An Act to restore the golden eagle program to the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act, provide for an annual camping permit, and for other purposes
PL 92-347 (S.1893), enacted 07/11/1972

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PUBLIC LAW 92-347-JULY 11, 1972 
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Public Law 92-347 
AN ACT 
To amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act to restore the Golden 
Eagle Passport Program, and for other purposes. 
July 11, 1972 
[S.1893] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America 
in Congress assembled, ^Thsit subsection 
1(b) of the Act of July 15, 1968 (82 Stat. 354) is hereby repealed. 
SEC. 2. The Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (78 
Stat. 897), as amended (16 U.S.C. 4601), is further amended by 
inserting the following new section and renumbering subsequent sec-
tions accordingly: 
Golden Eagle 
Passport Program. 
Restoration. 
16 use 460Z-5 
note. 
16 use 460M 
note. 
''ADMISSIOX AND SPECIAL RECREATION USE FEES: 
REGULATIONS 
ESTABLISHMENT AND 
"SEC. 4. (a) ADMISSION FEES.—Entrance or admission fees shall be 
charged only at designated units of the National Park System admin-
istered by the Department of the Interior and National Recreation 
Areas administered by the Department of Agriculture. No admission 
fees of any kind shall be charged or imposed for entrance into any 
other Federally owned areas used for outdoor recreation purposes. 
"(1) For admission into any such designated area, an annual admis-
sion permit (to be known as the 'Golden Eagle Passport') shall be 
available, for a fee of not more than $10. Any person purchasing the 
annual permit, and any person accompanying him, in a single, private, 
noncommercial vehicle snail be entitled to general admission into any 
admission fee area designated pursuant to this section during the 
calendar year in which the annual fee is paid, but such permit shall not 
authorize any use of specialized sites, facilities, equipment, or services 
for which additional fees are charged pursuant to subsection (b) of 
this section. The annual permit shall be nontransferable and the 
unlawful use thereof shall be punishable in accordance with regula-
tions established pursuant to subsection (d). The annual permit shall 
be available for purchase through the offices of the Secretary of the 
Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture and through all post offices 
of the first- and second-class and at such others as the Postmaster 
General shall direct. The Secretary of the Interior shall transfer to the 
Postal Service from the receipts thereof such funds as are adequate 
for the reimbursement of the cost of the service so provided. 
"(2) Reasonable admission fees for a single visit at any designated 
area shall be established by the administering Secretary for persons 
who choose not to purchase the annual permit or who enter such an 
area by means other than by private, noncommercial vehicle. 
"(3) No admission fee shall be charged for travel by private, non-
commercial vehicle over any national parkway or any road or high-
way established as a part of the National Federal 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. In the Smoky Mountains National 
Park, unless fees are charged for entrance into said park on main high-
ways and thoroughfares, fees shall not be charged for entrance on 
other routes into said park or any part thereof. 
" (4) The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture 
shall establish procedures providing for the issuance of an annual 
entrance permit (to be known as the 'Golden Age Passport') to any 
"Golden Eagle 
Passport." 
Postal Service, 
reimbursement. 
Single-visit fees. 
Fee-free travel 
areas. 
72 Stat. 885. 
Smoky Mountains 
National Park. 
"Golden Age 
Passport." 
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[86 STAT. 
Foreign visitors. 
Special permits. 
Fees, criteria, 
posting, uniformity. 
Rules and regu-
lations. 
Enforcement. 
82 Stat, 1115. 
Penalty. 
person sixty-two years of age or older applying for such permit. Such 
permit shall be nontransferable, shall be issued without charge, and 
shall entitle the bearer and any person accompanying the bearer in a 
single, private noncommercial vehicle to entry into any admission 
fee area designated pursuant to this section. No other free permits 
shall be issued to any person: Provided^ That no fees of any kind shall 
be collected from any persons who have a right of access for hunting 
or fishing privileges under a specific provision of law or treaty or who 
are engaged in the conduct of official Federal, State, or local Govern-
ment business and Promded further^ That for no more than three 
years after the date of enactment of this Act, visitors to the United 
States will be granted entrance, without charge, to any designated 
admission fee area upon presentation of a valid passport. 
"(b) SPECIAL EECREATION USE FEES.—Each Federal agency develop-
ing, administering, or providing specialized sites, facilities, equipment, 
or services related to outdoor recreation shall provide for the collection 
of special recreation use fees for the use of sites, facilities, equipment, 
or services furnished at Federal expense. 
" (1) Daily use fees for overnight occupancy within areas specially 
developed for such use shall be determined on the basis of the value of 
the capital improvements offered, the cost of the services furnished, 
and other pertinent factors. Any person bearing a valid Golden Age 
Passport issued pursuant to paragraph (4) of subsection (a) of this 
section shall be entitled upon presentation of such permit to utilize 
such special recreation facilities at a rate of fifty per centum of the 
established daily use fee. 
"(2) Special recreation permits for uses such as group activities, 
recreation events, motorized recreation vehicles, and other specialized 
recreation uses may be issued in accordance with procedures and at 
fees established by the agency involved. 
" (c) All fees established pursuant to this section shall be fair and 
equitable, taking into consideration the direct and indirect cost to the 
Government, the benefits to the recipient, the public policy or interest 
served, the comparable recreation fees charged by non-Federal public 
agencies, the economic and administrative feasibility of fee collection 
and other pertinent factors. Clear notice that an admission fee or 
special recreation use fee has been established shall be prominently 
posted at each area and at appropriate locations therein and shall be 
included in publications distributed at such areas. It is the intent of 
this Act that comparable fees should be charged by the several Federal 
agencies for comparable services and facilities. 
"(d) In accordance with the provisions of this section, the heads 
of appropriate departments and agencies may prescribe rules and 
regulations for areas under their administration for the collection of 
any entrance fee and/or special recreation use fee, as the case may be. 
Persons authorized by the heads of such Federal agencies to enforce 
any such rules or regulations issued under this subsection may, within 
areas under the administration or authority of such agency head and 
with or, if the offense is committed in his presence, without a warrant, 
arrest any person who violates such rules and regulations. Any person 
so arrested may be tried and sentenced by the United States magistrate 
specifically designated for that purpose by the court by which he was 
appointed, in the same manner and subject to the same conditions as 
provided in title 18, United States Code, section 3401, subsections (b), 
(c), (d), and (e), as amended. Any violations of the rules and regula-
tions issued under this subsection shall be punishable by a fine of not 
more than $100. 
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"(e) Except as otherwise provided by law or as may be required by ^J^^ disposi-
lawful contracts entered into prior to September 3, 1964, providing 
that revenues collected at particular Federal areas shall be credited 
to specific purposes, all fees collected shall be covered into a special 
account in the Treasury of the United States to be administered in 
conjunction with, but separate from, the revenues in the Land and 
Water Conservation Fund. Revenues in the special account shall be 
available for appropriation, without prejudice to appropriations from 
other sources for the same purposes, for any authorized outdoor recrea-
tion function of the agency by which the fees were collected: Provided, 
• -w. ^ ; 
however, That not more than forty per centum of the amount so 
credited may be appropriated during the five fiscal years following 
the enactment of this Act for the enhancement of the fee collection 
system established by this section, including the promotion and 
enforcement thereof. 
"(f) Nothing in this Act shall authorize Federal hunting or fishing 
licenses or fees or charges for commercial or other activities not related 
to recreation, nor shall it affect any rights or authority of the States 
with respect to fish and wildlife, nor shall it repeal or modify any pro- 
-. , 
vision of law that permits States or political subdivisions to share in 
the revenues from Federal lands or any provision of law that provides 
that any fees or charges collected at particular Federal areas shall be 
used for or credited to specific purposes or special funds as authorized 
by that provision of law, 
"(g) Periodic reports indicating the number and location of fee to'^^n'^^esIfonLi 
collection areas^ the number and location of potential fee collection committees. 
areas, capacity and visitation information, the fees collected, and 
other pertinent data, shall be coordinated and compiled by the Bureau 
of Outdoor Recreation and transmitted to the Committees on Interior 
and Insular Affairs of the United States House of Representatives and 
United States Senate. Such reports, which shall be transmitted no later 
than March 31 annually, shall include any recommendations which the 
Bureau may have with respect to improving this aspect of the land 
and water conservation fund program." 
SEC. 3. (a) The Secretary of the Interior may establish and collect iJ^i^^Hf^ foya\! 
use or royalty fees for the manufacture, reproduction, or use of "The ties. 
Golden Eagle Insignia", originated by the Department of the Interior 
and announced in the December 3, 1970, issue of the Federal Register 
(35 Federal Register 18376) as the official symbol for Federal recrea- 
^3 CFR Part is. 
tion areas desi^ated for recreation fee collection. Any fees collected 
pursuant to this subsection shall be covered into the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund. 
(b) Chapter 33 of title 18 of the United States Code is amended by 82"tltf'2/if' 
adding the following new section thereto: 
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«§ 715. *The Golden Eagle Insignia' 
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"As used in this section, 'The Golden Eagle Insignia' means the 
words 'The Golden Eagle' and the representation of an American 
Golden Eagle (colored gold) and a family group (colored midnight 
blue) enclosed within a circle (colored white with a midnight blue 
border) framed by a rounded triangle (colored gold with a midnight 
blue border) which was originated by the Department of the Interior 
as the official symbol for Federal recreation fee areas. 
"Whoever, except as authorized under rules and regulations issued 
Penalty. 
by the Secretary of the Interior, knowingly manufactures, reproduces, 
or uses 'The Golden Eagle Insignia', or any facsimile thereof, in such a 
manner as is likely to cause confusion, or to cause mistake, or to deceive, 
sliall be fined not more than $250 or imprisoned not more than six 
months, or both. 
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[86 STAT. 
Termination. 
"The use of any siicli emblem, sign, insignia, or words wliicli was 
lawful on the date of enactment of this Act sliall not be a violation of 
this section. 
"A violation of this section may be enjoined at the suit of the 
Attorney General, upon complaint by the Secretary of the Interior." 
(c) The analysis of chapter 33 immediately preceding section 701 of 
title 18 is amended by adding at the end thereon: 
"715. 'The Golden Eagle Insignia'." 
(d) The rights in "The Golden Eagle Insignia" under this Act, 
shall terminate if the vise by the Secretary of the Interior of "The 
Golden Eagle Insignia" is abandoned. Nonuse for a continuous period 
of two years shall constitute abandonment. 
Approved July 11, 1972. 
July 13, 1972 
[S. 979] 
Public Law 92-348 
AN ACT 
To anieiul the Act of September 30, 1965, relating to high-speed ground trans-
portation, to enlarge the authority of the Secretary to undertake research and 
development, to remove the termination date thereof, and for other purposes. 
High-speed 
ground transporta-
tion. 
Research exten-
sion. 
79 Stat. 893. 
Demonstration 
program. 
Contracts. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate ojnd House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That (a) the first 
section of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the Secretary of Com-
merce to undertake research and development in high-speed gi-ound 
transportation, and for other purposes", approved September 30,1965 
(49 U.S.C. 1631), is amended by inserting "and 
door-to-door 
ground 
transportation" 
immediately 
after 
"high-speed 
ground 
transportation". 
(b) The first sentence of section 2 of such Act (49 U.S.C. 1632) is 
amended to read as follows: "The Secretary is authorized to contract 
for demonstrations to determine the contributions that high-speed 
ground transportation and door-to-door ground transportation could 
make to more efficient, safe, and economical intercity transportation 
systems.". 
SEC. 2. (a) Section 8 (a) of such Act (49 U.S.C. 1638 (a)) is amended 
by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4) 
respectively, and by inserting immediately after paragraph (1) the 
following new paragraph: 
" (2) In awarding contracts in connection with research and develop-
ment and demonstration projects under this Act, the Secretary shall 
give priority to proposals which will increase employment in labor 
areas (as those areas are described by the Secretary of Labor in title 
41 of the Code of Federal Regulations) — 
"(A) which are experiencing a rate of unemployment of 9 
per centum or more of the area's work force, or a rate of unem-
ployment of 150 per centum or more of the federally determined 
unemployment rate for the entire United States; or 
"(B) which have experienced a 1 per centum increase in unem-
ployment, as determined by the Secretary of Labor, of the avail-
able work force as a result of the termination or reduction of a 
federally financed or supported program and such increase in 
unemployment continues to exist. 
Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to require that any 
contract awarded under this Act must be wholly performed in any 
one labor area.". 
(b) Paragraph (3), as so redesignated by subsection (a) of this sec-
tion, is amended to read as follows: