,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bigb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #bh 
7legislative day1 ,september #bb71      
#bjbc,mr4 ,lee introduced the following 
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,energy and        
,natural ,resources  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
require the ,secretary of the ,interior 
to repay ,states for amounts expended by
 ,states to operate units of the        
,national ,park ,system during a        
,government shutdown4  #a4 ,repayment of
 ,state funds used to operate units of  
the ,national ,park ,system during a    
,government shutdown  7a7 ,definition of
 ,government shutdown ,in this section1 
the term ,government shutdown means a   
lapse in appropriations for #a or more  
agencies of the ,federal ,government4   
7b7 ,repayment required ,not later than 
#cj days after the date on which a      
,government shutdown ends1 on the       
request of a ,state that expended ,state
 funds to operate #a or more units of   

the ,national ,park ,system in the      
,state during the ,government shutdown1 
the ,secretary of the ,interior shall   
pay to that ,state an amount equal to   
the amount expended by the ,state to    
operate the #a or more units of the     
,national ,park ,system in that ,state  
during the ,government shutdown4