SECTION 1. CONSISTENT ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY RE-
GARDING NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM LANDS, 
NATIONAL 
FOREST 
SYSTEM 
LANDS, 
AND 
OTHER PUBLIC LANDS. 
(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)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(a)’’; 
(2) by striking the second sentence; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(2) Any person who knowingly violates or fails 
to comply with any of the provisions of this Act or 
any regulation issued under this Act 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 of the provisions of this Act or 
any regulation issued under this Act shall be guilty 
of a Class B misdemeanor, subject to fine or impris-
onment, or both, as provided in such sections. A per-
son who violates any such provision or regulation 
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may also be adjudged to pay all costs of the pro-
ceedings.’’. 
(b) NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM LANDS.— 
(1) ENFORCEMENT.—Section 3 of the National 
Park Service Organic Act (16 U.S.C. 3) is amend-
ed— 
(A) by striking ‘‘That the Secretary’’ the 
first place it appears and inserting ‘‘(a) REGU-
LATIONS FOR USE AND MANAGEMENT OF NA-
TIONAL PARK SYSTEM; ENFORCEMENT.—(1) 
The Secretary’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘Service,’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘proceedings.’’ and inserting 
‘‘Service.’’; and 
(C) by inserting after the first sentence the 
following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(2) Any person who knowingly violates or fails 
to comply with any rule or regulation issued under 
this section shall be guilty of a Class A mis-
demeanor, subject to fine as provided in section 
3571 of title 18, United States Code, or imprison-
ment as provided in section 3581 of that title, or 
both. 
‘‘(3) Any person who otherwise violates or fails 
to comply with any rule or regulation issued under 
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this section shall be guilty of a Class B mis-
demeanor, subject to fine or imprisonment, or both, 
as provided in such sections. A person who violates 
any such rule or regulation may also be adjudged to 
pay all costs of the proceedings.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Such section 
is further amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘He may also’’ the first 
place it appears and inserting the following: 
‘‘(b) SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AUTHORITIES.—The 
Secretary of the Interior may’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘He may also’’ the second 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘The Secretary 
may’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘No natural,’’ and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(c) LEASE AND PERMIT AUTHORITIES.—No nat-
ural’’. 
(c) NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM LANDS.— 
Section 4(f) of the National Wildlife Refuge System Ad-
ministration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd(f)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘fined under 
title 18, United States Code, or imprisoned for not 
more than 1 year, or both.’’ and inserting ‘‘guilty of 
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a Class A misdemeanor, subject to fine as provided 
in section 3571 of title 18, United States Code, or 
imprisonment as provided in section 3581 of that 
title, or both. A person who violates any such provi-
sion or regulation may also be adjudged to pay all 
costs of the proceedings.’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘fined under 
title 18, United States Code, or imprisoned not more 
than 180 days, or both.’’ and inserting ‘‘guilty of a 
Class B misdemeanor, subject to fine as provided in 
section 3571 of title 18, United States Code, or im-
prisonment as provided in section 3581 of that title, 
or both. A person who violates any such provision or 
regulation may also be adjudged to pay all costs of 
the proceedings.’’. 
(d) NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LANDS.—The elev-
enth undesignated paragraph under the heading ‘‘SUR-
VEYING THE PUBLIC LANDS’’ of the Act of June 4, 1897 
(16 U.S.C. 551), is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 551. PROTECTION OF NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM 
LANDS; REGULATIONS. 
‘‘(a) REGULATIONS FOR USE AND PROTECTION OF 
NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM.—The Secretary of Agri-
culture shall make provisions for the protection of the Na-
tional Forest System (as defined in section 11 of the For-
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est and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 
1974 (16 U.S.C. 1609)) against destruction by fire and 
depredations. The Secretary may issue such regulations 
and establish such service as will insure the objects of the 
National Forest System, namely, to regulate their occu-
pancy and use and to protect National Forest System 
lands from destruction. 
‘‘(b) VIOLATIONS; PENALTIES.—(1) Any person who 
knowingly violates any regulation issued under subsection 
(a) shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and shall 
be subject to a fine as provided in section 3571 of title 
18, United States Code, or imprisonment as provided in 
section 3581 of that title, or both. 
‘‘(2) Any person who otherwise violates any regula-
tion issued under subsection (a) shall be guilty of a Class 
B misdemeanor and shall be subject to a fine as provided 
in section 3571 of title 18, United States Code, or impris-
onment as provided in section 3581 of that title, or both. 
‘‘(3) A person who violates any regulation issued 
under subsection (a) may also be adjudged to pay all costs 
of the proceedings. 
‘‘(c) PROCEDURE.—Any person charged with the vio-
lation of a regulation issued under subsection (a) may be 
tried and sentenced by any United States magistrate judge 
specially designated for that purpose by the court by which 
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the magistrate judge was appointed, in the same manner 
and subject to the same conditions as provided for in sub-
sections (b) through (e) of section 3401 of title 18, United 
States Code.’’. 
SEC. 2. 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 section 1(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 violation of the regulation 
was the result of reckless conduct, occurred in an 
area subject to a complete ban on open fires, and re-
sulted in damage to public or private property, the 
fine may not be less than $500.’’. 
(b) NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM LANDS.—Subsection 
(a) of section 3 of the National Park Service Organic Act 
(16 U.S.C. 3), as designated and amended by section 1(b), 
is further amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
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