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[CITE: 16USC460d-3]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
   SUBCHAPTER LXVI--PUBLIC PARK AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AT WATER 
                      RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
 
Sec. 460d-3. Recreational user fees


(a) Prohibition on admissions fees

    No entrance or admission fees shall be collected after March 31, 
1970, by any officer or employee of the United States at public 
recreation areas located at lakes and reservoirs under the jurisdiction 
of the Corps of Engineers, United States Army.

(b) Fees for use of developed recreation sites and facilities

                  (1) Establishment and collection

        Notwithstanding section 460l-6a(b) of this title, the Secretary 
    of the Army is authorized, subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), to 
    establish and collect fees for the use of developed recreation sites 
    and facilities, including campsites, swimming beaches, and boat 
    launching ramps but excluding a site or facility which includes only 
    a boat launch ramp and a courtesy dock.

                 (2) Exemption of certain facilities

        The Secretary shall not establish or collect fees under this 
    subsection for the use or provision of drinking water, wayside 
    exhibits, roads, scenic drives, overlook sites, picnic tables, 
    toilet facilities, surface water areas, undeveloped or lightly 
    developed shoreland, or general visitor information.

                        (3) Per vehicle limit

        The fee under this subsection for use of a site or facility 
    (other than an overnight camping site or facility or any other site 
    or facility at which a fee is charged for use of the site or 
    facility as of August 10, 1993) for persons entering the site or 
    facility by private, noncommercial vehicle transporting not more 
    than 8 persons (including the driver) shall not exceed $3 per day 
    per vehicle. Such maximum amount may be adjusted annually by the 
    Secretary for changes in the Consumer Price Index of All Urban 
    Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the 
    Department of Labor.

                  (4) Deposit into Treasury account

        All fees collected under this subsection shall be deposited into 
    the Treasury account for the Corps of Engineers established by 
    section 460l-6a(i) of this title and, subject to the availability of 
    appropriations, shall be used for the purposes specified in section 
    460l-6a(i)(3) of this title at the water resources development 
    project at which the fees were collected.

(Pub. L. 90-483, title II, Sec. 210, Aug. 13, 1968, 82 Stat. 746; Pub. 
L. 103-66, title V, Sec. 5001(a), Aug. 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 378; Pub. L. 
104-303, title II, Sec. 208(b)(1), Oct. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 3680.)


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 104-303 inserted before period at end 
``and, subject to the availability of appropriations, shall be used for 
the purposes specified in section 460l-6a(i)(3) of this title at the 
water resources development project at which the fees were collected''.
    1993--Pub. L. 103-66 inserted section catchline, struck out second 
sentence, designated remaining text as subsec. (a) and inserted heading, 
and added subsec. (b). Prior to amendment, second sentence read as 
follows: ``User fees at these lakes and reservoirs shall be collected by 
officers and employees of the United States only from users of highly 
developed facilities requiring continuous presence of personnel for 
maintenance and supervision of the facilities, and shall not be 
collected for access to or use of water areas, undeveloped or lightly 
developed shoreland, picnic grounds, overlook sites, scenic drives, or 
boat launching ramps where no mechanical or hydraulic equipment is 
provided.''


                      Alternative to Annual Passes

    Section 208(c) of Pub. L. 104-303, as amended by Pub. L. 106-53, 
title II, Sec. 218, Aug. 17, 1999, 113 Stat. 294, provided that:
    ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall evaluate the feasibility of 
implementing an alternative to the $25 annual pass that the Secretary 
currently offers to users of recreation facilities at water resources 
projects of the Corps of Engineers.
    ``(2) Annual pass.--The evaluation under paragraph (1) shall include 
the establishment on a test basis of an annual pass that costs $10 or 
less for the use of recreation facilities, including facilities at 
Raystown Lake, Pennsylvania.
    ``(3) Report.--Not later than December 31, 1999, the Secretary shall 
transmit to Congress a report on the results of the evaluation carried 
out under this subsection, together with recommendations concerning 
whether annual passes for individual projects should be offered on a 
nationwide basis.
    ``(4) Expiration of authority.--The authority to establish an annual 
pass under paragraph (2) shall expire on the [sic] December 31, 2003.''
