Deadline: Ongoing Action
Why this Matters
If you have hiked the trails at Cape Perpetua, parked at a Siuslaw National Forest trailhead, or used a coastal campground, you have benefited from the kind of upkeep the Legacy Restoration Fund pays for. The fund covers deferred maintenance on federal lands, trails, campgrounds, roads, bridges and parking areas, and the Siuslaw National Forest that wraps around Waldport is exactly the sort of place it keeps in good shape.
That funding expired at the end of 2025, and the maintenance backlog across federal lands has grown to roughly 43 billion dollars.
Updated September 12, 2026. Both chambers now have bipartisan reauthorization bills out of committee and waiting on the floor. The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee advanced S. 1547, the America the Beautiful Act, on June 17, 2026 by voice vote. The House Natural Resources Committee reported H.R. 9250, the Great American Outdoors Act 250, favorably on June 24, also by voice vote. Neither chamber has passed a final bill, and the committee work is the part that is already done. What is left is leadership deciding to bring it to a vote, which is exactly the thing constituent pressure moves.
Name the bill when you write. Ask your senators to support floor consideration and passage of S. 1547, and your representative to do the same for H.R. 9250. A message that names the bill is harder to file away than one that asks for parks funding in general.
Outdoor Alliance has a form that takes about two minutes. Our stretch of coast depends on those trails and campgrounds staying open and safe.
Steps to Take
Send a message to your senators and representative through the Outdoor Alliance action form. It takes about two minutes and asks Congress to reauthorize the Legacy Restoration Fund.
Add the bill numbers to the message if the form lets you edit it. Senators: support floor consideration and passage of S. 1547, the America the Beautiful Act. Representative: the same for H.R. 9250, the Great American Outdoors Act 250. Both cleared committee in June 2026 and are waiting for floor time.
If you have hiked or camped on the Oregon Coast, add a sentence about a specific place that matters to you, like a Siuslaw National Forest trail or a coastal campground. Personal notes carry more weight than form text alone.
Share the action form with a neighbor or two. The more voices Congress hears from the coast, the better.
