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The Secretary of the Interior may accept donations of funds or other property and may use the donated property in accordance with the terms of the donation in furtherance of any programs authorized by other provision of law for the benefit of Indians (25 U.S.C. 451). National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund (LRF) The Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA) combines a financial commitment to conservation and recreation for future generations with a significant investment in the facilities needed to carry out Interior's important missions, ranging from operating Bureau of Indian Education schools to the care and maintenance of America's national treasures. This investment provides an unprecedented opportunity to address the Department of the Interior's deferred maintenance backlog and restore deteriorating assets. To do so effectively requires prioritization, consistent with lifecycle investment plans and a sound program The Department of the Interior is responsible for administering and implementing GAOA's National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund program, which is shared with the U.S. Forest Service. For fiscal years 2021 through 2025, Congress authorized up to $1.9 billion annually to be deposited in the LRF for projects that address priority deferred maintenance. The annual deposit was equal to 50 percent on Federal land and water credited, covered, or deposited into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts under Federal law in the preceding fiscal year. The annual funding was allocated to the National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Indian Education, and the U.S. Forest Service within the Department of Agriculture. Across the initial five years of funding, GAOA LRF had a transformative impact in addressing critical infrastructure needs. Projects in progress continue to address roughly $5.9 billion of deferred maintenance and repairs on nearly 4,000 Department of the Interior assets across the country. Yet much work remains, and Bureau of Indian Education supports the reauthorization of the LRF as part of the 2027 President's Budget, which received its last deposit based on qualified energy development revenues in fiscal year 2025. The budget proposes to reauthorize the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund for an additional five years at the current funding level of 50 percent of qualified energy development revenues from the preceding fiscal year, up to $1.9 billion annually. Reauthorization will allow Bureau of Indian Education to continue utilizing life-cycle efficient methods to address priority deferred maintenance needs through infrastructure repair, replacement, and divestiture. Infrastructure investments under a reauthorized fund will enhance operational efficiency and public safety, improve recreation access and service delivery, reduce liabilities associated with deferred maintenance, and help ensure that facilities on public lands meet the needs of visitors and communities. In FY 2021, BIE's GAOA LRF project list included six regional super demolition projects, planning and design work for a school replacement project at Cheyenne-Eagle Butte, and a portion of a campus replacement and modernization project at Many Farms High School. Among these projects, BIE has completed planning and design work at Cheyenne-Eagle Butte and five of the six regional super demolition projects, with the final demolition project expected to be completed in FY 2026. In addition to these projects, BIE awarded the primary construction contract for the Many Farms High School campus, with construction underway in FY 2026. The budget proposes to reauthorize the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund for an additional five years, maintaining the current funding level of 50 percent of qualified energy development revenues from the preceding fiscal year, up to $1.9 billion annually. Investments made under this reauthorized fund will not only enhance operational efficiency and public safety but also improve service delivery, reduce liabilities associated with deferred maintenance, and ensure that facilities on public lands adequately serve both visitors and communities. Additionally, these investments will significantly environments. Interior looks forward to sharing the fiscal year 2027 LRF project list and project data sheets at a later date, following LRF reauthorization. Appendix A - Section 403 Compliance This exhibit fulfills the statutory reporting requirements for Bureaus and Offices directed in Section 403 of the Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment SEC. 403. The amount and basis of estimated overhead charges, deductions, reserves, or holdbacks, including working capital fund charges, from programs, projects, activities and subactivities to support government-wide, departmental, agency, or bureau administrative justifications and subject to approval by the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate. Changes to such estimates shall be presented to the Committees *Numbers may not add due to rounding. The Bureau of Indian Education does not offset administrative costs with program deductions or holdbacks which would be assessed against the amounts requested elsewhere in the budget justification. These include overhead charges, deductions, reserves, and holdbacks to support headquarters/regional

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