H. R. 4665 
One Hundred Fourteenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday, 
the fourth day of January, two thousand and sixteen 
An Act 
To require the Secretary of Commerce to conduct an assessment and analysis 
of the outdoor recreation economy of the United States, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Outdoor Recreation Jobs and 
Economic Impact Act of 2016’’. 
SEC. 2. ASSESSMENT AND ANALYSIS OF OUTDOOR RECREATION 
ECONOMY OF THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) ASSESSMENT AND ANALYSIS.—The Secretary of Commerce 
shall enter into a joint memorandum with the Secretary of Agri-
culture and the Secretary of the Interior to conduct, acting through 
the Director of the Bureau of Economic Analysis, an assessment 
and analysis of the outdoor recreation economy of the United States 
and the effects attributable to such economy on the overall economy 
of the United States. 
(b) CONSIDERATIONS.—In conducting the assessment required 
by subsection (a), the Secretary of Commerce may consider employ-
ment, sales, and contributions to travel and tourism, and such 
other contributing components of the outdoor recreation economy 
of the United States as the Secretary considers appropriate. 
(c) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out the assessment required 
by subsection (a), the Secretary of Commerce shall consult with— 
(1) the heads of such agencies and offices of the Federal 
Government as the Secretary considers appropriate, including 
the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of the Interior, 
the Federal Recreation Council, the Director of the Bureau 
of the Census, and the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor 
Statistics; and 
(2) representatives of businesses, including small business 
concerns, that engage in commerce in the outdoor recreation 
economy of the United States. 
(d) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall 
submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report 
on the findings of the Secretary with respect to the assessment 
conducted under subsection (a). 
(2) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS.—In this sub-
section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate;
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(B) the Committee on Environment and Public Works 
of the Senate; 
(C) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 
of the Senate; 
(D) 
the 
Committee 
on 
Small 
Business 
and 
Entrepreneurship of the Senate; 
(E) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 
House of Representatives; and 
(F) the Committee on Small Business of the House 
of Representatives. 
(e) SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘small business concern’’ has the meaning given such term 
under section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632). 
(f) NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS AUTHORIZED.—No additional funds 
are authorized to carry out the requirements of this Act. Such 
requirements shall be carried out using amounts otherwise author-
ized. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.