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This section reauthorizes and modifies the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund, which deposits up to 50% of annual federal energy development revenues (from oil, gas, coal, and renewables on federal lands and waters) for deferred maintenance and capital improvement projects on lands managed by the National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Indian Education, and U.S. Forest Service. Specifically, it (1) extends mandatory deposits through FY2033 (from FY2025) and increases the annual maximum deposit to $2 billion (from $1.9 billion); (2) revises project eligibility to include all land administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (from only the National Wildlife Refuge System) and requires prioritization of projects receiving donations of at least 15% of total costs; (3) expands annual project lists submitted to Congress and alternate allocation approvals to cover the applicable and subsequent fiscal years and directs presidential allocation if full-year appropriations are not enacted; (4) facilitates donations by requiring public information campaigns, on-site donation locations, and integration with pass purchases (e.g., America the Beautiful pass), with cash donations credited to the fund and allocable to specific projects; and (5) requires disposal of unneeded deferred maintenance assets and a report to Congress within one year on non-fund actions to reduce backlogs and plans for increased preventative maintenance.