Description:
H.R. 4680 would authorize appropriations for certain programs of the National Park Service (NPS) and the National Park Foundation (NPF). In addition the bill would increase the amount NPS collects (and is authorized to spend) from the sale of passes to enter national parks and from fees on lodging in national parks.
CBO estimates that implementing the bill would cost $140 million over the 2017-2021 period and an additional $65 million after 2021, assuming appropriation of the specified amounts.
CBO estimates that enacting the legislation would increase both offsetting receipts from the sale of NPS passes and lodging fees and direct spending of the proceeds. In addition, the bill would establish the Centennial Challenge Fund to accept donations to the NPS. The NPS could spend any donated amounts without further appropriations. CBO estimates that enacting the legislation would result in a small net increase in receipts of about $2 million over the 2017-2026 period, because spending of the proceeds would lag behind collections over the next 10 years. Because H.R. 4680 would affect direct spending, pay-as-you-go procedures apply. Enacting the legislation would not affect revenues.
CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 4680 would not increase net direct spending or on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2027.
H.R. 4680 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act and would not affect the budgets of state, local, or tribal governments.
