forming services under this subsection. Funds available to
the collecting agency may be used to cover the cost of any
such surety bond.
‘‘(j) IMPACT OF RECREATIONAL FEES ON LOW-IN-
COME INDIVIDUALS.—The administering Secretaries shall
jointly conduct a study to determine the effect on low-in-
come individuals of user and admission fees imposed pur-
suant to this section by the respective Secretary and shall
jointly submit recommendations to the Congress regarding
actions to be taken to resolve adverse impacts, if any, on
such individuals. Such recommendations shall be included
as part of the four-year report required to be submitted
under subsection (m)(1).
‘‘(k) LIMITATIONS ON FEES.—
‘‘(1) ACTIVITIES
NOT
SUBJECT
TO
FEES.—
Nothing in this section shall be construed to—
‘‘(A) authorize Federal hunting or fishing
licenses or fees or charges for commercial or
other activities not related to recreation;
‘‘(B) affect any rights or authority of the
States with respect to fish and wildlife; or
‘‘(C) authorize the collection of fees from
any person who has a right of access for hunt-
ing or fishing privileges under a specific provi-
sion of law or treaty.
‘‘(2) THROUGH
TRAVEL.—No admission fee
shall be charged for travel by private, noncommercial
vehicle over any national parkway or any road or
highway established as a part of the National Fed-
eral Aid System, as defined in section 101, title 23,
United States Code, which is commonly used by the
public as a means of travel between two places either
or both of which are outside the area. Nor shall any
fee be charged for travel by private, noncommercial
vehicle over any road or highway to any land in
which such person has any property right if such
land is within any such designated area.
‘‘(3) PERSONS
CONDUCTING
GOVERNMENTAL
BUSINESS.—No admission fee shall be charged to
persons engaged in the conduct of official Federal,
State or local government business or to others au-
thorized by the administering Secretary to conduct
administrative duties within the area.
‘‘(4) LIFETIME ADMISSION PERMITS.—No ad-
mission fee shall be charged under this section to
any person who possesses a lifetime admission per-
mit issued under section 4(a) (4) or (5) of this Act
as in effect on the day before the date of the enact-
ment of the Visitor Services Improvement and Out-
door Legacy Act of 1995.
‘‘(l) ANNUAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Reports
indicating the number and location of fee collection areas,
visitation information, fees collected, and other pertinent
data, shall be coordinated and compiled by the administer-
ing Secretaries and transmitted to the Committee on Re-
sources of the United States House of Representatives and
the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the
United States Senate. These reports shall be transmitted
annually not later than the submission of the President’s
budget under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code,
and shall include any recommendations which the Sec-
retaries may have with respect to improving the recreation
fee program.
‘‘(m) TRANSITION TO FULL IMPLEMENTATION.—
‘‘(1) DEMONSTRATION AREAS.—In implement-
ing the recreation fee program under this section,
the administering Secretaries shall initially imple-
ment demonstration programs at no fewer than 10,
but no greater than 30 areas managed by each agen-
cy. At these demonstration areas, the administering
Secretaries are encouraged to examine a full range
of recreation fees and fee collection strategies such
as vendor sales. Within four years after the date of
enactment of this section, the administering Sec-
retaries shall submit a report to Congress on the re-
sult of these demonstration projects. In addition, the
administering Secretary shall report on the ability of
each agency to meet the 75 percent cost recovery
goal. If the administering Secretary determines that
he cannot meet the overall cost recovery goals of this
section for a particular agency, he shall report the
likely level of potential cost recovery from the recre-
ation fee program for that agency.
‘‘(2) NEW INTERIM FEE SCHEDULE.—Not later
than one year after the date of the enactment of this
section, the administering Secretaries shall submit to
Congress an interim schedule of recreation fees for
areas not included in a demonstration program
under paragraph (1). Such fee schedule may not
take effect until 60 days after the date on which it
is submitted to Congress. Before such schedule takes
effect, recreation fees at areas administered by the
agencies shall be determined in accordance section 4
of this Act as in effect on the day before the date
of the enactment of the Visitor Services Improve-
ment and Outdoor Legacy Act of 1995.
‘‘(3) IMPLEMENTATION
REPORT.—Not later
than 180 days before the end of the transition pe-
riod, the administering Secretaries shall jointly sub-
mit a report to Congress on the implementation of
this section. Such report shall include the policy
statement developed under subsection (a)(2), the
fees to be charged under this section, and the target
recreation revenue goals for each area subject to this
section. Such fees and target recreation revenue
goals shall be effective beginning with the fiscal year
beginning after the transition period unless Congress
enacts a joint resolution before the beginning of
such fiscal year specifying otherwise.
‘‘(n) EXEMPTION
OF
FEES.—Amounts collected
under this section shall not be taken into account for the
purposes of the Act of May 23, 1908, and the Act of
March 1, 1911 (16 U.S.C. 500), the Act of March 4, 1913
(16 U.S.C. 501), the Act of July 22, 1937 (7 U.S.C.
1012), the Act of August 8, 1937, and the Act of May
24, 1939 (43 U.S.C. 1181f et seq.), the Act of June 14,
1926 (43 U.S.C. 869–4), chapter 69 of title 31, United
States Code, section 401 of the Act of June 15, 1935 (16
U.S.C. 715s), the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act
of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–1—4—460l–11), and any other
provision of law relating to revenue allocation.
‘‘(o) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—After the transition period,
for each $3 in recreation fees collected by an agency
pursuant to this section during a fiscal year, there
is appropriated $2 to that agency for the succeeding
fiscal year, of which not less than 25 percent or
more than 50 percent shall be available to fund the
construction or rehabilitation of visitor facilities and
the remaining amount shall be available to provide
the balance of funding for annual visitor recreational
services.
‘‘(2) TRANSITION PERIOD.—During the transi-
tion period, there is authorized to be appropriated
for a fiscal year amounts which would have been ap-
propriated for that fiscal year under section 4 of the
Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as
such section was in effect on the day before the date
of the enactment of the Visitor Services Improve-
ment and Outdoor Legacy Act of 1995.’’.
SEC. 4. CONFORMING AMENDMENT.
The Department of the Interior and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1993 is amended by striking out the
second proviso under the heading ‘‘ADMINISTRATIVE PRO-
VISIONS’’ which is under the heading ‘‘NATIONAL PARK
SERVICE’’ (related to recovery of costs associated with spe-
cial use permits).
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