I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4786 
To require the Secretary of the Interior to establish a pilot program for 
commercial recreation concessions on certain land managed by the Bu-
reau of Land Management. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 17, 2016 
Mr. GOSAR (for himself, Mr. AMODEI, Mr. ASHFORD, Mrs. BLACK, Mr. 
CRAMER, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. HARDY, Mr. 
HARRIS, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Mrs. LUMMIS, Mr. PEARCE, Mr. SALMON, 
Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. SESSIONS, Ms. SINEMA, and Mr. SMITH of Texas) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of the Interior to establish a pilot 
program for commercial recreation concessions on certain 
land managed by the Bureau of Land Management. 
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 ‘‘RPPA Commercial 
Recreation Concessions Pilot Program Act of 2016’’. 
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SEC. 2. COMMERCIAL RECREATION CONCESSIONS PILOT 
PROGRAM. 
The Act of June 14, 1926 (commonly known as the 
‘‘Recreation and Public Purposes Act’’) (43 U.S.C. 869 
et seq.), is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 7. COMMERCIAL RECREATION CONCESSIONS PILOT 
PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of this Act (including regulations), not later than 
90 days after the date of enactment of this section, the 
Secretary shall establish a pilot program to authorize com-
mercial recreation concessions on land patented or leased 
under this Act. 
‘‘(b) CONCESSIONS AGREEMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the pilot 
program established under subsection (a), the Sec-
retary shall enter into not more than 10 agreements 
with parties to whom the land described in sub-
section (a) has been patented or leased for the estab-
lishment of commercial recreation concessions on the 
land covered by the agreement. 
‘‘(2) TERM.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An agreement entered 
into under paragraph (1) shall be for a period 
that is consistent with the period of time re-
quired to amortize the capital investment made 
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under the agreement but in any case not longer 
than 20 years. 
‘‘(B) EXTENSION.—On a finding of satis-
factory performance, the Secretary may extend 
the term of an agreement for 1 additional pe-
riod equal in length to the initial term. 
‘‘(3) THIRD-PARTY AGREEMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A party to an agree-
ment entered into under paragraph (1) may 
enter into agreements with third parties for the 
establishment of commercial recreation conces-
sions pursuant to the agreement entered into 
under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(B) TERM.—An agreement entered into 
under subparagraph (A) shall not be for a pe-
riod that is longer than the term of the agree-
ment entered into under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.—A party to an agreement en-
tered into under subsection (b)(1) shall not be required 
to use revenue collected pursuant to the commercial recre-
ation concessions on the land covered by the agreement. 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—For the term of an 
agreement entered into under subsection (b)(1), with re-
spect to land covered by the agreement, any activity de-
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fined as permissible under parts 2920 and 2930 of title 
43, Code of Federal Regulations, shall be permissible. 
‘‘(e) EFFECT.—The establishment of commercial 
recreation concessions under subsection (b) shall not be 
considered to be a change in use for purposes of this Act.’’. 
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