I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3223 
To direct the Army Corps of Engineers to allow certain entities to use 
a portion of collected recreational user fees for administrative expenses 
and for the operations, maintenance, development of recreational facilities 
or management of natural resources. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 14, 2011 
Ms. FOXX introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To direct the Army Corps of Engineers to allow certain 
entities to use a portion of collected recreational user 
fees for administrative expenses and for the operations, 
maintenance, development of recreational facilities or 
management of natural resources. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. COLLECTION AND USE OF RECREATIONAL 
USER FEES BY COOPERATING ASSOCIATIONS. 
(a) Section 225(b) of the Water Resources Develop-
ment Act of 1992 (33 U.S.C. 2328(b)) is amended— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘operation and management of 
recreation facilities and natural resources’’ and in-
serting ‘‘operation, maintenance, development, or 
construction of recreation facilities and management 
of natural resources’’; and 
(2) by adding after the period, the following: 
‘‘Pursuant to such an agreement, the Secretary may 
also permit the entity to (1) collect fees, on its own 
behalf or on behalf of the Army Corps of Engineers, 
including entrance fees and user fees for the use of 
recreation sites and facilities, whether developed or 
constructed by the entity or by the Corps of Engi-
neers; (2) to retain up to 50 percent of the fees col-
lected to pay the entity’s administrative costs, 
whether incurred on or off the premises where such 
fees were collected; and (3) to reinvest the balance 
of the fees, subject to the approval of the Corps of 
Engineers, for the operation, maintenance, develop-
ment or construction of recreation facilities or the 
management of natural resources on any project 
lands at the lake or reservoir where such fees were 
collected, including project lands beyond the geo-
graphic scope of the agreement entered into under 
this section or lease entered into under section 4 of 
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the Act of December 22, 1944 (16 U.S.C. section 
460d).’’. 
(b) Section 210(b) of Public Law 90–483 (16 U.S.C. 
section 460d–3) is amended— 
(1) In paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘All’’, and in-
serting the following: ‘‘Except as provided in para-
graph (5), all’’; and 
(2) Adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) A local interest or not for profit entity 
that has been granted a lease under section 4 of the 
Act of December 22, 1944 (16 U.S.C. 460d) of 
lands at a public recreation area located at a lake 
or reservoir under the jurisdiction of the Army 
Corps of Engineers, and that has entered into an 
agreement with the Corps of Engineers under sec-
tion 225 of the Water Resources Development Act 
of 1992 (33 U.S.C. 2328(b)) to collect fees and rein-
vest at least 50 percent of the fees collected, subject 
to the approval of the Corps of Engineers, for oper-
ation, maintenance, development, or construction of 
recreation facilities and management of natural re-
sources on any project lands at the lake or reservoir 
where such fees were collected, may retain up to 50 
percent of the fees collected to pay administrative 
costs incurred by the local interest, whether incurred 
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on or off the premises where such fees were col-
lected.’’. 
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