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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 614 

To require the Secretary of the Interior to establish a pilot program for 

commercial recreation concessions on certain land managed by the Bureau of Land Management. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 13, 2017 

Mr. FLAKE (for himself and Mr. MCCAIN) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 

Resources 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of the Interior to establish a pilot 

program for commercial recreation concessions on certain 

land managed by the Bureau of Land Management. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘RPPA Commercial 

5 Recreation Concessions Pilot Program Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. COMMERCIAL RECREATION CONCESSIONS PILOT 

2 PROGRAM. 

3 The Act of June 14, 1926 (commonly known as the 

4 ‘‘Recreation and Public Purposes Act’’) (43 U.S.C. 869 

5 et seq.), is amended by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 7. COMMERCIAL RECREATION CONCESSIONS PILOT 

7 PROGRAM. 

8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other pro9 vision of this Act (including regulations), not later than 

10 90 days after the date of enactment of this section, the 

11 Secretary shall establish a pilot program to authorize com12 mercial recreation concessions on land patented or leased 

13 under this Act. 

14 ‘‘(b) CONCESSIONS AGREEMENTS.— 

15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the pilot 

16 program established under subsection (a), the Sec17 retary shall enter into not more than 10 agreements 

18 with parties to whom the land described in sub19 section (a) has been patented or leased for the estab20 lishment of commercial recreation concessions on the 

21 land covered by the agreement. 

22 ‘‘(2) TERM.— 

23 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An agreement entered 

24 into under paragraph (1) shall be for a period 

25 that is consistent with the period of time re26 quired to amortize the capital investment made 


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1 under the agreement but in any case not longer 

2 than 20 years. 

3 ‘‘(B) EXTENSION.—On a finding of satis4 factory performance, the Secretary may extend 

5 the term of an agreement for 1 additional pe6 riod equal in length to the initial term. 

7 ‘‘(3) THIRD-PARTY AGREEMENTS.— 

8 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A party to an agree9 ment entered into under paragraph (1) may 

10 enter into agreements with third parties for the 

11 establishment of commercial recreation conces12 sions pursuant to the agreement entered into 

13 under paragraph (1). 

14 ‘‘(B) TERM.—An agreement entered into 

15 under subparagraph (A) shall not be for a pe16 riod that is longer than the term of the agree17 ment entered into under paragraph (1). 

18 ‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.—A party to an agreement en19 tered into under subsection (b)(1) shall not be required 

20 to use revenue collected pursuant to the commercial recre21 ation concessions on the land covered by the agreement. 

22 ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—For the term of an 

23 agreement entered into under subsection (b)(1), with re24 spect to land covered by the agreement, any activity deVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:44 Mar 16, 2017 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S614.IS S614

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1 fined as permissible under parts 2920 and 2930 of title 

2 43, Code of Federal Regulations, shall be permissible. 

3 ‘‘(e) EFFECT.—The establishment of commercial 

4 recreation concessions under subsection (b) shall not be 

5 considered to be a change in use for purposes of this Act.’’. 

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