The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee is likely to vote on a bill to renew a key funding program for parks, but not until after the program’s authority lapses.

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Tuesday would mark two days after the last law to authorize the LWCF expires. After Sunday, the program can still make payments, but the money collected from offshore oil and natural gas drillers that would usually go into the fund instead goes to general government funding.

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The committee has not sent out a formal notice of its planned meeting, a necessary step in advance of the markup.

The fund takes a portion of the revenue the government gets from offshore drilling, and puts it toward federal, state and local park, recreation and conservation projects.

Conservationists, congressional Democrats and some Republicans have made an all-out push in recent weeks to get the LWCF renewed. Sen. Richard Burr Richard Mauze BurrHillicon Valley: Subpoenas for Facebook, Google and Twitter on the cards | Wray rebuffs mail-in voting conspiracies | Reps. raise mass surveillance concerns Bipartisan representatives demand answers on expired surveillance programs Rep. Mark Walker says he's been contacted about Liberty University vacancy MORE (R-N.C.) has held up unrelated legislation in order to see the program's renewal.

Senators are likely to vote on Cantwell’s LWCF renewal legislation, which would authorize the program indefinitely. It would also require that 1.5 percent of the money paid from the fund go to increasing access to public land by hunters, anglers and other recreation purposes.

The House Natural Resources Committee passed a bipartisan bill this month to indefinitely reauthorize LWCF. It would require that at least 40 percent of the money go to state projects and 40 percent to federal, as well as 3 percent to recreation access.

The Senate Energy Committee is also likely to vote on the Restore Our Parks Act from Sens. Rob Portman Robert (Rob) Jones PortmanMcConnell locks down key GOP votes in Supreme Court fight Romney undecided on authorizing subpoenas for GOP Obama-era probes Congress needs to prioritize government digital service delivery MORE (R-Ohio) and Mark Warner Mark Robert WarnerFBI director casts doubt on concerns over mail-in voting fraud Democrats call for declassifying election threats after briefing by Trump officials It's time to upgrade benefits MORE (D-Va.), which would create a new parks fund from the revenue from energy production on federal land and offshore.

The fund would use half of the energy revenue that isn’t dedicated toward other sources, and would go toward addressing the nearly $12 billion maintenance backlog on National Park Service land.