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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3223 

To direct the Army Corps of Engineers to allow certain entities to use 

a portion of collected recreational user fees for administrative expenses 

and for the operations, maintenance, development of recreational facilities 

or management of natural resources. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 14, 2011 

Ms. FOXX introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Transportation and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To direct the Army Corps of Engineers to allow certain 

entities to use a portion of collected recreational user 

fees for administrative expenses and for the operations, 

maintenance, development of recreational facilities or 

management of natural resources. 

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

3 SECTION 1. COLLECTION AND USE OF RECREATIONAL 

4 USER FEES BY COOPERATING ASSOCIATIONS. 

5 (a) Section 225(b) of the Water Resources Develop6 ment Act of 1992 (33 U.S.C. 2328(b)) is amended— 


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1 (1) by striking ‘‘operation and management of 

2 recreation facilities and natural resources’’ and in3 serting ‘‘operation, maintenance, development, or 

4 construction of recreation facilities and management 

5 of natural resources’’; and 

6 (2) by adding after the period, the following: 

7 ‘‘Pursuant to such an agreement, the Secretary may 

8 also permit the entity to (1) collect fees, on its own 

9 behalf or on behalf of the Army Corps of Engineers, 

10 including entrance fees and user fees for the use of 

11 recreation sites and facilities, whether developed or 

12 constructed by the entity or by the Corps of Engi13 neers; (2) to retain up to 50 percent of the fees col14 lected to pay the entity’s administrative costs, 

15 whether incurred on or off the premises where such 

16 fees were collected; and (3) to reinvest the balance 

17 of the fees, subject to the approval of the Corps of 

18 Engineers, for the operation, maintenance, develop19 ment or construction of recreation facilities or the 

20 management of natural resources on any project 

21 lands at the lake or reservoir where such fees were 

22 collected, including project lands beyond the geo23 graphic scope of the agreement entered into under 

24 this section or lease entered into under section 4 of 


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1 the Act of December 22, 1944 (16 U.S.C. section 

2 460d).’’. 

3 (b) Section 210(b) of Public Law 90–483 (16 U.S.C. 

4 section 460d–3) is amended— 

5 (1) In paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘All’’, and in6 serting the following: ‘‘Except as provided in para7 graph (5), all’’; and 

8 (2) Adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(5) A local interest or not for profit entity 

10 that has been granted a lease under section 4 of the 

11 Act of December 22, 1944 (16 U.S.C. 460d) of 

12 lands at a public recreation area located at a lake 

13 or reservoir under the jurisdiction of the Army 

14 Corps of Engineers, and that has entered into an 

15 agreement with the Corps of Engineers under sec16 tion 225 of the Water Resources Development Act 

17 of 1992 (33 U.S.C. 2328(b)) to collect fees and rein18 vest at least 50 percent of the fees collected, subject 

19 to the approval of the Corps of Engineers, for oper20 ation, maintenance, development, or construction of 

21 recreation facilities and management of natural re22 sources on any project lands at the lake or reservoir 

23 where such fees were collected, may retain up to 50 

24 percent of the fees collected to pay administrative 

25 costs incurred by the local interest, whether incurred 


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1 on or off the premises where such fees were col2 lected.’’. 

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