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Calendar No. 550

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 1333

[Report No. 105–311]

To amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to allow

national park units that cannot charge an entrance or admission fee

to retain other fees and charges.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

OCTOBER 29, 1997

Mr. FRIST (for himself and Mr. THOMPSON) introduced the following bill;

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

SEPTEMBER 8 (legislative day, AUGUST 31), 1998

Reported by Mr. MURKOWSKI, with an amendment

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]

A BILL

To amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of

1965 to allow national park units that cannot charge

an entrance or admission fee to retain other fees and

charges.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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1 SECTION 1. AMENDMENT OF LAND AND WATER CONSERVA2 TION FUND ACT OF 1965.

3 Section 4(i)(1) of the Land and Water Conservation

4 Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–6a(i)(1)) is amended

5 by adding at the end the following:

6 ‘‘(C) UNITS AT WHICH ENTRANCE FEES

7 OR ADMISSIONS FEES CANNOT BE COL8 LECTED.—Notwithstanding subparagraph (A),

9 in any fiscal year, the Secretary of the Interior

10 shall withhold from the special account under

11 subparagraph (A) 100 percent of the fees and

12 charges collected in connection with any unit of

13 the National Park System at which entrance

14 fees or admission fees cannot be collected by

15 reason of deed restrictions. Amounts so with16 held shall be retained by the Secretary and

17 shall be available, without further appropria18 tion, for expenditure by the Secretary for pur19 poses of that unit.’’.

20 SECTION 1. USE OF CERTAIN RECREATIONAL FEES.

21 Section 4(i)(1) of the Land and Water Conservation

22 Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–6a(i)(1)) is amended by

23 adding at the end the following:

24 ‘‘(C) UNITS AT WHICH ENTRANCE FEES OR

25 ADMISSIONS FEES CANNOT BE COLLECTED.—
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1 ‘‘(i) WITHHOLDING OF AMOUNTS.—

2 Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), section

3 315(c) of section 101(c) of the Omnibus

4 Consolidated Recessions and Appropriations

5 Act of 1996 (16 U.S.C. 460l–6a note; Public

6 Law 104–134), or section 107 of the De7 partment of the Interior and Related Agen8 cies Appropriations Act, 1998 (16 U.S.C.

9 460l–6a note; Public Law 105–83), the Sec10 retary of the Interior shall withhold from

11 the special account under subparagraph (A)

12 100 percent of the fees and charges collected

13 in connection with any unit of the National

14 Park System at which entrance fees or ad15 mission fees cannot be collected by reason of

16 deed restrictions.

17 ‘‘(ii) USE OF AMOUNTS.—Amounts

18 withheld under clause (i) shall be retained

19 by the Secretary and shall be available,

20 without further Act of appropriation, for

21 expenditure by the Secretary for the unit

22 with respect to which the amounts were col23 lected for the purposes of enhancing the

24 quality of the visitor experience, protection

25 of resources, repair and maintenance, inter-
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1 pretation, signage, habitat or facility en2 hancement, resource preservation, annual

3 operation (including fee collection), mainte4 nance, and law enforcement.’’

Calendar No. 550

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 1333

[Report No. 105–311]

A BILL

To amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund

tain other fees and charges.cannot charge an entrance or admission fee to reAct of 1965 to allow national park units that

SEPTEMBER 8 (legislative day, AUGUST 31), 1998

Reported with an amendment