I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 310 
To amend the National Park Service Concessions Management Improvement 
Act of 1998, to extend to additional small businesses the preferential 
right to renew a concessions contract entered into under such Act, 
to facilitate the renewal of a commercial use authorization granted under 
such Act, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 5, 2007 
Mr. PEARCE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the National Park Service Concessions Manage-
ment Improvement Act of 1998, to extend to additional 
small businesses the preferential right to renew a conces-
sions contract entered into under such Act, to facilitate 
the renewal of a commercial use authorization granted 
under such Act, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘NPS Concessions Re-
form Act of 2007’’. 
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SEC. 2. ANNUAL GROSS RECEIPTS. 
Section 403(8) of the National Park Service Conces-
sions Management Improvement Act of 1998 (16 U.S.C. 
5952(8)) is amended— 
(1) by amending subparagraph (A)(ii) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(ii) Subject to subparagraph (C), concessions 
contracts with anticipated annual gross receipts 
under $750,000, such amount to be adjusted annu-
ally to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index 
as of the date of the enactment of this clause. An 
incumbent concessions contract holder with another 
concessions contract with annual gross receipts of 
$750,000 or more, not including an outfitting and 
guide concession contract, is not eligible for the 
right authorized by paragraph (7).’’; and 
(2) 
in 
subparagraph 
(C), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$500,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$750,000, such amount 
to be adjusted annually to reflect changes in the 
Consumer Price Index as of the date of the enact-
ment of the NPS Concessions Reform Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 3. DEBRIEFING. 
Section 403(5) of the National Park Service Conces-
sions Management Improvement Act of 1998 (16 U.S.C. 
5952(5)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(D) DEBRIEFING.—The Secretary shall pro-
vide to any person, corporation, and other entity 
that submitted a proposal and who was not awarded 
a proposed concessions contract a debriefing as to 
why they were not selected as submitting the best 
proposal for that concessions contract. Such debrief-
ing must be requested and must be made within 90 
days of the award of the concessions contract. The 
Secretary shall not be required to disclose any pro-
prietary information of the person, corporation, or 
other entity that was selected as submitting the best 
proposal and awarded the concessions contract.’’. 
SEC. 4. LEASEHOLD SURRENDER INTEREST AND SOURCE 
OF FUNDS. 
Section 405(a)(2)(A) of the National Park Service 
Concessions Management Improvement Act of 1998 (16 
U.S.C. 5954(a)(2)(A)) is amended by inserting after ‘‘pur-
suant to this title’’ the following: ‘‘and may be pledged 
as security for other National Park Service contracts 
using a combination of leasehold surrender interest if 
holding one or more contracts with the National Park 
Service, and the proceeds resulting from such pledged se-
curity shall not be restricted for use in the park or parks 
for which the leasehold surrender interest was pledged’’. 
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SEC. 5. COMMERCIAL USE AUTHORIZATION. 
Section 418 of the National Park Service Concessions 
Management Improvement Act of 1998 (16 U.S.C. 5966) 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c), by adding after ‘‘author-
ized use.’’ the following: ‘‘Such uses shall be subject 
to limitations and fees comparable to those that may 
be imposed on other authorization holders for the 
same or similar activities.’’; 
(2) by amending subsection (e), to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(e) DURATION.—The term of any authorization, not 
subject to limited numbers pursuant to (b)(2)(D), shall 
not exceed 5 years. Where it is determined that only lim-
ited numbers of authorizations shall be issued, the term 
of such authorizations shall not exceed 5 years. Such au-
thorizations may be issued to those applicants that have— 
‘‘(1) demonstrated the capability to provide 
quality visitor services; and 
‘‘(2) experience with the resources and values in 
the park unit for which the authorization is issued.’’; 
and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) COST RECOVERY.—The Secretary shall not seek 
to recover costs from applicants or authorized holders re-
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lated to capacity studies and recreation activities and mon-
itoring not associated with authorizations.’’. 
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