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Timestamp: 2020-08-14 23:43:44
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 6804', '§805', '§5', '§102', '§5991', '§813', '§6', '§5', '§9001', '§1048']

[USC02] 16 USC 6804: Recreation passes
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16 USC 6804: Recreation passes Text contains those laws in effect on August 13, 2020
(a) America the Beautiful-the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass
The Secretaries shall establish, and may charge a fee for, an interagency national pass to be known as the "America the Beautiful-the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass", which shall cover the entrance fee and standard amenity recreation fee for all Federal recreational lands and waters for which an entrance fee or a standard amenity recreation fee is charged.
(A) The Secretary shall make the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass available to any United States citizen or person domiciled in the United States who is 62 years of age or older, if the citizen or person provides adequate proof of such age and such citizenship or residency. The National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass made available under this subsection shall be available-
( Pub. L. 108–447, div. J, title VIII, §805, Dec. 8, 2004, 118 Stat. 3385 ; Pub. L. 113–287, §5(d)(36), Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3267 ; Pub. L. 114–289, title I, §102, Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1484 .)
The National Parks Omnibus Management Act of 1998, referred to in subsec. (f)(1), is Pub. L. 105–391, Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3497 . Title VI of the Act was classified generally to subchapter V (§5991 et seq.) of chapter 79 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 108–447, div. J, title VIII, §813(d)(2), Dec. 8, 2004, 118 Stat. 3391 . For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
In subsec. (f), "section 100904 of title 54" substituted for "section 4 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965" in two places on authority of Pub. L. 113–287, §6(e), Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3272 , which Act enacted Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs.
2016-Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 114–289 designated existing provisions as subpar. (A), struck out ", at a cost of $10.00," before "to any United States citizen", substituted "shall be available-" and cls. (i) and (ii) for "shall be valid for the lifetime of the pass holder.", and added subpar. (B).
2014-Subsec. (f)(1). Pub. L. 113–287, §5(d)(36)(B), struck out "; 16 U.S.C. 5991–5995" after "(Public Law 105–391".
Pub. L. 116–9, title IX, §9001, Mar. 12, 2019, 133 Stat. 829 , provided that:
"(1) Federal land and waters.-The term 'Federal land and waters' means any Federal land or body of water under the jurisdiction of any of the Secretaries to which the public has access.
"(2) Program.-The term 'program' means the Every Kid Outdoors program established under subsection (b)(1).
"(3) Secretaries.-The term 'Secretaries' means-
"(A) the Secretary [of the Interior], acting through-
"(4) State.-The term 'State' means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands of the United States, and any other territory or possession of the United States.
"(5) Student or students.-The term 'student' or 'students' means any fourth grader or home-schooled learner 10 years of age residing in the United States, including any territory or possession of the United States.
"(b) Every Kid Outdoors Program.-
"(1) Establishment.-The Secretaries shall jointly establish a program, to be known as the 'Every Kid Outdoors program', to provide free access to Federal land and waters for students and accompanying individuals in accordance with this subsection.
"(2) Annual passes.-
"(A) In general.-At the request of a student, the Secretaries shall issue a pass to the student, which allows access to Federal lands and waters for which access is subject to an entrance, standard amenity, or day use fee, free of charge for the student and-
"(i) in the case of a per-vehicle fee area-
"(B) Term.-A pass described in subparagraph (A) shall be effective during the period beginning on September 1 and ending on August 31 of the following year.
"(C) Presence of a student in grade four required.-A pass described in subparagraph (A) shall be effective only if the student to which the pass was issued is present at the point of entry to the applicable Federal land or water.
"(3) Other activities.-In carrying out the program, the Secretaries-
"(4) Reports.-The Secretary, in coordination with each Secretary described in subparagraphs (B) through (D) of subsection (a)(3), shall prepare a comprehensive report to Congress each year describing-
"(5) Sunset.-The authorities provided in this section, including the reporting requirement, shall expire on the date that is 7 years after the date of enactment of this Act [Mar. 12, 2019]."
Pub. L. 113–121, title I, §1048, June 10, 2014, 128 Stat. 1257 , provided that: "The Secretary [of the Army] may participate in the America the Beautiful National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass program in the same manner as the National Park Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the Forest Service, and the Bureau of Reclamation, including the provision of free annual passes to active duty military personnel and dependents."