H. R. 4665 

One Hundred Fourteenth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE SECOND SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday, 

the fourth day of January, two thousand and sixteen 

An Act 

To require the Secretary of Commerce to conduct an assessment and analysis 

of the outdoor recreation economy of the United States, and for other purposes. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Outdoor Recreation Jobs and 

Economic Impact Act of 2016’’. 

SEC. 2. ASSESSMENT AND ANALYSIS OF OUTDOOR RECREATION 

ECONOMY OF THE UNITED STATES. 

(a) ASSESSMENT AND ANALYSIS.—The Secretary of Commerce 

shall enter into a joint memorandum with the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to conduct, acting through 

the Director of the Bureau of Economic Analysis, an assessment 

and analysis of the outdoor recreation economy of the United States 

and the effects attributable to such economy on the overall economy 

of the United States. 

(b) CONSIDERATIONS.—In conducting the assessment required 

by subsection (a), the Secretary of Commerce may consider employment, sales, and contributions to travel and tourism, and such 

other contributing components of the outdoor recreation economy 

of the United States as the Secretary considers appropriate. 

(c) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out the assessment required 

by subsection (a), the Secretary of Commerce shall consult with— 

(1) the heads of such agencies and offices of the Federal 

Government as the Secretary considers appropriate, including 

the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of the Interior, 

the Federal Recreation Council, the Director of the Bureau 

of the Census, and the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor 

Statistics; and 

(2) representatives of businesses, including small business 

concerns, that engage in commerce in the outdoor recreation 

economy of the United States. 

(d) REPORT.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the date 

of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall 

submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report 

on the findings of the Secretary with respect to the assessment 

conducted under subsection (a). 

(2) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ means— 

(A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

Transportation of the Senate; 
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(B) the Committee on Environment and Public Works 

of the Senate; 

(C) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

of the Senate; 

(D) the Committee on Small Business and 

Entrepreneurship of the Senate; 

(E) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 

House of Representatives; and 

(F) the Committee on Small Business of the House 

of Representatives. 

(e) SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN DEFINED.—In this section, the 

term ‘‘small business concern’’ has the meaning given such term 

under section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632). 

(f) NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS AUTHORIZED.—No additional funds 

are authorized to carry out the requirements of this Act. Such 

requirements shall be carried out using amounts otherwise authorized. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.