made under paragraph (1) shall be guilty of 
a Class A misdemeanor, subject to fine as pro-
vided in section 3571 of title 18, United States 
Code, or imprisonment as provided in section 
3581 of that title, or both. 
‘‘(3) Any person who otherwise violates or 
fails to comply with any such rule or regula-
tion shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor, 
subject to fine or imprisonment, or both, as 
provided in such sections. A person who vio-
lates any such rule or regulation may also be 
adjudged to pay all costs of the proceedings.’’.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 
551 of such Act, as designated by para-
graph (1), is further amended by striking 
‘‘Any person’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(b) PROCESS.—Any person’’. 
SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF MINIMUM FINE FOR VIOLA-
TION OF PUBLIC LAND FIRE REGULATIONS 
DURING FIRE BAN. 
(a) LANDS UNDER JURISDICTION OF BUREAU 
OF LAND MANAGEMENT.—Section 303(a) of the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 
1976 (43 U.S.C. 1733(a)), as amended by sec-
tion 2(a), is further amended by adding at the 
end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) In the case of a regulation issued 
under this section regarding the use of fire by 
individuals on the public lands, if the viola-
tion of the regulation was the result of reck-
less conduct, occurred in an area subject to a 
complete ban on open fires, and resulted in 
damage to public or private property, the fine 
may not be less than $500.’’. 
(b) NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM LANDS.—Sub-
section (a) of section 3 of the Act of August 25, 
1916 (popularly known as the National Park 
Service Organic Act; 16 U.S.C. 3), as des-
ignated and amended by section 2(b), is fur-
ther amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) In the case of a rule or regulation 
issued under this subsection regarding the 
use of fire by individuals on such lands, if the 
violation of the rule or regulation was the re-
sult of reckless conduct, occurred in an area 
subject to a complete ban on open fires, and 
resulted in damage to public or private prop-
erty, the fine may not be less than $500.’’.
(c) NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LANDS.—Sub-
section (a) of section 551 of the Act of June 
4, 1897 (16 U.S.C. 551), as designated and 
amended by section 2(d), which before such 
designation and amendment was the eleventh 
undesignated paragraph under the heading 
‘‘SURVEYING THE PUBLIC LANDS’’ of such Act, is 
further amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) In the case of such a rule or regula-
tion regarding the use of fire by individuals 
on such lands, if the violation of the rule or 
regulation was the result of reckless conduct, 
occurred in an area subject to a complete ban 
on open fires, and resulted in damage to pub-
lic or private property, the fine may not be 
less than $500.’’.
Union Calendar No. 338
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3247
[Report No. 108–511, Parts I and II] 
A BILL 
To provide consistent enforcement authority to the 
Bureau of Land Management, the National Park 
Service, the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service, and the Forest Service to respond to vio-
lations of regulations regarding the management, 
use, and protection of public lands under the ju-
risdiction of these agencies, to clarify the pur-
poses for which collected fines may be used, and 
for other purposes. 
JUNE 30, 2004
Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary with an 
amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be 
printed