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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7175 

To amend section 805 of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act 

to provide for a lifetime pass for access to Federal recreational lands 

and waters, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 27, 2018 

Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana (for himself and Mr. POLIS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 

and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of 

such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To amend section 805 of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to provide for a lifetime pass for access 

to Federal recreational lands and waters, and for other 

purposes. 

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

3 SECTION 1. LIFETIME ACCESS TO RECREATIONAL LANDS 

4 AND WATERS. 

5 Section 805 of the Federal Lands Recreation En6 hancement Act (15 U.S.C. 6804) is amended by adding 

7 at the end of the following: 


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1 ‘‘(g) LIFETIME ACCESS TO RECREATIONAL LANDS

2 AND WATERS.— 

3 ‘‘(1) AVAILABILITY AND USE.—The Secretary 

4 shall establish, and may charge a fee for, a lifetime 

5 interagency national pass to be known as the ‘Rec6 reational Access for Life Pass’, which shall cover the 

7 entrance fee and standard amenity recreation fee for 

8 all Federal recreation lands and waters for which an 

9 entrance fee or standard amenity recreation fee is 

10 charged. 

11 ‘‘(2) NONTRANSFERABLE.—The lifetime pass 

12 shall not be transferable. 

13 ‘‘(h) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.— 

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— 

15 ‘‘(A) INTENT.—It is the intent of the Con16 gress that the Secretary shall not use amounts 

17 made available under subsection (g)(3) as an 

18 opportunity to reduce resources for priority de19 ferred maintenance projects (including other in20 frastructure deficiencies directly related to such 

21 deferred maintenance projects). 

22 ‘‘(B) REQUIRED MAINTENANCE OF EF23 FORT.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), 

24 no priority deferred maintenance project (in25 cluding other infrastructure deficiencies directly 


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1 related to a priority deferred maintenance 

2 project) shall receive funds made available 

3 under subsection (g)(3) during any fiscal year 

4 when the expenditures for priority deferred 

5 maintenance projects with amounts from other 

6 sources will be less than during the preceding 

7 fiscal year. 

8 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—The Secretary may provide 

9 funds made available under subsection (g)(3) to a 

10 deferred maintenance project not meeting the re11 quirements of paragraph (1) if the Secretary deter12 mines that a reduction in expenditures is attrib13 utable to a nonselective reduction in expenditures for 

14 the programs of all executive branch agencies of the 

15 National Park Service. 

16 ‘‘(3) USE OF FUND TO MEET MATCHING RE17 QUIREMENTS.—All funds received by the Secretary 

18 under subsection (g)(3) shall be treated as Federal 

19 funds for purposes of compliance with any provision 

20 in effect under any other law requiring that non21 Federal funds be used to provide a portion of the 

22 funding for any program or project.’’. 

23 SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORT ON REVENUE. 

24 Not later than January 31 of each year, the Sec25 retary shall submit to Congress a report on reasonable fees 


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1 for recreation activities offered by the National Park Serv2 ice to determine— 

3 (1) the aggregate change of funds; 

4 (2) the impact on the National Park Service or 

5 Federal lands due to fee change decisions; 

6 (3) the difference between the amount of funds 

7 reported under paragraph (1) and the costs reported 

8 under paragraph (2); and 

9 (4) a calculation of the change in participation 

10 based on paragraph (3). 

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