On May 2, 2025, a bipartisan group of Senators introduced the America the Beautiful Act (S.1547), which would extend the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA) National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund at $2 billion per year for eight years.

Signed into law by President Trump in 2020, the GAOA established the Legacy Restoration Fund (LRF) with an investment of $1.9 billion per year over 5 years to address the deferred maintenance backlog of public land agencies including the National Park Service (NPS). Despite the historic investment in our national parks and public lands, many projects were unable to be addressed by the five-year fund and the NPS maintenance backlog remains at over $23 billion.

The America the Beautiful Act, introduced by Senators Daines (R-MT) and Angus King (I-ME) and other bipartisan Senate cosponsors—among other things—extends the LRF at $2 billion annually for 8 years, improves opportunities for prioritizing projects with matching funds, and requires additional reporting to Congress.