA authorized up to $1.6 billion annually for five years for deferred maintenance projects on public lands and at Tribal schools, and that DOI is investing in critical facilities and infrastructure.
NPS states the Legacy Restoration Fund provides up to $1.3 billion per year for FY2021-FY2025, $6.5 billion total, to address long-overdue maintenance and repair needs in national parks; more than $4 billion was programmed for over 100 large projects and 300 smaller activities.
Assessments
The promised substance was fulfilled: Public Law 116-152, the Great American Outdoors Act, created and funded the Legacy Restoration Fund for deferred maintenance at federal land management agencies and Bureau of Indian Education facilities. Although the enacted vehicle was not titled the America the Beautiful Act, it delivered the same deferred-maintenance funding outcome. Huffman was serving in the House when the law passed and voted yea on final House passage, giving him direct same-term candidate credit.