An Act to amend the Land Water Conservation Fund Act, as amended, to provide for collection of special recreation use fees at additional campgrounds, and for other purposes.
PL 93-303 (S.2844), enacted 06/07/1974

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[88 STAT. 
"(e) The Director of ACTION is authorized to waive claims result-
ing from erroneous payments of readjustment allowances to Peace 
Corps Volunteers who terminated their volunteer service between 
March 1, 1961, and February 28, 1973, notwithstanding the provisions 
of section 5584 of title 5, United States Code, and notwithstanding the 
fact that the names of the recipients of such overpayments may be 
unknown. 
"(f) Disbursing and certifying officers of the Peace Corps and 
ACTION are relieved from liability for improper or incorrect pay-
ments of readjustment allowances made to volunteers between March 1, 
1961, and February 28, 1973, other than any cases known to have 
resulted from fraud, notwithstanding the provisions of the first section 
of the Act entitled 'An Act to provide permanent authority for the 
relief of certain disbursing officers, and for other purposes', approved 
August 11,1955 (31 U.S.C. 82a-2), and of section 2 of the Act entitled 
'An Act to fix the responsibilities of disbursing and certifyinar officers, 
and for other purposes', approved December 29,1941 (31 U.S.C. 82c)." 
Approved June 1, 1974. 
Public Law 93-303 
June 7,1974 
AN ACT 
[s. 2844] 
r^Q amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act, as amended, to provide 
for collection of special recreation use fees at additional campgrounds, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
Federal recrea- United Sttttes of AmeHca in Congress assembled^ That section 4 of 
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the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (78 Stat. 897), 
as amended (16 U.S.C. 4601-6a), is further amended as follows; 
(a) The heading of the section is revised to read: 
"ADMISSION AND USE FEES; ESTABLISHMENT AND REGULATIONS". 
(b) The second sentence of section 4(a) is amended to read: "No 
admission fees of any kind shall be charged or imposed for entrance 
into any other federally owned areas which are operated and main-
tained by a Federal agency and used for outdoor recreation purposes." 
(c) Subsection (a) (1) is revised to read: 
"(1) For admission into any such designated area, an annual 
admission permit (to be known as the Golden Eagle Passport) 
shall be available, for a fee of not more than $10. The permittee 
and any person accompanying him in a single, private, noncom-
mercial vehicle, or alternatively, the permittee and his spouse, 
children, and parents accompanying him where entry to the area 
is by any means other tlian private, noncommercial vehicle, shall 
be entitled to general admission into any area designated pur-
suant to this subsection. The annual permit shall be valid during 
the calendar year for which the annual fee is paid. The annual 
permit shall not authoi-ize any uses for which additional fees are 
charged pursuant to subsections (b) and (c) of this section. The 
annual permit shall be nontransferable and the unlawful use 
thereof shall be punishable in accordance with regulations estab-
lished pursuant to subsection (e). The annual permit shall be 
available for purchase at any such designated area." 
tion areas 
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(d) Subsection (a)(2) is revised by deleting in the first sentence 
"or who enter such an area by means other than by private, noncom-
mercial vehicle". 
(e) Subsection (a) (4) is amended by revising the first two sentences 
to read: "The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agricul-
ture shall establish procedures providing for the issuance of a lifetime 
admission permit (to be known as the 'Golden Age Passport') to any 
citizen of, or person domiciled in, the United States sixty-two years 
of age or older applying for such permit. Such permit shall be non-
transferable, shall be issued without charge, and shall entitle the 
permittee and any person accompanying him in a single, private, non-
commercial vehicle, or alternatively, the permittee and his spouse and 
children accompanying him where entry to the area is by any means 
other than private, noncommercial vehicle, to general admission into 
any area designated pursuant to this subsection." 
(f) In subsection (b) the first paragraph is revised to read: 
"(b) 
EECREATION U S E FEES.—Each Federal agency developing, 
administering, providing or furnishing at Federal expense, specialized 
outdoor recreation sites, facilities, equipment, or services shall, in 
accordance with this subsection and subsection (d) of this section, pro-
vide for the collection of daily recreation use fees at the place of use 
or any reasonably convenient location: Provided^ That in no event 
shall there be a charge by any such agency for the use, either singly or 
in any combination, of drinking water, wayside exhibits, roads, over-
look sites, visitors' centers, scenic drives, toilet facilities, picnic tables, 
or boat ramps: Provided, however, That a fee shall be charged for boat 
launching facilities only where specialized facilities or services such 
as mechanical or hydraulic boat lifts or facilities are provided: And 
provided further, That in no event shall there be a charge for the use 
of any campground not having the following—tent or trailer spaces, 
drinking w^ater, access road, refuse containers, toilet facilities, per-
sonal collection of the fee by an employee or agent of the Federal 
agency operating the facility, reasonable visitor protection, and 
simple devices for containing a campfire (where campfires are per-
mitted). At each lake or reservoir under the jurisdiction of the Corps 
of Engineers, United States Army, where camping is permitted, such 
agency shall provide at least one primitive campground, containing 
designated campsites, sanitary facilities, and vehicular access, where 
no charge shall be imposed. Any Golden Age Passport permittee 
shall be entitled upon presentation of such permit to utilize such 
special recreation facilities at a rate of 50 per centum of the established 
use fee." 
(g) In subsection (b) paragraph "(1)" is deleted; the paragraph 
designation "2" is redesignated as subsection "(c) EECREATION PER-
MITS.—"; and subsequent subsections are redesignated accordingly. 
(h) In new subsection (d) the second sentence is revised to read: 
"Clear notice that a fee has been established pursuant to this section 
shall be prominently posted at each area and at appropriate locations 
therein and shall be included in publications distributed at such areas." 
(i) In new subsection (e) the first sentence is revised to read: "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 fee estab-
lished pursuant to this section." 
16 u s e 460/-5a. 
Lifetime admis-
sion permit. 
Rules and 
regulations. 
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16 use 460Z-6a. 
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4626. 
42 use 4601. 
(j) In new subsection (f) the first sentence is revised to read as 
follows: 
"(f) Except as otherwise provided by law or as may be required by 
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 which are collected by any Federal agency 
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: Provided^ That 
the head of any Federal agency, under such terms and conditions as 
he deems appropriate, may contract with any public or private entity 
to provide visitor reservation services; and any such contract may 
provide that the contractor shall be permitted to deduct a commission 
to be fixed by the agency head from the amount charged the public for 
providing such services and to remit the net proceeds therefrom to the 
contracting agency." 
SEC. 2. Section 6(e) (1) of title I of the Land and Water Conserva-
tion Fund Act of 1965 (78 Stat. 897), as amended (16 U.S.C. 4601), 
is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following: 
"Whenever a State provides that the owner of a single-family res-
idence may, at his option, elect to retain a right of use and occupancy 
for not less than six months from the date of acquisition of such res-
idence and such owner elects to retain such a right, such owner shall 
be deemed to have waived any benefits under sections 203, 204, 205, 
and 206 of the Uniform Eelocation Assistance and Real Property 
Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (84 Stat. 1894) and for the purposes 
of those sections such owner shall not be considered a displaced person 
as defined in section 101(6) of that Act.". 
SEC. 3. Section 9 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act 
of 1965 (78 Stat. 897), as amended (16 U.S.C. 4601-lOa), is further 
amended by deleting in the first sentence "section 6(a) (1)" and substi-
tuting "section 7(a) (1)". 
Approved June 7, 1974. 
June 8,1974 
[S.2662] 
International 
Ocean Exposition 
Appropriations 
Authorization Act 
of 1973. 
Public Law 93-304 
AN ACT 
To authorize appropriations for United States participation in tlie International 
Ocean Exposition '75. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That this Act may 
be cited as the "International Ocean Exposition Appropriations 
Authorization Act of 1973". 
SEC. 2. There is authorized to be appropriated for the United States 
Information Agency for "Special International Exhibitions", for 
United States participation in the International Ocean Exposition 
to be held in Okinawa, Japan, in 1975, as authorized by the Mutual 
Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, as amended (22 
U.S.C. 2451 et seq.), $5,600,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided^ That the amount authorized to be appropriated herein 
shall be available without regard to section 3108 of title 5, United 
States Code. 
Approved June 8, 1974.