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Parked! How Congress' Misplaced Priorities Are Trashing Our National Dear Taxpayer, Visitors to national parks have been threatened with trespassing charges, obstructed from paying their respects at a memorial to those who lost their lives in service to our country, and turned away from other National Park Service sites closed due to a lack of funding. All of this began occurring before the government shutdown in October. Perhaps more than any other part of the federal government, our National Park System has become the symbol of Washington, DC dysfunction. These cherished national treasures, which were entrusted to the National Park Service to be preserved and protected, have instead been neglected or abused for political gamesmanship. Long before the government shutdown and sequestration, congressional shortsightedness and bureaucratic mismanagement were already plaguing our national parks. Barricaded parks across the country exposed the calamity in Washington in 2013, but the National Park System has long been a microcosm of the irresponsible and misplaced priorities within the entire federal budget. Just as important programs like Medicare and Social Security have been raided for decades to pay for politicians’ pet projects, Washington has also plundered the National Park Service budget to create new parks and programs with little national significance. And as the lack of budget discipline has driven up the national debt and jeopardized the solvency of retirement programs and our nation’s future, the misplaced priorities within the parks budget are endangering the care of the very sites we all revere. Our elected representatives have been too focused on their own parochial political interests to see the state of disrepair that has befallen some of our greatest national treasures. For example, the National Mall—clearly visible from the Capitol and White House— has become a national disgrace, trampled on and worn out. Politicians would rather take credit for creating a new park in their community than caring for the parks that already exist. There is, after all, no ribbon cutting ceremony for taking out the trash, fixing a broken railing or filling a pothole. But failing to conduct maintenance endangers the longevity of our parks and experience of their visitors. Last year alone, the National Park Service delayed more than a quarter billion dollars in much needed maintenance projects, adding to the $11.5 billion maintenance backlog already threatening the health, safety, and accessibility of park visitors. The ever growing maintenance cost has not stopped those in Washington from adding new parks, programs, and property to the Park Service. This year, mere days after sequestration supposedly caused the delay in the opening of and shorter hours at 1 national parks, the President single-handedly established three new National Park units. Likewise, Congress spent $57 million to purchase more property for the parks– some land for nearly $1 million per acre. No one would purchase a new car while ignoring a leaking ceiling or broken pipes in their own home, but that is essentially what Washington is doing with our national parks. The decaying of our National Parks is the physical manifestation of Washington’s misplaced priorities. Much like the accrual of our $17 trillion national debt over time, the build-up of deferred care of national park lands is the direct result of Washington’s out-of-control spending addiction that puts off doing what is necessary for doing what is self-serving. Whether it be the uncertainty of future U.S. treasury markets or the tenuous state of a corroded water pipe and an aging utility system, the unsustainable trajectory of deficits and deferrals make it only a matter of time before all will experience failure. This report, PARKED! How Congress’ Misplaced Priorities Are Trashing Our National Treasures, exposes how Washington is failing to properly maintain our most enduring and esteemed sites and symbols and where your tax dollars intended for these parks is being spent instead. It also provides commonsense recommendations to ensure that those parks and memorials with true national significance are given the care they deserve so their beauty and significance to our history is preserved for future generations. Sincerely, Tom A. Coburn, M.D. U.S. Senator 2 PARKED! CONTENTS Parked! Introduction .................................................................................................................. 7 A Brief National Park Service Background ......................................................................... 13 How is a National Park Unit Created? ............................................................................................ 13 What’s the Difference between a National Park and a National Monument/Memorial/Historic Site/etc.? ........................................................................................ 16 Chapter I: The Problem – The Indefensible Deferred Maintenance Backlog .............. 17 Chapter II: The Unfocused National Park Service Budget ............................................... 33 Inessential Programs & Activities ................................................................................................... 36 Everlasting Earmarks: the Heritage Partnership Programs ...................................................... 36 Free Counseling: The Rivers Trails and Conservation Assistance Program........................... 39 Capital Area Entertainment Subsidies ......................................................................................... 41 Region Creates Pathway to Federal Funding: Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Trails .......... 43 Get Your Pork Fix on Route 66: Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program ............................ 44 Other Frivolous Expenditures ....................................................................................................... 45 Duplicative & Inefficient Programs ................................................................................................ 49 Preserving Parks or Bureaucracy? The $623 Million Support Apparatus ............................... 49 Duplicative Designations Increase National Park System Costs .............................................. 58 Overlapping Roles Right Outside Congress’ Windows ............................................................ 61 The Duplicative International Park Affairs program ................................................................. 62 Schoolhouse Waste: NPS Education Programs ........................................................................... 66 Federal Funding Paves the Way for Federal Tax Breaks: National Register of Historic Places ................................................................................................................................................. 67 Lack of Prioritization ......................................................................................................................... 71 Piling on over Priorities: Compounding the Problem with More Land Acquisition and Park Studies ............................................................................................................................................... 71 Recreation Fees Need to be Modernized and Prioritized .......................................................... 76 The Administration’s Response: A Call for More Problems than Solutions ........................... 80 Chapter III: Congress’ Misplaced Priorities Mismanage the National Park Service and Threaten Our National Treasures .................................................................................. 83 Parks as Pork and Political Power ................................................................................................... 90 National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 ................................................................................. 92 3 Thomas Stone National Historic Site: Congressman Trades Vote for Burnt Pork ................. 96 Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park: Battlefield Approved Before Congress Knew Location ............................................................................................................................................ 98 Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site: Tell Tale Pork ........................................................... 100 Saint Paul’s Church National Historic Site: Minister Stretches Truth to Attain Park Status and Retain Reputation .................................................................................................................. 103 Fort Scott National Historic Site: Politician Helps Fort of “No Historic Significance” Nickel and Dime its Way into the Park System ..................................................................................... 105 Rio Grande Wild & Scenic River: The River to Nowhere ........................................................ 107 Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve: Area of “Questionable National Significance” Sought Federal Designation to Ward Off Development.......................................................... 108 Paterson Great Falls National Historic Park: Congress Established Park after Three Year Study Concludes the Site is Not Suitable, Not Feasible, and Not Nationally Significant ... 112 First Ladies National Historic Site: A National Priority or Parochial Pork? ......................... 114 Steamtown National Historic Site: A $150 million Theme Park Giveaway .......................... 116 Keweenaw National Historical Park: Another Slab of Pork ..................................................
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