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the Commission deems necessary to ensure that such rates
are just and reasonable and not unjustly or unreasonably
discriminatory.
‘‘(D) After a reasonable period of time, as determined
by the Commission, has elapsed from the issuance of an
order under subparagraph (B) or (C), any interested party
may petition the Commission for an order that the exercise
of authority by a State pursuant to such subparagraph is
no longer necessary to ensure that the rates for commercial
mobile services are just and reasonable and not unjustly
or unreasonably discriminatory. The Commission shall pro-
vide reasonable opportunity for public comment in response
to such petition, and shall, within 9 months after the date
of its submission, grant or deny such petition in whole or
in part.
‘‘(4) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to
alter or affect the regulatory treatment required by title IV
of the Communications Satellite Act of 1962 of the corpora-
tion authorized by title III of such Act.
‘‘(5) The Commission shall continue to determine
whether the provision of space segment capacity by satellite
systems to providers of commercial mobile services shall be
treated as common carriage.
‘‘(6) The provisions of section 310(b) shall not apply
to any lawful foreign ownership in a provider of commer-
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cial mobile services prior to May 24, 1993, if that provider
was not regulated as a common carrier prior to the date
of enactment of the Emerging Telecommunications Tech-
nologies Act of 1993 and is deemed to be a common carrier
under this Act.
‘‘(7) As part of any proceeding under this subsection
the Commission (i) shall consider in such proceeding the
ability of new entrants to compete in the services to which
such proceeding relates, and (ii) shall have the flexibility
to amend, modify, or forbear from any regulation of new
entrants under this subsection, or, consistent with the public
interest, take other appropriate action, to provide a full op-
portunity for new entrants to compete in such services.
‘‘(8) For purposes of this section—
‘‘(A) the term ‘commercial mobile service’ means
any mobile service (as defined in section 3(n)) that,
as specified by regulation by the Commission, is pro-
vided for profit and makes interconnected service
available (i) to the public or (ii) to such broad classes
of eligible users as to be effectively available to a sub-
stantial portion of the public;
‘‘(B) the term ‘interconnected service’ means
service that is interconnected with the public switched
network (as such term is defined by regulation by the
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Commission) or service for which interconnection
pursuant to paragraph (1)(B) is pending; and
‘‘(C) the term ‘private land mobile service’
means any mobile service (as defined in section 3(n))
that is not a commercial mobile service under sub-
paragraph (A).’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) DEFINITION OF MOBILE SERVICE.—Section 3
of the Act (47 U.S.C. 153) is amended—
(A) in subsection (n)—
(i) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ immediately
after ‘‘and includes’’; and
(ii) by inserting immediately before the
period at the end the following: ‘‘, (2) a mo-
bile service which provides a regularly
interacting group of base, mobile, portable,
and associated control and relay stations
(whether licensed on an individual, coopera-
tive, or multiple basis) for private one-way
or two-way land mobile radio communica-
tions by eligible users over designated areas
of operation, and (3) any service for which
a license is required in a personal commu-
nications service established pursuant to the
proceeding entitled ‘Amendment to the Com-
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mission’s Rules to Establish New Personal
Communications Services’ (GEN Docket No.
90–314; ET Docket No. 92–100), or any
successor proceeding; but such term does not
include any rural radio service as defined
by the Commission and does not include the
provision, by a local exchange carrier, of
telephone exchange service by radio instead
of by wire’’; and
(B) by striking subsection (gg).
(2) REGULATION
OF
INTRASTATE
COMMUNICA-
TIONS.—Section 2(b) of the Act (47 U.S.C. 152(b)) is
amended by inserting ‘‘and section 332’’ immediately
after ‘‘inclusive,’’.
(c) RULEMAKING SCHEDULE; EFFECTIVE DATE.—
(1) RULEMAKING
REQUIRED.—Within 1 year
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commis-
sion shall—
(A) issue such modifications or termi-
nations of its regulations as are necessary to im-
plement the amendments made by subsection (a);
(B) make such other modifications of such
regulations as may be necessary to promote par-
ity in the regulatory treatment of providers of all
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commercial mobile services that offer services
that are substantially similar; and
(C) include in such modifications and ter-
minations such provisions as are necessary to
provide for an orderly transition to the regu-
latory treatment required by such amendments.
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made
by subsection (a) shall be effective 1 year after such
date of enactment, except that—
(A) section 332(c)(1)(A) of the Act, as added
by such amendments, shall take effect upon such
date of enactment; and
(B) any person that provides private land
mobile services before such date of enactment
shall continue to be treated as a provider of pri-
vate land mobile service until 3 years after such
date of enactment.
SEC. 4010. DEADLINES FOR PCS ORDERS AND LICENSING.
The Commission shall—
(1) within 180 days after the date of enactment
of this Act, issue a final report and order (A) in the
matter entitled ‘‘Redevelopment of Spectrum to En-
courage Innovation in the Use of New Telecommuni-
cations Technologies’’ (ET Docket No. 92–9); and (B)
in the matter entitled ‘‘Amendment of the Commis-
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sion’s Rules to Establish New Personal Communica-
tions Services’’ (GEN Docket No. 90–314; ET Docket
No. 92–100); and
(2) within 270 days after such date of enact-
ment, commence issuing licenses and permits in the
personal communications service.
SEC. 4011. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this subtitle:
(1) The term ‘‘allocation’’ means an entry in the
National Table of Frequency Allocations of a given
frequency band for the purpose of its use by one or
more radiocommunication services.
(2) The term ‘‘assignment’’ means an authoriza-
tion given to a station licensee to use specific fre-
quencies or channels in a particular geographic area.
(3) The term ‘‘commercial carrier’’ means any
entity that uses a facility licensed by the Federal
Communications Commission pursuant to the Com-
munications Act of 1934 for hire or for its own use,
but does not include Federal Government stations li-
censed pursuant to section 305 of the Act (47 U.S.C.
305).
(4) The term ‘‘Commission’’ means the Federal
Communications Commission.
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(5) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of
Commerce.
(6) The term ‘‘the Act’’ means the Communica-
tions Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 151 et seq.).
Subtitle B—Vessel Tonnage Duties
SEC. 4051. EXTENSION OF VESSEL TONNAGE DUTIES.
(a) EXTENSION OF DUTIES.—Section 36 of the Act of
August 5, 1909 (36 Stat. 111; 46 App. U.S.C. 121), is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and 1995,’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘1995, 1996, 1997,
and 1998,’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘place,’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘place;’’; and
(3) by striking ‘‘port, not, however, to include
vessels in distress or not engaged in trade’’ and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘port. However, neither duty
shall be imposed on vessels in distress or not engaged
in trade’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The Act of March 8,
1910 (36 Stat. 234; 46 App. U.S.C. 132), is amended by
striking ‘‘and 1995,’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘1995,
1996, 1997, and 1998.’’.
(c) TECHNICAL CORRECTION.—
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(1) CORRECTION.—Section 10402(a) of the Om-
nibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (104 Stat.
1388–398) is amended by striking ‘‘in the second
paragraph’’.
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
paragraph (1) shall be effective on and after Novem-
ber 5, 1990.
TITLE V—COMMITTEE ON EN-
ERGY 
AND 
NATURAL 
RE-
SOURCES
Subtitle A—Recreation and
Commercial Use Fees
SEC. 5001. ADMISSION FEES.
Section 4(a) of the Land and Water Conservation
Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–6a(a)), is amended:
(1) by inserting in the first sentence of the first
paragraph after the words ‘‘National Park System’’
the words ‘‘and for fiscal years 1994 through 1998,
the Bureau of Land Management’’ and by inserting
after the words ‘‘National Recreation Areas’’ the
words ‘‘, and for fiscal years 1994 through 1998, Na-
tional Monuments, National Volcanic Monuments,
National Scenic Areas, and areas of concentrated
public use’’; and
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(2) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph:
‘‘(13) For the purposes of this subsection, ‘areas
of concentrated public use’ shall meet each of the fol-
lowing criteria:
‘‘(A) be managed primarily for outdoor
recreation purposes;
‘‘(B) provide facilities and services nec-
essary to accommodate heavy public use;
‘‘(C) contain at least one major recreation
attraction including, but not limited to, a lake,
river, historical site, or geologic feature; and
‘‘(D) provide public access such that admis-
sion fees can be efficiently collected at one or
more centralized locations.’’.
SEC. 5002. RECREATION USE FEES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The first sentence of section 4(b)
of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16
U.S.C. 460l–6a(b)) is amended by striking out ‘‘visitors’
centers,’’ and all that follows down through the period at
the end thereof and inserting the following: ‘‘scenic drives,
or toilet facilities: Provided, That in no event shall there
be any charge for the use of any campground not having
a majority of the following: tent or trailer spaces, picnic
tables, drinking water, access road, refuse containers, toilet
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facilities, fee collection by an employee or agent of the Fed-
eral agency operating the facility, reasonable visitor protec-
tion, and simple devices for containing a campfire (where
campfires are permitted). For purposes of this subsection,
the term ‘specialized outdoor recreation site’ includes but
shall not be limited to campgrounds, swimming sites, boat
launch facilities, and managed parking lots.’’.
(b) COSTS OF COLLECTION.—Section 4(i) of the Land
and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–
6a(i)) is amended by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(1)’’ and by
adding the following at the end of paragraph (1):
‘‘(B) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), in any
fiscal year, the Secretary of Agriculture and the Sec-
retary of the Interior may withhold from the special
account established under subparagraph (A) such por-
tion of all receipts the fees collected in that fiscal year
under this section as such Secretary determines to be
equal to the additional fee collection costs for that fis-
cal year. The amounts so withheld shall be retained
by the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the
Interior and shall be available, without further ap-
propriation, for expenditure by the Secretary con-
cerned in the fiscal year in which collected to cover
such additional fee collection costs. The Secretary con-
cerned shall deposit in the special account established
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pursuant to subparagraph (A) any amounts so re-
tained which remain unexpended and unobligated at
the end of such fiscal year. For the purposes of this
subparagraph, for any fiscal year, the term ‘addi-
tional fee collection costs’ means those costs for per-
sonnel and infrastructure directly associated with the
collection fees imposed under this section which exceed
the costs for personnel and infrastructure directly as-
sociated with the collection of such fees during fiscal
year 1993.’’.
(c) COMMERICAL TOUR USE FEES.—(1) For fiscal
years 1994 through 1998, in the case of each unit of the
National Park System for which an admission fee is
charged under section 4 of the Land and Water Conserva-
tion Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–4), the Secretary
of the Interior shall establish, by October 1, 1993, a com-
mercial tour use fee to be imposed on each vehicle entering
the unit for the purpose of providing commercial tour serv-
ices within the unit. Fee revenue derived from such commer-
cial tour use fees shall be deposited into the special account
established under section 4(i) of the Land and Water Con-
servation Fund Act of 1965.
(2) The Secretary shall establish the amount of fee per
entry as follows:
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(A) $25 per vehicle with a passenger capacity of
25 persons or less, and
(B) $50 per vehicle with a passenger capacity of
more than 25 persons.
(3) The commercial tour use fee imposed under this
subsection shall not apply to either of the following:
(A) Any vehicle transporting organized school
groups or outings conducted for educational purposes
by 
schools 
or 
other 
bona 
fide 
educational
institutions.
(B) Any vehicle entering a park system unit
pursuant to a contract issued under the Act of Octo-
ber 9, 1965 (16 U.S.C. 20–20g) entitled ‘‘An Act re-
lating to the establishment of concession policies in
the areas administered by the National Park Service
and for other purposes.’’.
(d) 
NON-FEDERAL
GOLDEN
EAGLE
PASSPORT
SALES.—Section 4(a)(1)(A) of the Land and Water Con-
servation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–6a(a)(1)(A))
is amended by redesignating the paragraph as 4(a)(1)(A)(i)
and adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph:
‘‘(ii) For fiscal years 1994 through 1998, the Secretary
of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture may author-
ize businesses, non-profit entities, and other organizations
to sell and collect fees for the Golden Eagle Passport subject
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to such conditions as the Secretaries may jointly prescribe.
The Secretaries shall develop detailed guidelines for pro-
motional advertising of non-Federal Golden Eagle Passport
sales and shall monitor compliance with such guidelines.
The Secretaries may authorize the sellers to maintain an
inventory of Golden Eagle Passports for periods not to ex-
ceed 6 months, and to withhold amounts up to, but not ex-
ceeding 7 per centum of the fees of the gross fees collected
from the sale of such passports as reimbursement for actual
expenses of the sales.’’.
SEC. 5002A. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO COLLECT FEE.
The third undesignated paragraph under the heading
‘‘ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS’’ in chapter VII of
title I of Public Law 98–63 (97 Stat. 329) is amended by
striking paragraph (3).
SEC. 5003. RADIO AND TELEVISION COMMUNICATION SITE
FEES.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior
(hereinafter referred to as ‘‘the Secretaries’’), shall assess
and collect charges for utilization of radio and television
communications sites located on Federal lands adminis-
tered by the Forest Service or the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment at such rates as the Forest Service and the Bureau
of Land Management shall establish or at such modified
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sites and all gross revenues received from such additional
users. The Bureau of Land Management and the Forest
Service shall not require any additional user of a radio or
television communications site to obtain a separate author-
ization to use such a site.
(d)(1) The Secretaries shall prescribe appropriate rules
and regulations to carry out the provisions of this section.
(2) Ten years after the date of enactment of this sec-
tion, the Secretaries shall establish a broad-based advisory
group, including representatives from the radio and tele-
vision broadcast industry, to review the schedule of charges
and other acceptable criteria for determining fair market
value for radio and television communications site users.
The advisory group shall report its findings to the Congress
no later than 1 year after it is established.
(e)(1) Until modified pursuant to subsection (b) of this
section, the schedule of charges for television communica-
tions site users which the Secretaries shall prescribe pursu-
ant to subsection (a) of this section shall be as listed in
exhibit 3, (television rental fee schedule) in the report of
the radio and television broadcast use fee advisory commit-
tee dated December 1992.
(2) Until modified pursuant to subsection (b) of this
section, the schedule of charges for radio communications
site users which the Secretaries shall prescribe pursuant to
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subsection (a) of this section shall be as listed in exhibit
4, (radio rental fee schedule) in the report of the radio and
television broadcast use fee advisory committee dated De-
cember 1992.
(f)(1) The Secretaries are directed to jointly establish
a broad-based advisory group comprised of representatives
from the non-broadcast communications industry (users of
both private and public communication sites) and the two
agencies to review recommendations on acceptable criteria
for determining fair market values and next best alternative
use.
(2) The advisory group shall review the methodology
used in any previous studies and reach concurrence on such
methodology.
(3) The advisory group shall also assess the validity
of the results of such studies, taking into account all reason-
able options for the establishment of fair market values and
next best alternative use.
(4) The advisory group shall report its findings to the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United
States Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of
the United States House of Representatives within one year
after the enactment of this Act.
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Subtitle B—Hardrock Mining
Claim Maintenance Fee
SEC. 5101. FEE.
(a) Except as provided in section 2511(e)(2) of the En-
ergy Policy Act of 1992, for each unpatented mining claim,
mill or tunnel site on federally owned lands, whether located
before or after enactment of this Act, each claimant shall
pay to the Secretary of the Interior, on or before August
31 of each year, for years 1994 through 1998, a claim main-
tenance fee of $100 per claim to hold such unpatented min-
ing claim, mill or tunnel site for the assessment year begin-
ning at noon on the next day, September 1. Such claim
maintenance fee shall be in lieu of the assessment work re-
quirement contained in the Mining Law of 1872 (30 U.S.C.
28–28e) and the related filing requirements contained in
section 314(a) and (c) of the Federal Land Policy and Man-
agement Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1744(a) and (c)).
(b)(1) The claim maintenance fee required under this
section shall be waived for a claimant who certifies in writ-
ing to the Secretary that on the date the payment was due,
the claimant and all related parties—
(A) held not more than 10 mining claims, mill
sites, or tunnel sites, or any combination thereof, on
public lands; and
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(B) have performed assessment work required
under the Mining Law of 1872 (30 U.S.C. 28–28e) to
maintain the mining claims held by the claimant and
such related parties for the assessment year ending on
noon of September 1 of the calendar year in which
payment of the claim maintenance fee was due.
(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), with respect to any
claimant, the term ‘‘all related parties’’ means—
(A) the spouse and dependent children (as de-
fined in section 152 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986), of the claimant; or
(B) a person affiliated with the claimant, in-
cluding—
(i) a person controlled by, controlling, or
under common control with the claimant; or
(ii) a subsidiary or parent company or cor-
poration of the claimant.
(c)(1) The Secretary shall adjust the fees required by
this section to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index
published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Depart-
ment of Labor every 5 years after the date of enactment
of this Act, or more frequently if the Secretary determines
an adjustment to be reasonable.
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(2) The Secretary shall provide claimants notice of
any adjustment made under this subsection not later than
July 1 of any year in which the adjustment is made.
(3) A fee adjustment under this section shall begin to
apply the calendar year following the calendar year in
which it is made.
(d) Monies received under this section shall be depos-
ited as miscellaneous receipts in the Treasury.
SEC. 5102. LOCATION.
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of law, for every
unpatented mining claim, mill or tunnel site located after
the date of enactment of this subtitle and before September
30, 1998, the locator shall, at the time the location notice
is recorded with the Bureau of Land Management, pay to
the Secretary of the Interior a location fee, in addition to
the fee required by section 5101, of $25.00 per claim.
(b) Moneys received under this section shall be depos-
ited as miscellaneous receipts in the Treasury.
SEC. 5103. CO-OWNERSHIP.
The co-ownership provisions of the Mining Law of
1872 (30 U.S.C. 28–28e) will remain in effect except that
the annual claim maintenance fee, where applicable, shall
replace applicable assessment requirements and expendi-
tures.
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SEC. 5104. FAILURE TO PAY.
Failure to pay the claim maintenance fee as required
by section 5101 of this subtitle shall conclusively constitute
a forfeiture of the unpatented mining claim, mill or tunnel
site by the claimant and the claim shall be deemed null
and void by operation of law.
SEC. 5105. OTHER REQUIREMENTS.
(a) Nothing in this subtitle shall change or modify the
requirements of section 314(b) of the Federal Land Policy
and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1744(b)), or the
requirements of section 314(c) of the Federal Land Policy
and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1744(c)) related
to filings required by section 314(b), which remain in effect.
(b) The third sentence of 2324 of the Revised Statutes
(30 U.S.C. 28) is amended by inserting after ‘‘On each
claim located after the 10th day of May, 1972,’’ the follow-
ing: ‘‘that is eligible for a waiver under section 5101 of the
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993,’’.
SEC. 5106. REGULATIONS.
The Secretary of the Interior shall promulgate rules
and regulations to carry out the purposes of this subtitle
as soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this
subtitle.