,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dcec  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #a1 #bjad ,mr4
 ,gardner 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,franks of 
,arizona1 ,mr4 ,duncan of ,tennessee1   
,mr4 ,gosar1 ,mr4 ,roe of ,tennessee1   
,mrs4 ,blackburn1 ,mr4 ,bishop of ,utah1
 ,mr4 ,chaffetz1 and ,mr4 ,tipton7      
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,natural 
,resources  ,a ,,bill  ,to require the  
,director of the ,national ,park        
,service to refund to ,states all ,state
 funds that were used to reopen and     
temporarily operate a unit of the       
,national ,park ,system during the      
,october #bjac shutdown4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,shutdown ,windfall ,reimbursement ,act4
  #b4 ,findings ,congress finds that--  
7#a7 during the period in ,october #bjac
 in which there was a lapse in          
appropriations 7referred to in this     
section as the ,government shutdown71   
the ,national ,park ,service entered    

into agreements with the ,states of     
,arizona1 ,colorado1 ,new ,york1 ,south 
,dakota1 ,tennessee1 and ,utah to       
temporarily reopen iconic national      
treasures in the ,national ,park        
,system1 such as the ,grand ,canyon1    
,mount ,rushmore1 and the ,statue of    
,liberty2  7#b7 pursuant to the         
agreements described in paragraph 7#a71 
the ,states listed in paragraph 7#a7    
advanced approximately #b1jjj1jjj to the
 ,national ,park ,service to pay for    
park operations during the ,government  
shutdown2  7#c7 the units of the        
,national ,park ,system that were       
temporarily reopened using ,state funds 
also collected gate entry fees2  7#d7   
the ,government shutdown ended when     
,congress passed the ,continuing        
,appropriations ,act1 #bjad 7,public    
,law #aac-df71 which retroactively      
funded ,federal agencies and ,federal   
employee salaries for the period of time
 during which the ,government was shut  
down2  7#e7 by virtue of the retroactive

 appropriation made by ,congress1 the   
,national ,park ,service retained an    
unintended shutdown windfall from the   
,states listed in paragraph 7#a7 of     
approximately #b1jjj1jjj2 and  7#f7 the 
,states listed in paragraph 7#a7 that   
entered into agreements described in    
paragraph 7#a7 with the ,national ,park 
,service should be fully reimbursed for 
advancing funds to maintain public      
access to iconic national treasures in  
the ,national ,park ,system during the  
,government shutdown4  #c4 ,refund of   
funds used by states to operate national
 parks during shutdown  7a7 ,in general 
,the ,director of the ,national ,park   
,service shall refund to each ,state all
 funds of the ,state that were used to  
reopen and temporarily operate a unit of
 the ,national ,park ,system during the 
period in ,october #bjac in which there 
was a lapse in appropriations for the   
unit4  7b7 ,funding ,funds of the       
,national ,park ,service that are       
appropriated after the date of enactment

 of this ,act shall be used to carry out
 this section4