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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1742 

To temporarily suspend the collection of entrance fees at units of the National 

Park System and the National Wildlife Refuge System. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 20, 2013 

Mr. KAINE introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Finance 

A BILL 

To temporarily suspend the collection of entrance fees at 

units of the National Park System and the National 

Wildlife Refuge System. 

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 ‘‘Entrance Fee Suspen5 sion Act of 2013’’. 

6 SEC. 2. SUSPENSION OF ENTRANCE FEES AT UNITS OF THE 

7 NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM AND UNITS OF THE 

8 NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi10 sion of law, during the 16-day period beginning on April 


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1 10, 2014, and ending on April 25, 2014, the Secretary 

2 of the Interior (acting through the Director of the Na3 tional Park Service and the Director of the United States 

4 Fish and Wildlife Service) shall suspend the collection of 

5 fees for admission to units of the National Park System 

6 and units of the National Wildlife Refuge System, respec7 tively. 

8 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the date 

9 on which the 16-day period described in subsection (a) ex10 pires, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to the Sec11 retary of the Treasury and the Director of the Office of 

12 Management and Budget a report that includes, if the col13 lection was not suspended under subsection (a)— 

14 (1) the total amount of fees that would have 

15 been collected for admission to units of the National 

16 Park System; and 

17 (2) the total amount of fees that would have 

18 been collected for admission to units of the National 

19 Wildlife Refuge System. 

20 SEC. 3. FUNDING. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—During fiscal year 2014, the Sec22 retary of the Treasury shall transfer from discretionary 

23 unobligated balances that are not designated as emergency 

24 or overseas contingency operations— 


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1 (1) the amount described in section 2(b)(1) to 

2 the National Park Service account within the De3 partment of the Interior; and 

4 (2) the amount described in section 2(b)(2) to 

5 the United States Fish and Wildlife Service account 

6 within the Department of the Interior. 

7 (b) OFFSET.—Section 13031(j)(3)(B)(i) of the Con8 solidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 

9 U.S.C. 58c(j)(3)(B)(i)) is amended by striking ‘‘October 

10 29, 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘November 5, 2021’’. 

11 (c) RECEIPT AND ACCEPTANCE.—The Secretary of 

12 the Interior shall be entitled to receive, shall accept, and 

13 shall use to carry out this Act the funds transferred under 

14 subsection (a), without further appropriation. 

15 SEC. 4. BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 

16 The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 

17 complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 

18 shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 

19 titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 

20 Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 

21 by the Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, pro22 vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the 

23 vote on passage. 

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