To amend Public Law 106-206 to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to require annual permits and assess annual fees for commercial filming activities on Federal land for film crews of 5 persons or fewer.

Bill: 113-hr-2798
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2013-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: General public lands matters
Licensing and registrations
Television and film
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-23
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) (the Secretary with respect to lands under the respective jurisdiction), for any film crew of five persons or fewer, to require a permit and assess an annual fee of $200 for commercial filming activities or similar projects on federal lands and waterways administered by the Secretary. Makes such a permit valid for such activities or projects that occur in areas designated for public use during public hours on all federal lands and waterways administered by the Secretary for a 12-month period. 
 
Prohibits the Secretary, for persons holding such a permit, from assessing any additional fee for commercial filming activities and similar projects that occur in those areas during those hours. 
 
Bars the Secretary from prohibiting, as a motorized vehicle or under any other purposes, the use of cameras or related equipment used for commercial filming activities or similar projects in accordance with this Act on federal lands and waterways administered by the Secretary. 
 
Requires the Secretary to recover (under current law, collect) costs incurred as a result of filming activities or similar projects, including but not limited to, administrative and personnel costs. 

action_date: 2014-01-29
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) (the Secretary with respect to lands under the respective jurisdiction), for any film crew of five persons or fewer, to require a permit and assess an annual fee of $200 for commercial filming activities or similar projects on federal lands and waterways administered by the Secretary. Makes such a permit valid for such activities or projects that occur in areas designated for public use during public hours on all federal lands and waterways administered by the Secretary for a 12-month period. 
 
Prohibits the Secretary, for persons holding such a permit, from assessing any additional fee for commercial filming activities and similar projects that occur in those areas during those hours. 
 
Bars the Secretary from prohibiting, as a motorized vehicle or under any other purposes, the use of cameras or related equipment used for commercial filming activities or similar projects in accordance with this Act on federal lands and waterways administered by the Secretary. 
 
Requires the Secretary to recover (under current law, collect) costs incurred as a result of filming activities or similar projects, including but not limited to, administrative and personnel costs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-29
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 248.
action_date: 2014-01-29
text: Committee on Agriculture discharged.
action_date: 2014-01-29
text: Committee on Agriculture discharged.
action_date: 2014-01-29
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-335, Part I.
action_date: 2014-01-29
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-335, Part I.
action_date: 2013-11-14
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 19 - 15.
action_date: 2013-11-14
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2013-11-14
text: Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Discharged.
action_date: 2013-11-14
text: Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation Discharged.
action_date: 2013-08-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2013-07-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-07-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-23
text: Introduced in House