I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3283
To improve recreational facilities and visitor opportunities on Federal rec-
reational lands by reinvesting receipts from fair and consistent rec-
reational fees and passes, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 8, 2003
Mr. REGULA (for himself, Mr. WAMP, Mr. SHERWOOD, Mr. SOUDER, Mr. 
PETRI, Mr. PETERSON of Pennsylvania, and Mr. HOBSON) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 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 provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To improve recreational facilities and visitor opportunities 
on Federal recreational lands by reinvesting receipts 
from fair and consistent recreational fees and passes, 
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 AND TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.— This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 
this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Purposes and principles. 
Sec. 3. Definitions. 
Sec. 4. General recreation fee authority. 
Sec. 5. Basic recreation fee. 
Sec. 6. Expanded recreation fee. 
Sec. 7. Special recreation permit fee. 
Sec. 8. General recreation pass authority. 
Sec. 9. America the Beautiful—the National Parks and Federal Recreational 
Lands Pass. 
Sec. 10. Other recreation passes. 
Sec. 11. Miscellaneous administrative provisions regarding recreation fees and 
recreation passes. 
Sec. 12. Volunteers. 
Sec. 13. Special accounts and distribution of recreation fees and recreation pass 
revenues. 
Sec. 14. Expenditures from special accounts. 
Sec. 15. Enforcement and protection of receipts. 
Sec. 16. Repeal of superseded admission and use fee authorities. 
Sec. 17. Relation to other laws and fee collection authorities.
SEC. 2. PURPOSES AND PRINCIPLES. 
(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are—
(1) to enhance visitor opportunities regarding 
Federal public lands by creating a seamless Federal 
system of recreation opportunities; 
(2) to enhance the visitor experience by invest-
ing recreation fees in improving recreation opportu-
nities regarding Federal public lands; 
(3) to reduce the huge deferred maintenance 
backlog that adversely affects visitor use and enjoy-
ment of Federal recreational facilities and lands, by 
focused use of visitor fee revenues; 
(4) to help protect and enhance the natural re-
source, historic, cultural, and other special values of
Federal public lands and National Parks that at-
tract hundreds of millions of visitors every year; 
(5) to establish a permanent recreation fee pro-
gram that allows the fees to be used primarily at the 
site of collection; 
(6) to establish a permanent recreation fee pro-
gram so that important investments in technology 
may be made; 
(7) to streamline, simplify, and improve the 
recreation fee program; and 
(8) to streamline, simplify, and improve the 
interagency national recreation pass program. 
(b) PRINCIPLES.—The following principles apply to 
the recreation fee program authorized by this Act: 
(1) BENEFICIAL TO THE VISITING PUBLIC.—A 
majority of the revenue generated by recreation fees 
should be retained and used at the site where the 
fees are collected to benefit the visiting public by en-
hancing the resources, facilities, activities, services, 
and programs used by the visiting public. Recreation 
fees should be designed to provide the sites with ade-
quate resources to enhance and supply visitor serv-
ices, reduce the backlog of deferred maintenance, 
and restore and enhance impacted or endangered re-
sources.
(2) FAIR
AND
EQUITABLE.—Recreation fees 
should also be affordable for the visiting public and 
not significantly impact visitation levels. Recreation 
fees should be reasonable and based on a consistent 
and sound rationale. Recreation fee systems should 
consider and address the relationship between who 
pays the fee and who benefits from the resources, fa-
cilities, activities, services, and programs provided by 
a recreation program. 
(3) EFFICIENT.—Recreation fees should be col-
lected and administered in a cost efficient, enforce-
able, and business-like manner. 
(4) COLLABORATIVE.—Recreation fees should 
be developed with input from local communities and 
other interested persons. Wherever possible or ap-
propriate, Federal land management agencies should 
coordinate fees with private entities and local, State, 
and other Federal agencies so as to minimize over-
lapping costs and simplify fees for the visiting pub-
lic. 
(5) CONVENIENT.—Recreation fees should be 
convenient to pay and recreation passes should be 
easy to obtain. A variety of payment and purchase 
location options (including credit card, internet,
automated fee machines, and vendor sales) should be 
available as appropriate and feasible. 
(6) ACCOUNTABLE.—Federal land management 
agencies should collect data and publish annually 
public documentation showing how the recreation fee 
program is administered. Agencies should evaluate 
the recreation fee program to consider cost of collec-
tion, adherence to policy, use of revenues, fiscal safe-
guards, and how well the program achieves organiza-
tional, site, and community goals. 
(7) CONSISTENT.—The visiting public should 
expect a similar fee for similar resources, facilities, 
activities, services, and programs across Federal 
land management agencies or in a given geographic 
area. The costs and benefits associated with a recre-
ation fee or recreation pass should be clearly illus-
trated and easily understood by the visiting public. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) BASIC RECREATION FEE.—The term ‘‘basic 
recreation fee’’ means the fee authorized by section 
5. 
(2) EXPANDED RECREATION FEE.—The term 
‘‘expanded recreation fee’’ means the fee authorized 
by section 6.
(3) FEDERAL LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCY.—
The term ‘‘Federal land management agency’’ 
means the National Park Service, the United States 
Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Man-
agement, the Bureau of Reclamation, or the Forest 
Service. 
(4) NATIONAL
PARKS
AND
FEDERAL
REC-
REATIONAL
LANDS
PASS .—The term ‘‘National 
Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass’’ means 
the interagency national pass authorized by section 
9. 
(5) PASSHOLDER.—The term ‘‘passholder’’ 
means a person who purchases or otherwise holds a 
recreation pass. 
(6) RECREATION FEE.—The term ‘‘recreation 
fee’’ means the basic recreation fee, expanded recre-
ation fee, or special recreation permit fee. 
(7) RECREATION PASS.—The term ‘‘recreation 
pass’’ means the National Parks and Federal Rec-
reational Lands Pass or one of the recreation passes 
available as authorized by section 10. 
(8) SECRETARY CONCERNED.—The term ‘‘Sec-
retary concerned’’ means—
(A) the Secretary of the Interior, with re-
spect to the National Park Service, the United
States Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of 
Land Management, and the Bureau of Rec-
lamation; and 
(B) the Secretary of Agriculture, with re-
spect to the Forest Service. 
(9) SECRETARIES.—The term ‘‘Secretaries’’ 
means the Secretary of the Interior and the Sec-
retary of Agriculture acting jointly. 
(10) SPECIAL ACCOUNT.—The term ‘‘special ac-
count’’ means the special account established in the 
Treasury under section 13 for a Federal land man-
agement agency. 
(11) SPECIAL RECREATION PERMIT FEE.—The 
term ‘‘special recreation permit fee’’ means the fee 
authorized by section 7. 
SEC. 4. GENERAL RECREATION FEE AUTHORITY. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH.—The Secretary con-
cerned shall provide for the establishment of basic recre-
ation fees, expanded recreation fees, and special recreation 
permit fees that are fair and equitable. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT GUIDELINES.—The Secretary 
concerned shall establish guidelines identifying the process 
by which a Federal land management agency shall estab-
lish and change the amount charged for a basic recreation 
fee, expanded recreation fee, or special recreation permit
fee. The guidelines shall contain a provision requiring that 
Federal land management agencies coordinate with each 
other, to the extent practicable, when establishing and 
changing such fees. 
(c) CONSIDERATIONS.—Before establishing and set-
ting a price for a recreation fee, the Secretary concerned 
shall take into consideration the following: 
(1) The benefits and services provided to visi-
tors paying the recreation fee. 
(2) The public policy or management objectives 
served. 
(3) The effect of multiple fees charged to the 
public. 
(4) The direct and indirect cost to the Govern-
ment. 
(5) The revenue benefits to the Government. 
(6) Fees charged at comparable sites or by 
other public agencies. 
(7) The economic and administrative feasibility 
of fee collection. 
(8) The price of the National Parks and Fed-
eral Recreational Lands Pass. 
(d) FEES FOR CERTAIN ACTIVITIES PROHIBITED.—
The Secretary concerned may not charge a basic recre-
ation fee, expanded recreation fee, or special recreation 
permit fee—
(1) for travel by private, noncommercial vehicles 
over any national parkway or any road or highway 
established as a part of the National Highway Sys-
tem (as defined in section 101 of title 23, United 
States Code) that is commonly used by the public as 
a means of travel between two places either or both 
of which are outside any unit or area of a Federal 
land management agency at which fees are charged 
under this Act; 
(2) for travel by a person using a private, non-
commercial vehicle over any road or highway to any 
land in which the person has any property right, if 
the land is within any unit or area of a Federal land 
management agency at which fees are charged under 
this Act; 
(3) for any person who has a right of access for 
hunting or fishing privileges under a specific provi-
sion of law or treaty; or 
(4) for any person who is engaged in the con-
duct of official Federal, State, or local government 
business. 
(e) WAIVER OR DISCOUNT OF FEES.—The Secretary 
concerned may waive or discount a basic recreation fee,
expanded recreation fee, or special recreation permit fee, 
as considered appropriate by the Secretary concerned. 
(f) FEE
MANAGEMENT
AGREEMENTS.—Notwith-
standing chapter 63 of title 31, United States Code (com-
monly known as the Federal Grants and Cooperative 
Agreements Act), the Secretary concerned may enter into 
fee management agreements, including contracts, that 
provide for reasonable commissions, discounts, or reim-
bursements, with any governmental or nongovernmental 
entities to provide fee collection and processing services, 
including visitor reservation services. 
SEC. 5. BASIC RECREATION FEE. 
(a) FEE AUTHORIZED.—Except as provided in sub-
section (b), the Secretary concerned may charge a basic 
recreation fee for the following locations: 
(1) Units of the National Park System. 
(2) National Conservation Areas. 
(3) National Recreation Areas. 
(4) National Monuments. 
(5) National Volcanic Monuments. 
(6) National Scenic Areas. 
(7) Areas of substantial investment by a Fed-
eral land management agency, which refers to Fed-
eral lands or waters under the jurisdiction of the
Secretary concerned that are not specified in para-
graphs (1) through (6), but that—
(A) are managed for recreation purposes 
or contain at least one major visitor attraction; 
and 
(B) have had substantial investments, as 
determined by the Secretary concerned, made in 
their facilities or services, in restoring resource 
degradation in areas of concentrated public use, 
including a visitor or interpretive center, a trail-
head facility, or a developed parking lot, or in 
requiring the presence of personnel of a Federal 
land management agency. 
(b) LIMITATIONS ON FEES FOR CERTAIN PERSONS, 
ACTIVITIES, AND LOCATIONS.—The Secretary concerned 
may not charge a basic recreation fee with respect to any 
of the following: 
(1) A person under 16 years of age. 
(2) Outings conducted for noncommercial edu-
cational purposes by schools or bonafide academic 
institutions. 
(3) The following National Park System units: 
(A) U.S.S. Arizona Memorial. 
(B) 
Independence 
National 
Historical 
Park.
(C) Statue of Liberty National Monument. 
(D) National Park System units in the 
District of Columbia. 
(E) The Arlington House–Robert E. Lee 
National Memorial. 
(F) Any National Park System unit cov-
ered by section 203 of the Alaska National In-
terest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 
410hh–2), other than Denali National Park and 
Preserve. 
(G) Any National Park System unit con-
taining a deed restriction on charging entrance 
fees. 
(4) For entrance on other routes into the Great 
Smoky Mountains National Park, or any part there-
of, unless a basic recreation fee is charged for en-
trance into that park on main highways and thor-
oughfares. 
(5) For any person who visits a unit or area 
under the jurisdiction of the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service and is the holder of a valid migra-
tory bird hunting and conservation stamp issued 
under section 2 of the Act of March 16, 1934 (16 
U.S.C. 718b; commonly known as the Migratory 
Bird Hunting Stamp Act or Duck Stamp Act).
(6) For any person engaged in a nonrec-
reational activity authorized under a valid permit 
issued under any other Act, including a valid grazing 
permit. 
(c) FEE-FREE DAY.—At every unit or area of a Fed-
eral land management area that charges a basic recreation 
fee, that Secretary concerned shall designate at least one 
day annually during periods of high visitation as a ‘‘Fee-
Free Day’’ when no basic recreation fee is charged. 
SEC. 6. EXPANDED RECREATION FEE. 
(a) FEE AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary concerned 
may charge an expanded recreation fee, either in addition 
to a basic recreation fee or by itself, at Federal lands or 
waters under the jurisdiction of a Federal land manage-
ment agency when the Secretary concerned determines 
that the visitor to those lands or waters—
(1) receives or is provided a direct service; 
(2) uses a specific or specialized facility or 
equipment in association with the recreation activity; 
(3) requires additional attention by staff, rep-
resentatives or contractors of the Federal land man-
agement agency; or 
(4) participates in an activity that involves 
more costs to the Federal land management agency
than the costs associated with the basic recreation 
fee. 
(b) LIMITATIONS ON FEES FOR CERTAIN PERSONS, 
ACTIVITIES, AND LOCATIONS.—The Secretary concerned 
may not charge an expanded recreation fee with respect 
to any of the following: 
(1) For general access to any Federal lands or 
waters under the jurisdiction of a Federal land man-
agement agency. 
(2) For access to any of the following: 
(A) A visitor center. 
(B) A dispersed area with low or no invest-
ment. 
(C) A scenic overlook. 
(D) A basic, core interpretive program. 
(E) A backcountry byway. 
(F) A wayside. 
(G) A drinking fountain. 
(H) A restroom. 
(I) An undeveloped parking area. 
(J) an individual picnic table. 
(3) For special attention or extra services nec-
essary to meet the needs of individuals with disabil-
ities.
(4) For any person engaged in a nonrec-
reational activity authorized under a valid permit 
issued under any other Act, including a valid grazing 
permit. 
(c) FACILITIES AND SERVICES.—In accordance with 
subsection (a), but subject to subsection (b), an expanded 
recreation fee may be charged for facilities and services, 
including any of the following: 
(1) A developed campground. 
(2) A developed boat ramp. 
(3) A facility rental. 
(4) An equipment rental. 
(5) An enhanced interpretive program. 
(6) A reservation service. 
(7) A transportation service. 
(8) A special amenity. 
SEC. 7. SPECIAL RECREATION PERMIT FEE. 
(a) FEE AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary concerned 
may require a special recreation permit, and charge a spe-
cial recreation permit fee, for a recreation use, including 
any of the following: 
(1) A group activity. 
(2) A commercial tour, including commercial 
aircraft tour. 
(3) A recreation event.
(4) Use of a motorized recreation vehicle. 
(5) A competitive event. 
(6) An outfitting and guiding activity. 
(7) An activity requiring an allocation of use. 
(8) An activity for which a permit is required 
to ensure public safety. 
(b) PROCEDURES
AND GUIDELINES.—If the Sec-
retary concerned requires a special recreation permit for 
a recreation use, or charges a special recreation permit 
fee, the Secretary concerned shall establish procedures or 
guidelines to address the application and approval process 
for the special recreation permit and the special recreation 
permit fee levels. 
SEC. 8. GENERAL RECREATION PASS AUTHORITY. 
(a) EFFECT AND USE OF RECREATION PASSES.—A 
recreation pass shall cover the basic recreation fee at any 
unit or area of a Federal land management agency that 
charges a basic recreation fee for the passholder and—
(1) all persons traveling with the passholder in 
a noncommercial motorized vehicle; 
(2) up to three persons accompanying the 
passholder and traveling by means other than a mo-
torized vehicle; or
(3) up to three persons accompanying the 
passholder at walk-up units or areas of a Federal 
land management agency. 
(b) NONTRANSFERABLE.—A recreation pass is non-
transferable. 
(c) CONSIDERATIONS.—Before establishing and set-
ting a price for a recreation pass, the Secretary concerned 
shall take into consideration the following: 
(1) The considerations specified in section 4(c). 
(2) The visitor services and recreation opportu-
nities to be covered by the recreation pass. 
(3) The price of, and impact on, other recre-
ation passes. 
(4) Visitor confusion with respect to other 
recreation passes. 
(5) The impact on the incentive of a Federal 
land management agency to sell the National Parks 
and Federal Recreational Lands Pass. 
(6) The impact on the overall collection of 
recreation fees authorized by this Act. 
(7) The basic recreation fees charged at units 
or areas of the Federal land management agencies 
covered by the recreation pass and the impact of the 
recreation pass on those fees.
(d) PUBLIC NOTICE.—The Secretaries shall jointly 
take such steps as may be necessary to provide to the pub-
lic information on the National Parks and Federal Rec-
reational Lands Pass and other available recreation 
passes. 
SEC. 9. AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL—THE NATIONAL PARKS 
AND FEDERAL RECREATIONAL LANDS PASS. 
(a) RECREATION PASS AUTHORIZED.—
(1) AVAILABILITY AND USE.—The Secretaries 
shall jointly establish, and may charge a fee for, an 
interagency national pass to be known as the 
‘‘America the Beautiful—the National Parks and 
Federal Recreational Lands Pass’’, which shall cover 
the basic recreation fee at all units and areas of the 
Federal land management agencies for which a basic 
recreation fee is charged. 
(2) IMAGE
COMPETITION
FOR
RECREATION 
PASS.—The Secretaries shall jointly hold an annual 
competition to select the image to be used on the 
National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands 
Pass for a year. The competition shall be—
(A) open to the public; and 
(B) used as a means to educate the Amer-
ican people about units and areas of the Fed-
eral land management agencies.
(3) NOTICE OF ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secre-
taries shall jointly publish a notice in the Federal 
Register when the National Parks and Federal Rec-
reational Lands Pass is first established and avail-
able for purchase. 
(b) DURATION.—The National Parks and Federal 
Recreational Lands Pass shall be valid for a period of 12 
months from the date of the issuance of the recreation 
pass to a passholder. 
(c) PRICE.—The Secretaries shall jointly establish 
the price at which the National Parks and Federal Rec-
reational Lands Pass will be sold to the public. 
(d) SALES LOCATIONS AND MARKETING.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary concerned 
shall sell the National Parks and Federal Rec-
reational Lands Pass at all units or areas of the 
Federal land management agencies at which a basic 
recreation fee is charged and at such other locations 
as the Secretaries consider appropriate and feasible. 
(2) USE
OF
VENDORS.—The Secretary con-
cerned may enter into cooperative agreements or 
contracts with private vendors to sell the National 
Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass. 
(3) MARKETING.—The Secretaries shall jointly 
take such actions as are appropriate to provide for
the active marketing of the National Parks and Fed-
eral Recreational Lands Pass. 
(e) DISCOUNTED PASSES.—
(1) AGE DISCOUNT.—The National Parks and 
Federal Recreational Lands Pass shall be available, 
at a 50 percent discount, to any citizen of, or person 
domiciled in, the United States who is 62 years of 
age or older, provides adequate proof of age, and 
provides adequate proof of citizenship or residency. 
(2) 
DISABILITY
DISCOUNT.—The 
National 
Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass shall be 
available, without charge, to any citizen of, or person 
domiciled in, the United States who has a physical 
or mental impairment which substantially limits one 
or more of the person’s major life activities, as re-
quired by section 7(20)(B)(i) of the Rehabilitation 
Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 701(20)(B)(i)), provides 
adequate documentation of the such disability, and 
provides adequate proof of citizenship or residency. 
(f) ADMINISTRATIVE GUIDELINES.—The Secretaries 
shall jointly issue guidelines on administration of the Na-
tional Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass, which 
shall include agreement on price, the distribution of reve-
nues between the Federal land management agencies, the 
sharing of costs, benefits provided, marketing and design,
adequate documentation for age and disability discounts, 
and the issuance of that recreation pass to volunteers. The 
Secretaries shall take into consideration all relevant visitor 
and sales data available in establishing the guidelines. 
(g) DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION AGREE-
MENTS.—The Secretaries may jointly enter into coopera-
tive agreements with governmental and nongovernmental 
entities for the development and implementation of the 
National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass Pro-
gram. 
(h) PROHIBITION ON OTHER NATIONAL RECREATION 
PASSES.—The Secretary concerned may not establish any 
national recreation pass, except as provided in this section. 
SEC. 10. OTHER RECREATION PASSES. 
(a) SITE-SPECIFIC AGENCY PASSES.—The Secretary 
concerned may establish and charge a fee for a site-spe-
cific pass that will cover the basic recreation fee for a par-
ticular unit or area of a Federal land management agency 
for a specified period not to exceed 12 months. 
(b) REGIONAL MULTIENTITY PASSES.—
(1) PASSES AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary con-
cerned may establish and charge a fee for a regional 
multientity pass that will be accepted by one or more 
Federal land management agencies or by one or 
more governmental or nongovernmental entities for
a specified period not to exceed 12 months. To in-
clude a Federal land management agency or govern-
mental or nongovernmental entity over which the 
Secretary concerned does not have jurisdiction, the 
Secretary concerned shall obtain the consent of the 
head of such agency or entity. 
(2) REGIONAL
MULTIENTITY
PASS
AGREE-
MENT.—In order to establish a regional multientity 
pass under this subsection, the Secretary concerned 
shall enter into a regional multientity pass agree-
ment with all the participating agencies or entities 
on price, the distribution of revenues between par-
ticipating agencies or entities, the sharing of costs, 
benefits provided, marketing and design, and the 
issuance of the pass to volunteers. The Secretary 
concerned shall take into consideration all relevant 
visitor and sales data available when entering into 
this agreement. 
SEC. 11. MISCELLANEOUS ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
REGARDING RECREATION FEES AND RECRE-
ATION PASSES. 
(a) NOTICE
OF BASIC RECREATION FEES
AND 
PASSES.—The Secretary concerned shall post clear notice 
of the basic recreation fee and available recreation passes 
at appropriate locations in each unit or area of a Federal
land management agency where a basic recreation fee is 
charged. The Secretary concerned shall include such no-
tice in publications distributed at the unit or area. 
(b) NOTICE OF RECREATION FEE PROJECTS.—To 
the extent practicable, the Secretary concerned shall post 
clear notice of locations where work is performed using 
recreation fee or recreation pass revenues collected under 
this Act. 
SEC. 12. VOLUNTEERS. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO USE VOLUNTEERS.—The Sec-
retary concerned may use volunteers, as appropriate, to 
collect recreation fees and sell recreation passes. 
(b) WAIVER OR DISCOUNT OF FEES; SITE-SPECIFIC 
AGENCY PASS.—In exchange for volunteer services, the 
Secretary concerned may waive or discount a recreation 
fee that would otherwise apply to the volunteer or issue 
to the volunteer a site-specific agency pass authorized 
under section 10(a). 
(c) NATIONAL PARKS AND FEDERAL RECREATIONAL 
LANDS PASS.—In accordance with the guidelines issued 
under section 9(f), the Secretaries may jointly issue a Na-
tional Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass to a 
volunteer in exchange for significant volunteer services 
performed by the volunteer.
(d) REGIONAL MULTIENTITY PASSES.—The Sec-
retary concerned may issue a regional multientity pass au-
thorized under section 10(b) to a volunteer in exchange 
for significant volunteer services performed by the volun-
teer, if the regional multientity pass agreement under 
which the regional multientity pass was established pro-
vides for the issuance of the pass to volunteers. 
SEC. 13. SPECIAL ACCOUNTS AND DISTRIBUTION OF 
RECREATION FEES AND RECREATION PASS 
REVENUES. 
(a) SPECIAL ACCOUNT.—The Secretary of the Treas-
ury shall establish a special account in the Treasury for 
each Federal land management agency. 
(b) DEPOSITS.—Subject to subsections (c), (d), and 
(e), revenues collected by each Federal land management 
agency under this Act shall—
(1) be deposited in its special account; and 
(2) remain available for expenditure, without 
further appropriation, until expended. 
(c) DISTRIBUTION OF RECREATION FEES AND SIN-
GLE-SITE AGENCY PASS REVENUES.—
(1) LOCAL DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.—
(A) RETENTION OF REVENUES.—Not less 
than 80 percent of the recreation fees and site-
specific agency pass revenues collected at a spe-
cific unit or area of a Federal land management 
agency shall remain available for expenditure, 
without further appropriation, until expended at 
that unit or area. 
(B) 
REDUCTION.—The 
Secretary 
con-
cerned may reduce the percentage allocation 
otherwise applicable under subparagraph (A) to 
a unit or area of a Federal land management 
agency, but not below 60 percent, for a fiscal 
year if the Secretary concerned determines that 
the revenues collected at the unit or area exceed 
the reasonable needs of the unit or area for 
which expenditures may be made under section 
14 for that fiscal year. 
(2) AGENCY-WIDE DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.—
The balance of the recreation fees and site-specific 
agency pass revenues collected at a specific unit or 
area of a Federal land management and not distrib-
uted in accordance with paragraph (1) shall remain 
available to that Federal land management agency 
for expenditure on an agency-wide basis, without 
further appropriation, until expended. 
(d) DISTRIBUTION OF NATIONAL PARKS AND FED-
ERAL RECREATIONAL LANDS PASS REVENUES.—Reve-
nues collected from the sale of the National Parks and
Federal Recreational Lands Pass shall be deposited in the 
special accounts established for the Federal land manage-
ment agencies in accordance with the guidelines issued 
under section 9(f). 
(e) DISTRIBUTION OF REGIONAL MULTIENTITY PASS 
REVENUES.—Revenues collected from the sale of a re-
gional multientity pass authorized under section 10(b) 
shall be deposited in each participating Federal land man-
agement agency’s special account in accordance with the 
terms of the multientity agreement for the regional multi-
entity pass. 
SEC. 14. EXPENDITURES FROM SPECIAL ACCOUNTS. 
(a) TRANSFER AND USE OF FUNDS.—On request of 
the Secretary concerned, the Secretary of the Treasury 
shall transfer to the Secretary concerned from the special 
account for a Federal land management agency such 
amounts as the Secretary concerned considers necessary 
and appropriate. The Secretary concerned shall accept and 
use the transferred amounts in accordance with this sec-
tion. 
(b) USE OF FEES AT SPECIFIC UNIT OR AREA.—
(1) AUTHORIZED
USES.—Amounts available 
under section 13(c)(1) for expenditure at a specific 
unit or area of a Federal land management agency 
may be used for the following purposes:
(A) Backlogged repair and maintenance 
projects, including projects relating to health 
and safety, and other maintenance. 
(B) Interpretation and signage. 
(C) Habitat or facility enhancement. 
(D) Resource preservation. 
(E) Law enforcement related to public use. 
(F) Bonding of volunteers. 
(G) Direct operating or capital costs asso-
ciated with the imposition and collection of 
recreation fees and the issuance of recreation 
passes. 
(2) SEPARATE
ACCOUNTING.—Amounts avail-
able under section 13(c)(1) for expenditure at a spe-
cific unit or area of a Federal land management 
agency shall be accounted for separately from 
amounts available under section 13(c)(2). 
(c) USE OF FEES AGENCY-WIDE.—Amounts available 
under section 13(c)(2) to a Federal land management 
agency for expenditure agency-wide may be used for the 
purposes described in subsection (b)(1) at units or areas 
selected by the Federal land management agency. 
(d) USE
OF FEES
FOR RECREATION PASS PRO-
GRAMS.—
(1) 
ADMINISTRATION
AND
MARKETING 
COSTS.—Not more than 15 percent of the revenues 
collected from the sale of a recreation pass may be 
used to fund administration and marketing costs as-
sociated with that recreation pass. 
(2) 
TRANSITIONAL
EXCEPTION.—Notwith-
standing any other provisions of this Act, the Sec-
retary concerned may use amounts available in the 
special account of a Federal land management agen-
cy to supplement administration and marketing 
costs associated with—
(A) the National Parks and Federal Rec-
reational Lands Pass during the five-year pe-
riod beginning on the date the joint guidelines 
are issued under section 9(f); and 
(B) a regional multientity pass authorized 
under section 10(b) during the five-year period 
beginning on the date the regional multientity 
pass agreement for that recreation pass takes 
effect. 
SEC. 15. ENFORCEMENT AND PROTECTION OF RECEIPTS. 
(a) ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY.—The Secretary con-
cerned shall enforce payment of the fees authorized by this 
Act.
(b) EVIDENCE OF NONPAYMENT.—If the display of 
proof of payment of a recreation fee, or the payment of 
a recreation fee within a certain time period is required, 
failure to display such proof as required or to pay the 
recreation fee within the time period specified shall be con-
sidered prima facia evidence of nonpayment. 
(c) JOINT LIABILITY.—The registered owner and any 
occupant of a vehicle charged with a nonpayment violation 
involving the vehicle shall be jointly liable for penalties im-
posed under this section, unless the registered owner can 
show that the vehicle was used without the registered own-
er’s express or implied permission. 
(d) PENALTIES.—Failure to pay a required recre-
ation fee shall be punishable as a Class B misdemeanor. 
(e) THEFT OF FEES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—It is unlawful to break into 
forcibly, to attempt to break into forcibly, or to tam-
per with any device used to collect or store recre-
ation fees, or any structure used in whole or in part 
to collect or store fees, with intent to commit lar-
ceny. 
(2) PENALTIES.—Any violation under para-
graph (1) involving a loss to the United States of 
less than $1,000 shall be punishable as a Class B 
misdemeanor. Any violation under paragraph (1) in-
volving a loss to the United States of $1,000 or 
more, but less than $5,000, shall be punishable as 
a Class A misdemeanor. Any violation under para-
graph (1) involving a loss to the United States of 
$5,000 or more shall be punishable as a Class D fel-
ony. 
SEC. 16. REPEAL OF SUPERSEDED ADMISSION AND USE 
FEE AUTHORITIES. 
(a) LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND ACT.—
Section 4 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act 
of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–6a) is repealed, except that the 
Secretary concerned may continue to issue Golden Eagle 
Passports, Golden Age Passports, and Golden Access 
Passports under such section until the date the notice re-
quired by section 9(a)(3) is published in the Federal Reg-
ister regarding the establishment of the National Parks 
and Federal Recreational Lands Pass. 
(b) RECREATIONAL
FEE
DEMONSTRATION
PRO-
GRAM.—Section 315 of the Department of the Interior 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (as con-
tained in section 101(c) of Public Law 104–134; 16 
U.S.C. 460l–6a), is repealed. 
(c) ADMISSION PERMITS FOR REFUGE UNITS.—Sec-
tion 201 of the Emergency Wetlands Resources Act of 
1986 (16 U.S.C. 3911) is repealed.
(d) NATIONAL PARK PASSPORT, GOLDEN EAGLE 
PASSPORT, GOLDEN AGE PASSPORT, AND GOLDEN AC-
CESS PASSPORT.—Effective on the date the notice re-
quired by section 9(a)(3) is published in the Federal Reg-
ister, the following provisions of law authorizing the estab-
lishment of a national park passport program or the estab-
lishment and sale of a national park passport, Golden 
Eagle Passport, Golden Age Passport, or Golden Access 
Passport are repealed: 
(1) Section 502 of the National Parks Omnibus 
Management Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–391; 16 
U.S.C. 5982). 
(2) Title VI of the National Parks Omnibus 
Management Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–391; 16 
U.S.C. 5991–5995). 
(e) EFFECT
ON EXISTING PASSPORTS
AND PER-
MITS.—
(1) EXISTING PASSPORTS.—A passport issued 
under section 4 of the Land and Water Conservation 
Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–6a) or title VI 
of the National Parks Omnibus Management Act of 
1998 (Public Law 105–391; 16 U.S.C. 5991–5995) 
that was valid on the day before the publication of 
the Federal Register notice required under section 
9(a)(3) shall be valid in accordance with the terms
agreed to at the time of issuance of the passport, to 
the extent practicable, and remain in effect until ex-
pired, lost, or stolen. 
(2) PERMITS.—A permit issued under section 4 
of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 
1965 that was valid on the day before the date of 
the enactment of this Act shall be valid and remain 
in effect until expired, revoked, or suspended. 
(f) TREATMENT OF UNOBLIGATED FUNDS.—
(1) LAND
AND
WATER
CONSERVATION
FUND 
SPECIAL
ACCOUNTS.—Amounts in the special ac-
counts established under section 4(i)(1) of the Land 
and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 
U.S.C. 460l–6a(i)(1)) for Federal land management 
agencies that are unobligated on the date of the en-
actment of this Act shall be transferred to the ap-
propriate special account established under section 
13 and shall be available to the Secretary concerned 
in accordance with this Act. A special account estab-
lished under section 4(i)(1) of the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund Act of 1965 for a Federal agen-
cy that is not a Federal land management area, and 
the use of such special account, is not affected by 
the repeal of section 4 of the Land and Water Con-
servation Fund Act of 1965 by subsection (a).
(2) NATIONAL
PARKS
PASSPORT.—Any funds 
collected under title VI of the National Parks Omni-
bus Management Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–391; 
16 U.S.C. 5991–5995) that are unobligated on the 
day before the publication of the Federal Register 
notice required under section 9(a)(3) shall be trans-
ferred to the special account of the National Park 
Service for use in accordance with this Act. The Sec-
retary of the Interior may use amounts available in 
that special account to pay any outstanding adminis-
tration, marketing, or close-out costs associated with 
the national parks passport. 
(3) RECREATIONAL FEE DEMONSTRATION PRO-
GRAM.—Any funds collected in accordance with sec-
tion 315 of the Department of the Interior and Re-
lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (as con-
tained in section 101(c) of Public Law 104–134; 16 
U.S.C. 460l–6a), that are unobligated on the day be-
fore the date of the enactment of this Act shall be 
transferred to the appropriate special account and 
shall be available to the Secretary concerned in ac-
cordance with this Act. 
(4) ADMISSION PERMITS FOR REFUGE UNITS.—
Any funds collected in accordance with section 201 
of the Emergency Wetlands Resources Act of 1986
(16 U.S.C. 3911) that are available as provided in 
subsection (c)(A) of such section and are unobli-
gated on the day before the date of the enactment 
of this Act shall be transferred to the special ac-
count of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service 
for use in accordance with this Act. 
(g) EFFECT OF REGULATIONS.—A regulation or pol-
icy issued under a provision of law repealed by this section 
shall remain in effect to the extent such a regulation or 
policy is consistent with the provisions of this Act until 
the Secretary concerned issues a regulation, guideline, or 
policy under this Act that supersedes the earlier regula-
tion. 
SEC. 17. RELATION TO OTHER LAWS AND FEE COLLECTION 
AUTHORITIES. 
(a) FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS UNAFFECTED.—
Nothing in this Act shall authorize Federal hunting or 
fishing licenses or fees or charges for commercial or other 
activities not related to recreation, affect any rights or au-
thority of the States with respect to fish and wildlife, or 
repeal or modify any provision of law that permits States 
or political subdivisions of States to share in the revenues 
from Federal lands or, except as provided in section 16, 
any provision of law that provides that any fees or charges 
collected at particular Federal areas be used for or cred-
ited to specific purposes or special funds as authorized by 
that provision of law. 
(b) RELATION TO REVENUE ALLOCATION LAWS.—
Amounts collected under this Act may not be taken into 
account for the purposes of any of the following laws: 
(1) The sixth paragraph under the heading 
‘‘FOREST SERVICE’’ in the Act of May 23, 1908 
(16 U.S.C. 500). 
(2) Section 13 of the Act of March 1, 1911 (16 
U.S.C. 500; commonly known as the Weeks Act). 
(3) The fourteenth paragraph under the head-
ing ‘‘FOREST SERVICE’’ in the Act of March 4, 
1913 (16 U.S.C. 501). 
(4) Section 33 of the Bankhead-Jones Farm 
Tenant Act (7 U.S.C. 1012). 
(5) Title II of the Act of August 8, 1937, and 
the Act of May 24, 1939 (43 U.S.C. 1181f et seq.). 
(6) Section 6 of the Act of June 14, 1926 (43 
U.S.C. 869–4). 
(7) Chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code. 
(8) Section 401 of the Act of June 15, 1935 
(16 U.S.C. 715s; commonly known as the Refuge 
Revenue Sharing Act).
(9) The Secure Rural Schools and Community 
Self-Determination Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–
393; 16 U.S.C. 500 note). 
(10) Section 2 of the Boulder Canyon Project 
Adjustment Act (43 U.S.C. 618a). 
(11) The Federal Water Project Recreation Act 
(16 U.S.C. 460l–12 et seq.). 
(12) The first section of the Act of June 17, 
1902, as amended or supplemented (43 U.S.C. 391). 
(13) The Act of February 25, 1920 (30 U.S.C. 
181 et seq.; commonly known as the Mineral Leas-
ing Act). 
(14) Section 4(e) of the Southern Nevada Pub-
lic Land Management Act of 1998 (Public Law 
105–263; 31 U.S.C. 6901 note). 
(15) Section 5(a) of the Lincoln County Land 
Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–298; 114 Stat. 1047). 
(16) Any other provision of law relating to rev-
enue allocation. 
(c) CONSIDERATION
OF
OTHER
FUNDS
COL-
LECTED.—Amounts collected under any other law may not 
be disbursed under this Act. 
(d) SOLE RECREATION FEE AUTHORITY.—Recre-
ation fees charged under this Act shall be in lieu of fees
charged for the same purposes under any other provision 
of law. 
(e) FEES CHARGED BY THIRD PARTIES.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of this Act, a third party may 
charge a fee for providing a good or service to a visitor 
of a unit or area of the Federal land management agencies 
in accordance with any other applicable law or regulation. 
(f) MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING STAMP ACT.—Reve-
nues from the stamp established under the Act of March 
16, 1934 (16 U.S.C. 718 et seq.; commonly known as the 
Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act or Duck Stamp Act 
), shall not be covered by this Act.
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