I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3686 
To amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 
to provide for the establishment of a Ski Area Fee Retention Account, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 4, 2021 
Ms. KUSTER (for herself, Mr. CURTIS, Mr. NEGUSE, and Mr. LAMALFA) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agri-
culture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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 com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Manage-
ment Act of 1996 to provide for the establishment of 
a Ski Area Fee Retention Account, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Ski Hill Resources for 
Economic Development Act’’ or the ‘‘SHRED Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF SKI AREA FEE RETENTION AC-
COUNT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 701 of division I of the 
Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 
1996 (16 U.S.C. 497c) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(k) SKI AREA FEE RETENTION ACCOUNT.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) 
ACCOUNT.—The 
term 
‘Account’ 
means the Ski Area Fee Retention Account es-
tablished under paragraph (2). 
‘‘(B) COVERED UNIT.—The term ‘covered 
unit’ means a unit of the National Forest Sys-
tem that collects a rental charge. 
‘‘(C) PROGRAM.—The term ‘Program’ 
means the Forest Service Ski Area Program. 
‘‘(D) REGION.—The term ‘region’ means a 
region of the Forest Service. 
‘‘(E) RENTAL CHARGE.—The term ‘rental 
charge’ means a permit rental charge that is 
charged under subsection (a). 
‘‘(F) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ 
means the Secretary of Agriculture. 
‘‘(2) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of the 
Treasury shall establish in the Treasury a special 
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account, to be known as the ‘Ski Area Fee Retention 
Account’, into which there shall be deposited— 
‘‘(A) in the case of a covered unit at which 
$15,000,000 or more is collected by the covered 
unit from rental charges in a fiscal year, an 
amount equal to 60 percent of the rental 
charges collected at the covered unit in the fis-
cal year; or 
‘‘(B) in the case of any other covered unit, 
an amount equal to 75 percent of the rental 
charges collected at the covered unit in a fiscal 
year. 
‘‘(3) AVAILABILITY.—Subject to paragraph (5), 
any amounts deposited in the Account under para-
graph (2) shall be available to the Secretary for use 
in accordance with paragraph (4), without further 
appropriation, and shall remain available until ex-
pended. 
‘‘(4) USE AND DISTRIBUTION OF AMOUNTS IN 
THE ACCOUNT.— 
‘‘(A) 
DISTRIBUTION
OF
PERCENTAGE 
AMOUNTS.—Except as provided in subpara-
graphs (B), (C), (D), (F), and (G), 75 percent 
of the amounts deposited in the Account from 
a covered unit at which the rental charges were 
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collected in the preceding fiscal year shall be 
available for expenditure in accordance with 
subparagraph (E) at that covered unit. 
‘‘(B) 
REDUCTION
OF
PERCENTAGE 
AMOUNT.—Subject to subparagraph (C), the 
Secretary may reduce the percentage of 
amounts available to a covered unit under sub-
paragraph (A) if the Secretary determines that 
the amounts will exceed the reasonable needs of 
the covered unit for the purposes described in 
subparagraph (E) in the fiscal year. 
‘‘(C) LIMITATION.—The Secretary may not 
reduce, pursuant to subparagraph (B), the per-
centage of amounts available under subpara-
graph (A)— 
‘‘(i) in the case of a covered unit de-
scribed in paragraph (2)(A), to less than 
25 percent of the amount of rental charges 
deposited in the Account from the covered 
unit in a fiscal year; or 
‘‘(ii) in the case of any other covered 
unit, to less than 40 percent of the amount 
of rental charges deposited in the Account 
from the covered unit in a fiscal year. 
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‘‘(D) 
DISTRIBUTION
OF
REDUCTION 
AMOUNTS.—The Secretary may make any 
amounts in the Account remaining as a result 
of any reduction in the percentage of amounts 
under subparagraph (B) available to other cov-
ered units or the regions in which the covered 
units are located for the purposes described in 
subparagraph (E), taking into consideration the 
following factors: 
‘‘(i) Any backlog in ski area permit 
and Program administration in the covered 
units, including— 
‘‘(I) the number of proposals for 
ski area improvement projects; and 
‘‘(II) the processing of proposals 
for ski area improvement projects. 
‘‘(ii) Any need for services, training, 
staffing, or the streamlining of programs 
in the other covered units or the region in 
which the covered units are located that 
would improve the administration of the 
Program. 
‘‘(iii) Any need for wildfire prepared-
ness, planning, and coordination in and 
around ski areas. 
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‘‘(E) 
AUTHORIZED
EXPENDITURES.— 
Amounts distributed from the Account to a cov-
ered unit under this subsection may be used 
for— 
‘‘(i) ski area special use permit and 
Program administration in the covered 
unit, including— 
‘‘(I) the processing of proposals 
for ski area improvement projects; 
and 
‘‘(II) staffing and contracting for 
that processing and related services in 
the covered unit or in the applicable 
region; 
‘‘(ii) staff training for processing of 
ski area applications and administering ski 
area permits in the covered unit or the re-
gion in which the covered unit is located; 
‘‘(iii) interpretation activities, visitor 
information, visitor services, and signage in 
the covered unit to enhance the ski area 
visitor experience on National Forest Sys-
tem land; and 
‘‘(iv) wildfire preparedness, planning, 
and coordination in and around ski areas 
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