
From the U.S. Code Online via GPO Access
[wais.access.gpo.gov]
[Laws in effect as of January 2, 2001]
[Document affected by Public Law 107-63 Section 312]
[Document affected by Public Law 107-63 Section 325]
[CITE: 16USC460l-6a]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
              SUBCHAPTER LXIX--OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS
 
                Part B--Land and Water Conservation Fund
 
Sec. 460l-6a. Admission and special recreation use fees


(a) Admission fees at designated areas; ``Golden Eagle Passport'' annual 
        admission permit; single-visit fees; fee-free travel areas; 
        ``Golden Age Passport'' annual entrance permit; lifetime 
        admission permit

    Entrance or admission fees shall be charged only at designated units 
of the National Park System or National Conservation Areas administered 
by the Department of the Interior and National Recreation Areas, 
National Monuments, National Volcanic Monuments, National Scenic Areas, 
and no more than 21 areas of concentrated public use administered by the 
Department of Agriculture. For purposes of this subsection, the term 
``area of concentrated public use'' means an area that is managed 
primarily for outdoor recreation purposes, contains at least one major 
recreation attraction, where facilities and services necessary to 
accommodate heavy public use are provided, and public access to the area 
is provided in such a manner that admission fees can be efficiently 
collected at one or more centralized locations. No admission fees of any 
kind shall be charged or imposed for entrance into any other federally 
owned areas which are operated and maintained by a Federal agency and 
used for outdoor recreation purposes.
    (1)(A)(i) 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 $25. The permittee and any person 
accompanying him in a single, private, noncommercial vehicle, or 
alternatively, the permittee and his spouse, children, and parents 
accompanying him where entry to the area is by any means other than 
private, noncommercial vehicle, shall be entitled to general admission 
into any area designated pursuant to this subsection. The annual permit 
shall be valid for a period of 12 months from the date the annual fee is 
paid. The annual permit shall not authorize 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 established 
pursuant to subsection (e) of this section. The annual permit shall be 
available for purchase at any such designated area.
    (ii) The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture 
may authorize businesses, nonprofit entities, and other organizations to 
sell and collect fees for the Golden Eagle Passport subject to such 
terms and conditions as the Secretaries may jointly prescribe. The 
Secretaries shall develop detailed guidelines for promotional 
advertising of non-Federal Golden Eagle Passport sales and shall monitor 
compliance with such guidelines. The Secretaries may authorize the 
sellers to withhold amounts up to, but not exceeding 8 percent of the 
gross fees collected from the sale of such passports as reimbursement 
for actual expenses of the sales. Receipts from such non-Federal sales 
of the Golden Eagle Passport shall be deposited into the special account 
established in subsection (i) of this section, to be allocated between 
the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture in the 
same ratio as receipts from admission into Federal fee areas 
administered by the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the 
Interior pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
    (B) For admission into a specific designated unit of the National 
Park System, or into several specific units located in a particular 
geographic area, the Secretary is authorized to make available an annual 
admission permit for a reasonable fee. The fee shall not exceed $15 
regardless of how many units of the park system are covered. The permit 
shall convey the privileges of, and shall be subject to the same terms 
and conditions as, the Golden Eagle Passport, except that it shall be 
valid only for admission into the specific unit or units of the National 
Park System indicated at the time of purchase.
    (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. A ``single visit'' means a 
more or less continuous stay within a designated area. Payment of a 
single visit admission fee shall authorize exits from and reentries to a 
single designated area for a period of from one to fifteen days, such 
period to be defined for each designated area by the administering 
Secretary based upon a determination of the period of time reasonably 
and ordinarily necessary for such a single visit. The fee for a single-
visit permit at any designated area applicable to those persons entering 
by private, noncommercial vehicle shall be no more than $5 per vehicle. 
The single-visit permit shall admit the permittee and all persons 
accompanying him in a single vehicle. The fee for a single-visit permit 
at any designated area applicable to those persons entering by any means 
other than a private noncommercial vehicle shall be no more than $3 per 
person. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the maximum fee 
amounts set forth in this paragraph shall apply to all designated areas.
    (3) No admission fee shall be charged for travel by private, non-
commercial vehicle over any national parkway or any road or highway 
established as a part of the National Federal Aid System, as defined in 
section 101 of title 23, 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 highways and thoroughfares, fees shall not be 
charged for entrance on other routes into said park or any part thereof. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, no admission fee may 
be charged at any unit of the National Park System which provides 
significant outdoor recreation opportunities in an urban environment and 
to which access is publicly available at multiple locations.
    (4) The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture 
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 
nontransferable, shall be issued for a one-time charge of $10, and shall 
entitle the permittee and any person accompanying him in a single, 
private, noncommercial 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. 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 Government business and Provided 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.
    (5) The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture 
shall establish procedures providing for the issuance of a lifetime 
admission permit to any citizen of, or person domiciled in, the United 
States, if such citizen or person applies for such permit, and is blind 
or permanently disabled. Such procedures shall assure that such permit 
shall be issued only to persons who have been medically determined to be 
blind or permanently disabled for purposes of receiving benefits under 
Federal law as a result of said blindness or permanent disability as 
determined by the Secretaries. Such permit shall be nontransferable, 
shall be issued without charge, and shall entitle the permittee and any 
person accompanying him in a single, private, noncommercial 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.
    (6)(A) No later than 60 days after December 22, 1987, the Secretary 
of the Interior shall submit to the Committee on Interior and Insular 
Affairs of the United States House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate a report on 
the entrance fees proposed to be charged at units of the National Park 
System. The report shall include a list of units of the National Park 
System and the entrance fee proposed to be charged at each unit. The 
Secretary of the Interior shall include in the report an explanation of 
the guidelines used in applying the criteria in subsection (d) of this 
section.
    (B) Following submittal of the report to the respective committees, 
any proposed changes to matters covered in the report, including the 
addition or deletion of park units or the increase or decrease of fee 
levels at park units shall not take effect until 60 days after notice of 
the proposed change has been submitted to the committees.
    (7) No admission fee may be charged at any unit of the National Park 
System for admission of any person 16 years of age or less.
    (8) No admission fee may be charged at any unit of the National Park 
System for admission of organized school groups or outings conducted for 
educational purposes by schools or other bona fide educational 
institutions.
    (9) No admission fee may be charged at the following units of the 
National Park System: U.S.S. Arizona Memorial, Independence National 
Historical Park, any unit of the National Park System within the 
District of Columbia, Arlington House--Robert E. Lee National Memorial, 
San Juan National Historic Site, and Canaveral National Seashore.
    (10) For each unit of the National Park System where an admission 
fee is collected, the Director shall annually designate at least one day 
during periods of high visitation as a ``Fee-Free Day'' when no 
admission fee shall be charged.
    (11) In the case of the following parks, the fee for a single-visit 
permit applicable to those persons entering by private, noncommercial 
vehicle (the permittee and all persons accompanying him in a single 
vehicle) shall be no more than $10 per vehicle and the fee for a single-
visit permit applicable to persons entering by any means other than a 
private noncommercial vehicle shall be no more than $5 per person: 
Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park and after the 
end of fiscal year 1990, Grand Canyon National Park. In the case of 
Yellowstone and Grand Teton, a single-visit fee collected at one unit 
shall also admit the vehicle or person who paid such fee for a single-
visit to the other unit.
    (12) Notwithstanding section 410hh-2 of this title, the Secretary 
may charge an admission fee under this section at Denali National Park 
and Preserve in Alaska.

(b) Recreation use fees; collection; campgrounds at lakes or reservoirs 
        under jurisdiction of Corps of Engineers; fees for Golden Age 
        Passport permittees

    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, provide 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, overlook sites, 
visitors' centers, scenic drives, or toilet facilities, nor shall there 
be any such charge solely for the use of picnic tables: Provided, That 
in no event shall there be a charge for the use of any campground not 
having a majority of the following: tent or trailer spaces, picnic 
tables, drinking water, access road, refuse containers, toilet 
facilities, personal 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 permitted). For the purposes of this subsection, the term 
``specialized outdoor recreation sites'' includes, but is not limited 
to, campgrounds, swimming sites, boat launch facilities, and managed 
parking lots. Any Golden Age Passport permittee, or permittee under 
paragraph (5) of subsection (a) of this section, 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.

(c) Special recreation permits

    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.

(d) Criteria, posting and uniformity of fees

    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 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. It is the intent of this part that comparable fees should be 
charged by the several Federal agencies for comparable services and 
facilities.

(e) Rules and regulations; establishment; enforcement powers; penalty 
        for violations

    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 
established pursuant to this section. 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 judge 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 subsections (b), (c), (d), 
and (e) of section 3401 of title 18. Any violations of the rules and 
regulations issued under this subsection shall be punishable by a fine 
of not more than $100.

(f) Contracts with public or private entities for visitor reservation 
        services

    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. 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.

(g) Federal and State laws unaffected

    Nothing in this part 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 provision 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.

(h) Repealed. Pub. L. 104-66, title I, Sec. 1081(f), Dec. 21, 1995, 109 
        Stat. 721

(i) Covering of fees collected into special account for agency 
        established in Treasury; covered agencies; availability of 
        funds; allocation of National Park Service funds

    (1)(A) Except in the case of fees collected by the United States 
Fish and Wildlife Service or the Tennessee Valley Authority, all 
receipts from fees collected pursuant to this section by any Federal 
agency (or by any public or private entity under contract with a Federal 
agency) shall be covered into a special account for that agency 
established in the Treasury of the United States. Fees collected by the 
Secretary of Agriculture pursuant to this subsection shall continue to 
be available for the purposes of distribution to States and counties in 
accordance with applicable law.
    (B) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), in any fiscal year, the 
Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior may withhold 
from the special account established under subparagraph (A) such portion 
of all receipts collected from fees imposed under this section in such 
fiscal year as the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the 
Interior, as appropriate, determines to be equal to the fee collection 
costs for that fiscal year: Provided, That such costs shall not exceed 
15 percent of all receipts collected from fees imposed under this 
section in that fiscal year. The amounts so withheld shall be retained 
by the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior, as 
appropriate, and shall be available, without further appropriation, for 
expenditure by the Secretary concerned to cover fee collection costs in 
that fiscal year. The Secretary concerned shall deposit into the special 
account established pursuant to subparagraph (A) any amounts so retained 
which remain unexpended and unobligated at the end of the fiscal year. 
For the purposes of this subparagraph, for any fiscal year, the term 
``fee collection costs'' means those costs for personnel and 
infrastructure directly associated with the collection of fees imposed 
under this section.
    (C) Units at which entrance fees or admissions fees cannot be 
collected.--
        (i) Withholding of amounts.--Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), 
    section 315(c) of section 101(c) of the Omnibus Consolidated 
    Recessions and Appropriations Act of 1996 (16 U.S.C. 460l-6a note; 
    Public Law 104-134), or section 107 of the Department of the 
    Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 (16 U.S.C. 
    460l-6a note; Public Law 105-83), the Secretary of the Interior 
    shall withhold from the special account under subparagraph (A) 100 
    percent of the fees and charges collected in connection with any 
    unit of the National Park System at which entrance fees or admission 
    fees cannot be collected by reason of deed restrictions.
        (ii) Use of amounts.--Amounts withheld under clause (i) shall be 
    retained by the Secretary and shall be available, without further 
    Act of appropriation, for expenditure by the Secretary for the unit 
    with respect to which the amounts were collected for the purposes of 
    enhancing the quality of the visitor experience, protection of 
    resources, repair and maintenance, interpretation, signage, habitat 
    or facility enhancement, resource preservation, annual operation 
    (including fee collection), maintenance, and law enforcement.

    (2) Amounts covered into the special account for each agency during 
each fiscal year shall, after the end of such fiscal year, be available 
for appropriation solely for the purposes and in the manner provided in 
this subsection. No funds shall be transferred from fee receipts made 
available under this part to each unit of the national park system: \1\ 
Provided, however, That in making appropriations, funds derived from 
such fees may be used for any purpose authorized therein. Funds credited 
to the special account shall remain available until expended.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
    \1\ So in original. Probably should be ``National Park System:''.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
    (3) For agencies other than the National Park Service, such funds 
shall be made available for resource protection, research, 
interpretation, and maintenance activities related to resource 
protection in areas managed by that agency at which outdoor recreation 
is available. To the extent feasible, such funds should be used for 
purposes (as provided for in this paragraph) which are directly related 
to the activities which generated the funds, including but not limited 
to water-based recreational activities and camping.
    (4) Amounts covered into the special account for the National Park 
Service shall be allocated among park system units in accordance with 
subsection (j) of this section for obligation or expenditure by the 
Director of the National Park Service for the following purposes:
        (A) In the case of receipts from the collection of admission 
    fees: for resource protection, research, and interpretation at units 
    of the National Park System.
        (B) In the case of receipts from the collection of user fees: 
    for resource protection, research, interpretation, and maintenance 
    activities related to resource protection at units of the National 
    Park System.

(j) Funds available to National Park Service; required allocations; 
        computations; unexpended funds

    (1) 10 percent of the funds made available to the Director of the 
National Park Service under subsection (i) of this section in each 
fiscal year shall be allocated among units of the National Park System 
on the basis of need in a manner to be determined by the Director.
    (2) 40 percent of the funds made available to the Director of the 
National Park Service under subsection (i) of this section in each 
fiscal year shall be allocated among units of the National Park System 
in accordance with paragraph (3) of this subsection and 50 percent shall 
be allocated in accordance with paragraph (4) of this subsection.
    (3) The amount allocated to each unit under this paragraph for each 
fiscal year shall be a fraction of the total allocation to all units 
under this paragraph. The fraction for each unit shall be determined by 
dividing the operating expenses at that unit during the prior fiscal 
year by the total operating expenses at all units during the prior 
fiscal year.
    (4) The amount allocated to each unit under this paragraph for each 
fiscal year shall be a fraction of the total allocation to all units 
under this paragraph. The fraction for each unit shall be determined by 
dividing the user fees and admission fees collected under this section 
at that unit during the prior fiscal year by the total of user fees and 
admission fees collected under this section at all units during the 
prior fiscal year.
    (5) Amounts allocated under this subsection to any unit for any 
fiscal year and not expended in that fiscal year shall remain available 
for expenditure at that unit until expended.

(k) Selling of permits and collection of fees by volunteers at 
        designated areas; collecting agency duties; surety bonds; 
        selling of annual admission permits by public and private 
        entities under arrangements with collecting agency head

    When authorized by the head of the collecting agency, volunteers at 
designated areas may sell permits and collect fees authorized or 
established pursuant to this section. The head of such agency shall 
ensure that such volunteers have adequate training regarding--
        (1) the sale of permits and the collection of fees,
        (2) the purposes and resources of the areas in which they are 
    assigned, and
        (3) the provision of assistance and information to visitors to 
    the designated area.

The Secretary shall require a surety bond for any such volunteer 
performing services under this subsection. Funds available to the 
collecting agency may be used to cover the cost of any such surety bond. 
The head of the collecting agency may enter into arrangements with 
qualified public or private entities pursuant to which such entities may 
sell (without cost to the United States) annual admission permits 
(including Golden Eagle Passports) at any appropriate location. Such 
arrangements shall require each such entity to reimburse the United 
States for the full amount to be received from the sale of such permits 
at or before the agency delivers the permits to such entity for sale.

(l) Charge for transportation provided by National Park Service for 
        viewing National Park System units; charge in lieu of admission 
        fee; maximum charge; apportionment and expenditure of charges

    (1) Where the National Park Service provides transportation to view 
all or a portion of any unit of the National Park System, the Director 
may impose a charge for such service in lieu of an admission fee under 
this section. The charge imposed under this paragraph shall not exceed 
the maximum admission fee under subsection (a) of this section.
    (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, half of the charges 
imposed under paragraph (1) shall be retained by the unit of the 
National Park System at which the service was provided. The remainder 
shall be covered into the special account referred to in subsection (i) 
of this section in the same manner as receipts from fees collected 
pursuant to this section. Fifty percent of the amount retained shall be 
expended only for maintenance of transportation systems at the unit 
where the charge was imposed. The remaining 50 percent of the retained 
amount shall be expended only for activities related to resource 
protection at such units.

(m) Admission fee at National Park System units where primary public 
        access is provided by concessioner; maximum fee

    Where the primary public access to a unit of the National Park 
System is provided by a concessioner, the Secretary may charge an 
admission fee at such units only to the extent that the total of the fee 
charged by the concessioner for access to the unit and the admission fee 
does not exceed the maximum amount of the admission fee which could 
otherwise be imposed under subsection (a) of this section.

(n) Commercial tour use fees

    (1) In the case of each unit of the National Park System for which 
an admission fee is charged under this section, the Secretary of the 
Interior shall establish, by October 1, 1993, a commercial tour use fee 
to be imposed on each vehicle entering the unit for the purpose of 
providing commercial tour services within the unit. Fee revenue derived 
from such commercial tour use fees shall be deposited into the special 
account established under subsection (i) of this section.
    (2) The Secretary shall establish the amount of fee per entry as 
follows:
        (A) $25 per vehicle with a passenger capacity of 25 persons or 
    less, and
        (B) $50 per vehicle with a passenger capacity of more than 25 
    persons.

    (3) The Secretary may periodically make reasonable adjustments to 
the commercial tour use fee imposed under this subsection.
    (4) The commercial tour use fee imposed under this subsection shall 
not apply to either of the following:
        (A) Any vehicle transporting organized school groups or outings 
    conducted for educational purposes by schools or other bona fide 
    educational institutions.
        (B) Any vehicle entering a park system unit pursuant to a 
    contract issued under the Act of October 9, 1965 (16 U.S.C. 20-20g) 
    \2\ entitled ``An Act relating to the establishment of concession 
    policies in the areas administered by the National Park Service and 
    for other purposes.''
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
    \2\ See References in Text note below.

    (5)(A) The provisions of this subsection shall apply to aircraft 
entering the airspace of units of the National Park System identified in 
section 2(b) and section 3 of Public Law 100-91 for the specific purpose 
of providing commercial tour services within the airspace of such units.
    (B) The provisions of this subsection shall also apply to aircraft 
entering the airspace of other units of the National Park System for the 
specific purpose of providing commercial tour services if the Secretary 
determines that the level of such services is equal to or greater than 
the level at those units of the National Park System specified in 
subparagraph (A).

(Pub. L. 88-578, title I, Sec. 4, as added Pub. L. 92-347, Sec. 2, July 
11, 1972, 86 Stat. 459; amended Pub. L. 93-81, Secs. 1, 2, Aug. 1, 1973, 
87 Stat. 178, 179; Pub. L. 93-303, Sec. 1, June 7, 1974, 88 Stat. 192; 
Pub. L. 96-344, Sec. 9, Sept. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 1135; Pub. L. 100-203, 
title V, Sec. 5201(a)-(c), Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1330-263, 1330-264; 
Pub. L. 101-650, title III, Sec. 321, Dec. 1, 1990, 104 Stat. 5117; Pub. 
L. 103-66, title V, Sec. 5001(b), title X, Secs. 10001, 10002, Aug. 10, 
1993, 107 Stat. 379, 402, 403; Pub. L. 103-437, Sec. 6(p)(1), Nov. 2, 
1994, 108 Stat. 4586; Pub. L. 104-66, title I, Sec. 1081(f), Dec. 21, 
1995, 109 Stat. 721; Pub. L. 105-327, Sec. 1, Oct. 30, 1998, 112 Stat. 
3055.)

                       References in Text

    The words ``three years after the date of enactment of this Act'', 
referred to in subsec. (a)(4), refer to the enactment of Pub. L. 88-578, 
Sept. 3, 1964, 78 Stat. 897, as amended. Pub. L. 88-578, which enacted 
sections 460l-4 to 460l-11 of this title, was approved Sept. 3, 1964; 
Pub. L. 92-347, which enacted this section, was approved July 11, 1972.
    Act of October 9, 1965, referred to in subsec. (n)(4)(B), is Pub. L. 
89-249, Oct. 9, 1965, 79 Stat. 969, known as the National Park System 
Concessions Policy Act, which was classified generally to subchapter IV 
(Sec. 20 et seq.) of this chapter, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 105-391, 
title IV, Sec. 415(a), Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3515.
    Public Law 100-91, referred to in subsec. (n)(5)(A), is set out as a 
note under section 1a-1 of this title.


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 4 of Pub. L. 88-578 was renumbered section 5 and is 
classified to section 460l-7 of this title.


                               Amendments

    1998--Subsec. (i)(1)(C). Pub. L. 105-327 added subpar. (C).
    1995--Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 104-66 struck out subsec. (h) which read 
as follows: ``Periodic reports indicating the number and location of fee 
collection areas, the number and location of potential fee collection 
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 Committee on Natural Resources 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the 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.''
    1994--Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 103-437 substituted ``Committee on 
Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate'' for ``Committees on 
Interior and Insular Affairs of the United States House of 
Representatives and United States Senate''.
    1993--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103-66, Sec. 10001(a), in first sentence 
inserted ``or National Conservation Areas'' after ``National Park 
System'' and ``, National Monuments, National Volcanic Monuments, 
National Scenic Areas, and no more than 21 areas of concentrated public 
use'' after ``National Recreation Areas'' and inserted new second 
sentence defining ``area of concentrated public use''.
    Subsec. (a)(1)(A). Pub. L. 103-66, Sec. 10002(d), (e), designated 
existing provisions as cl. (i), substituted ``The annual permit shall be 
valid for a period of 12 months from the date the annual fee is paid'' 
for ``The annual permit shall be valid during the calendar year for 
which the annual fee is paid'', and added cl. (ii).
    Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 103-66, Sec. 10001(b), substituted ``for a 
one-time charge of $10'' for ``without charge''.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103-66, Sec. 10002(a)(1), in first sentence, 
substituted ``or toilet facilities, nor shall there be any such charge 
solely for the use of picnic tables: Provided, That in no event shall 
there be a charge for the use of any campground not having a majority of 
the following: tent or trailer spaces, picnic tables, drinking water, 
access road, refuse containers, toilet facilities, personal 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 permitted).'' for ``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 water, access road, refuse 
containers, toilet facilities, personal 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 permitted).'', and inserted new second 
sentence defining ``specialized outdoor recreation sites''.
    Pub. L. 102-66, Secs. 5001(b) and 10002(a)(2), amended subsec. (b) 
identically, striking out second sentence which read as follows: ``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.''
    Subsec. (i)(1). Pub. L. 103-66, Sec. 10002(b), designated existing 
provisions as subpar. (A) and added subpar. (B).
    Subsec. (n). Pub. L. 103-66, Sec. 10002(c), added subsec. (n).
    1987--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 100-203, Sec. 5201(a)(1), (2), 
designated existing provisions as subpar. (A) and substituted ``$25'' 
for ``$10'', and added subpar. (B).
    Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 100-203, Sec. 5201(a)(3), inserted at end 
``The fee for a single-visit permit at any designated area applicable to 
those persons entering by private, noncommercial vehicle shall be no 
more than $5 per vehicle. The single-visit permit shall admit the 
permittee and all persons accompanying him in a single vehicle. The fee 
for a single-visit permit at any designated area applicable to those 
persons entering by any means other than a private noncommercial vehicle 
shall be no more than $3 per person. Except as otherwise provided in 
this subsection, the maximum fee amounts set forth in this paragraph 
shall apply to all designated areas.''
    Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 100-203, Sec. 5201(a)(4), inserted at end 
``Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, no admission fee may 
be charged at any unit of the National Park System which provides 
significant outdoor recreation opportunities in an urban environment and 
to which access is publicly available at multiple locations.''
    Subsec. (a)(6) to (12). Pub. L. 100-203, Sec. 5201(a)(5), added 
pars. (6) to (12).
    Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 100-203, Sec. 5201(b), amended subsec. (f) 
generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (f) read as follows: ``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. 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 recreation function of 
the agency by which the fees were collected: Provided, 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.''
    Subsecs. (i) to (m). Pub. L. 100-203, Sec. 5201(c), added subsecs. 
(i) to (m).
    1980--Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 96-344, Sec. 9(1), substituted 
provision defining ``single visit'' as a more or less continuous stay 
within a designated area and providing that payment of a single visit 
admission authorizes exits from and reentries to a single designated 
area for a period of from one to fifteen days, such period to be 
determined by the administrating Secretary, for provision defining 
``single visit'' as the length of time a visitor remained within the 
exterior boundary of a designated fee area beginning from the first day 
he entered until he left, except that on the same day the admission fee 
was paid, the visitor could leave and reenter without paying an 
additional admission fee.
    Subsec. (a)(5). Pub. L. 96-344, Sec. 9(2), added par. (5).
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 96-344, Sec. 9(3), inserted ``, or permittee 
under paragraph (5) of subsection (a) of this section,'' after 
``Passport permittee''.
    1974--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 93-303, Sec. 1(b), inserted ``which are 
operated and maintained by a Federal agency and'' after ``areas''.
    Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 93-303, Sec. 1(c), among other changes, 
substituted ``The permittee'' for ``Any person purchasing the annual 
permit'', inserted provisions authorizing the permittee and his spouse, 
children, and parents accompanying him to enter an area where entry is 
by any means other than private, noncommercial vehicles, changed 
provisions which relate to the purchase of the annual permit to allow 
its sale at any designated area instead of through the offices of the 
Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, through all 
post offices of the first- and second-class, and at such other offices 
as the Postmaster General directed, and struck out provisions which 
empowered the Secretary of the Interior to transfer to the Postal 
Service from the permit receipts such funds as are adequate to reimburse 
the Postal Service for the cost of the service.
    Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 93-303, Sec. 1(d), struck out ``or who enter 
such an area by means other than by private, noncommercial vehicle'' 
after ``annual permit'' in first sentence. See subsec. (a)(1) of this 
section.
    Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 93-303, Sec. 1(e), substituted ``a lifetime 
admission permit'' for ``an annual entrance permit'', limited the 
issuance of this permit to citizens of, or persons domiciled in the 
United States, and inserted provisions to allow the permittee and his 
spouse and children accompanying him to enter an area which entry is by 
any means other than private, noncommercial vehicle.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 93-303, Sec. 1(f), (g), among other changes, 
substituted ``daily recreation use fee'' for ``special recreation use 
fees'', authorized a fee for boat launching facilities where specialized 
facilities or services such as mechanical or hydraulic boat lifts or 
facilities are provided, required the Corps of Engineers to provide at 
least one primitive campground where no charge shall be imposed at each 
lake or reservoir under its jurisdiction, incorporated provisions 
formerly in subsec. (b)(1) allowing any Golden Age Passport permittee to 
utilize the recreation facilities at a rate of 50 per centum of the 
established use fee, struck out the remainder of former subsec. (b)(1) 
which related to determination of daily use fees for overnight 
occupancy, and redesignated former subsec. (b)(2) as (c).
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 93-303, Sec. 1(g), redesignated subsec. (b)(2) 
as (c). Former subsec. (c) redesignated (d).
    Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 93-303, Sec. 1(g), (h), redesignated subsec. 
(c) as (d), and substituted therein ``a fee has been established 
pursuant to this section'' for ``an admission fee or special recreation 
use fee has been established''.
    Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 93-303, Sec. 1(g), (i), redesignated subsec. 
(d) as (e), and substituted therein ``collection of any fee established 
pursuant to this section'' for ``collection of any entrance fee and/or 
special recreation use fee, as the case may be''.
    Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 93-303, Sec. 1(g), (j), redesignated subsec. 
(e) as (f), and inserted provisions therein empowering the head of any 
Federal agency to contract with any public or private entity to provide 
visitor reservation services.
    Subsecs. (g), (h). Pub. L. 93-303, Sec. 1(g), redesignated subsecs. 
(f) and (g) as (g) and (h), respectively.
    1973--Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 93-81, Sec. 2, inserted definition of 
``single visit''.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 93-81, Sec. 1, inserted in opening paragraph 
the proviso that there shall be no charge for the day use or 
recreational use of facilities such as picnic areas, boat ramps, where 
no mechanical or hydraulic equipment is provided, drinking water, 
wayside exhibits, roads, trails, overlook sites, visitors' centers, 
scenic drives and toilet facilities and that no fee be charged for 
access to or use of campground not having flush restrooms, showers, 
access and circulatory roads, sanitary disposal stations, visitor 
protection control, designated tent or trailer spaces, refuse containers 
and potable water.

                         Change of Name

    ``United States magistrate judge'' substituted for ``United States 
magistrate'' in subsec. (e) pursuant to section 321 of Pub. L. 101-650, 
set out as a note under section 631 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial 
Procedure.

                          Transfer of Functions

    Enforcement functions of Secretary or other official in Department 
of the Interior related to compliance with rights-of-way across 
recreation lands issued under this part and such functions of Secretary 
or other official in Department of Agriculture, insofar as they involve 
lands and programs under jurisdiction of that Department, related to 
compliance with this part with respect to pre-construction, 
construction, and initial operation of transportation system for 
Canadian and Alaskan natural gas transferred to Federal Inspector, 
Office of Federal Inspector for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation 
System, until first anniversary of date of initial operation of Alaska 
Natural Gas Transportation System, see Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1979, 
Secs. 102(e), (f), 203(a), 44 F.R. 33663, 33666, 93 Stat. 1373, 1376, 
effective July 1, 1979, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government 
Organization and Employees. Office of Federal Inspector for the Alaska 
Natural Gas Transportation System abolished and functions and authority 
vested in Inspector transferred to Secretary of Energy by section 
3012(b) of Pub. L. 102-486, set out as an Abolition of Office of Federal 
Inspector note under section 719e of Title 15, Commerce and Trade.


        National Park Service Entrance and Recreational Use Fees

    Pub. L. 106-176, title III, Sec. 310, Mar. 10, 2000, 114 Stat. 34, 
provided that:
    ``(a) The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to retain and 
expend revenues from entrance and recreation use fees at units of the 
National Park System where such fees are collected under section 4 of 
the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l-6a), 
notwithstanding the provisions of section 4(i) of such Act. Fees shall 
be retained and expended in the same manner and for the same purposes as 
provided under the Recreational Fee Demonstration Program (section 315 
of Public Law 104-134, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l-6a note)[)].
    ``(b) Nothing in this section shall affect the collection of fees at 
units of the National Park System designated as fee demonstration 
projects under the Recreational Fee Demonstration Program.
    ``(c) The authorities in this section shall expire upon the 
termination of the Recreational Fee Demonstration Program.''


                          Recreation User Fees

    Pub. L. 106-53, title II, Sec. 225, Aug. 17, 1999, 113 Stat. 297, 
provided that:
    ``(a) Withholding of Amounts.--
        ``(1) In general.--During fiscal years 1999 through 2002, the 
    Secretary [of the Army] may withhold from the special account 
    established under section 4(i)(1)(A) of the Land and Water 
    Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l-6a(i)(1)(A)) 100 
    percent of the amount of receipts above a baseline of $34,000,000 
    per each fiscal year received from fees imposed at recreation sites 
    under the administrative jurisdiction of the Department of the Army 
    under section 4(b) of that Act (16 U.S.C. 460l-6a(b)).
        ``(2) Use.--The amounts withheld shall be retained by the 
    Secretary and shall be available, without further Act of 
    appropriation, for expenditure by the Secretary in accordance with 
    subsection (b).
        ``(3) Availability.--The amounts withheld shall remain available 
    until September 30, 2005.
    ``(b) Use of Amounts Withheld.--In order to increase the quality of 
the visitor experience at public recreational areas and to enhance the 
protection of resources, the amounts withheld under subsection (a) may 
be used only for--
        ``(1) repair and maintenance projects (including projects 
    relating to health and safety);
        ``(2) interpretation;
        ``(3) signage;
        ``(4) habitat or facility enhancement;
        ``(5) resource preservation;
        ``(6) annual operation (including fee collection);
        ``(7) maintenance; and
        ``(8) law enforcement related to public use.
    ``(c) Availability.--Each amount withheld by the Secretary [of the 
Army] shall be available for expenditure, without further Act of 
appropriation, at the specific project from which the amount, above 
baseline, is collected.''


                 Recreational Fee Demonstration Program

    Pub. L. 106-291, title III, Sec. 334, Oct. 11, 2000, 114 Stat. 997, 
provided that: ``A project undertaken by the Forest Service under the 
Recreation Fee Demonstration Program as authorized by section 315 of the 
Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for 
Fiscal Year 1996, as amended [Pub. L. 104-134, set out below], shall not 
result in--
        ``(1) displacement of the holder of an authorization to provide 
    commercial recreation services on Federal lands. Prior to initiating 
    any project, the Secretary shall consult with potentially affected 
    holders to determine what impacts the project may have on the 
    holders. Any modifications to the authorization shall be made within 
    the terms and conditions of the authorization and authorities of the 
    impacted agency.
        ``(2) the return of a commercial recreation service to the 
    Secretary for operation when such services have been provided in the 
    past by a private sector provider, except when--
            ``(A) the private sector provider fails to bid on such 
        opportunities;
            ``(B) the private sector provider terminates its 
        relationship with the agency; or
            ``(C) the agency revokes the permit for non-compliance with 
        the terms and conditions of the authorization.
In such cases, the agency may use the Recreation Fee Demonstration 
Program to provide for operations until a subsequent operator can be 
found through the offering of a new prospectus.''
    Similar provisions were contained in the following prior 
appropriation act:
    Pub. L. 106-113, div. B, Sec. 1000(a)(3) [title III, Sec. 344], Nov. 
29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1535, 1501A-203.
    Pub. L. 105-83, title I, Sec. 107, Nov. 14, 1997, 111 Stat. 1561, 
provided that: ``In fiscal year 1998 and thereafter, for those years in 
which the recreation fee demonstration program authorized in Public Law 
104-134 [set out below] is in effect, the fee collection support 
authority provided in 16 U.S.C. 460l-6(i)(1)(B) applies only to parks 
not included in the fee demonstration program, and that the amount 
retained under this authority to cover fee collection costs will not 
exceed those costs at the non-demonstration parks, or 15 percent of all 
fees collected at non-demonstration parks in a fiscal year whichever is 
less. Fee collection costs for parks included in the fee demonstration 
program will be covered by the fees retained at those parks.''
    Pub. L. 104-134, title I, Sec. 101(c) [title III, Sec. 315], Apr. 
26, 1996, 110 Stat. 1321-156, 1321-200; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 104-
140, Sec. 1(a), May 2, 1996, 110 Stat. 1327, as amended by Pub. L. 104-
208, div. A, title I, Sec. 101(d) [title I, title III, Sec. 319], Sept. 
30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009-181, 3009-187, 3009-223; Pub. L. 105-18, title 
II, Sec. 5001, June 12, 1997, 111 Stat. 181; Pub. L. 105-83, title III, 
Sec. 320, Nov. 14, 1997, 111 Stat. 1596; Pub. L. 105-277, div. A, 
Sec. 101(e) [title III, Sec. 327], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681-231, 
2681-291; Pub. L. 106-291, title III, Sec. 336, Oct. 11, 2000, 114 Stat. 
997, provided that:
    ``(a) The Secretary of the Interior (acting through the Bureau of 
Land Management, the National Park Service and the United States Fish 
and Wildlife Service) and the Secretary of Agriculture (acting through 
the Forest Service) shall each implement a fee program to demonstrate 
the feasibility of user-generated cost recovery for the operation and 
maintenance of recreation areas or sites and habitat enhancement 
projects on Federal lands.
    ``(b) In carrying out the pilot program established pursuant to this 
section, the appropriate Secretary shall select from areas under the 
jurisdiction of each of the four agencies referred to in subsection (a) 
no fewer than 10, but as many as 100, areas, sites or projects for fee 
demonstration. For each such demonstration, the Secretary, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law--
        ``(1) shall charge and collect fees for admission to the area or 
    for the use of outdoor recreation sites, facilities, visitor 
    centers, equipment, and services by individuals and groups, or any 
    combination thereof;
        ``(2) shall establish fees under this section based upon a 
    variety of cost recovery and fair market valuation methods to 
    provide a broad basis for feasibility testing;
        ``(3) may contract, including provisions for reasonable 
    commissions, with any public or private entity to provide visitor 
    services, including reservations and information, and may accept 
    services of volunteers to collect fees charged pursuant to paragraph 
    (1);
        ``(4) may encourage private investment and partnerships to 
    enhance the delivery of quality customer services and resource 
    enhancement, and provide appropriate recognition to such partners or 
    investors; and
        ``(5) may assess a fine of not more than $100 for any violation 
    of the authority to collect fees for admission to the area or for 
    the use of outdoor recreation sites, facilities, visitor centers, 
    equipment, and services.
    ``(c)(1) Amounts collected at each fee demonstration area, site or 
project shall be distributed as follows:
        ``(A) Eighty percent to a special account in the Treasury for 
    use without further appropriation, by the agency which administers 
    the site, to remain available for expenditure in accordance with 
    paragraph (2)(A).
        ``(B) Twenty percent to a special account in the Treasury for 
    use without further appropriation, by the agency which administers 
    the site, to remain available for expenditure in accordance with 
    paragraph (2)(B).
        ``(C) For agencies other than the Fish and Wildlife Service and 
    the National Park Service, up to 15% of current year collections of 
    each agency, but not greater than fee collection costs for that 
    fiscal year, to remain available for expenditure without further 
    appropriation in accordance with paragraph (2)(C).
        ``(D) For agencies other than the Fish and Wildlife Service, the 
    balance to the special account established pursuant to subparagraph 
    (A) of section 4(i)(1) of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act 
    [16 U.S.C. 460l-6a(i)(1)(A)], as amended.
        ``(E) For the Fish and Wildlife Service, the balance shall be 
    available to the Secretary of the Interior until expended to be used 
    in accordance with clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of section 201(c)(A) 
    of the Emergency Wetlands Resources Act of 1986 (16 U.S.C. 
    3911(c)(A)).
    ``(2)(A) Expenditures from site specific special funds shall be for 
further activities of the area, site or project from which funds are 
collected, and shall be accounted for separately.
    ``(B) Expenditures from agency specific special funds shall be for 
use on an agency-wide basis and shall be accounted for separately.
    ``(C) Expenditures from the fee collection support fund shall be 
used to cover fee collection costs in accordance with section 4(i)(1)(B) 
of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act [16 U.S.C. 460l-
6a(i)(1)(B)], as amended: Provided, That funds unexpended and 
unobligated at the end of the fiscal year shall not be deposited into 
the special account established pursuant to section 4(i)(1)(A) of said 
Act and shall remain available for expenditure without further 
appropriation.
    ``(3) In order to increase the quality of the visitor experience at 
public recreational areas and enhance the protection of resources, 
amounts available for expenditure under this section may only be used 
for the area, site or project concerned, for backlogged repair and 
maintenance projects (including projects relating to health and safety) 
and for interpretation, signage, habitat or facility enhancement, 
resource preservation, annual operation (including fee collection), 
maintenance, and law enforcement relating to public use. The agencywide 
accounts may be used for the same purposes set forth in the preceding 
sentence, but for areas, sites or projects selected at the discretion of 
the respective agency head.
    ``(d)(1) Amounts collected under this section shall not be taken 
into account for the purposes of the Act of May 23, 1908 [16 U.S.C. 500] 
and the Act of March 1, 1911 (16 U.S.C. 500) [see Short Title note under 
section 552 of this title], the Act of March 4, 1913 (16 U.S.C. 501) 
[see References in Text notes under section 156 of Title 21, Food and 
Drugs], the Act of July 22, 1937 (7 U.S.C. 1012) [see section 1000 of 
Title 7, Agriculture], the Act of August 8 [28], 1937 [43 U.S.C. 1181a 
et seq.] and the Act of May 24, 1939 (43 U.S.C. 1181f et seq.) [43 
U.S.C. 1181f-1 et seq.], the Act of June 14, 1926 (43 U.S.C. 869-4) [43 
U.S.C. 869 et seq.], chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code, section 
401 of the Act of June 15, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 715s), the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l) [16 U.S.C. 460l-4 et 
seq.], and any other provision of law relating to revenue allocation.
    ``(2) Fees charged pursuant to this section shall be in lieu of fees 
charged under any other provision of law.
    ``(e) The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture 
shall carry out this section without promulgating regulations.
    ``(f) The authority to collect fees under this section shall 
commence on October 1, 1995, and end on September 30, 2002. Funds in 
accounts established shall remain available through September 30, 
2005.''


  Study To Assess Traffic Congestion and Overcrowding at Certain Park 
                              System Units

    Section 5201(e) of Pub. L. 100-203 directed Secretary of the 
Interior to assess extent to which traffic congestion and overcrowding 
occurs at certain park system units during times of seasonally high 
usage and to conduct a study of (A) feasibility of reducing vehicular 
traffic within national park system units through fee reductions for 
visitors traveling by bus and through other means which could shift 
visitation from automobiles to buses, and (B) feasibility of encouraging 
more even seasonal distribution of visitation, with study to include a 
pilot project to be carried out in Yosemite National Park, and a report 
containing results of study to be transmitted to Committee on Interior 
and Insular Affairs of House of Representatives and to Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources of Senate within 3 years after Dec. 22, 
1987.


   Prohibition on Entrance Fee at Statue of Liberty National Monument

    Pub. L. 100-55, June 19, 1987, 101 Stat. 371, provided: ``That, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, after the date of enactment 
of this Act [June 19, 1987], the Secretary of the Interior shall not 
charge any entrance or admission fee at the Statue of Liberty National 
Monument, New Jersey and New York.''


  Establishment and Collection of Use or Royalty Fees for Manufacture, 
            Reproduction, or Use of ``Golden Eagle Insignia''

    Section 3(a) of Pub. L. 92-347 provided that: ``The Secretary of the 
Interior may establish and collect use or royalty fees for the 
manufacture, reproduction, or use of `The 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 recreation areas designated 
for recreation fee collection. Any fees collected pursuant to this 
subsection shall be covered into the Land and Water Conservation Fund.''


           Termination of Rights in ``Golden Eagle Insignia''

    Section 3(d) of Pub. L. 92-347 provided that: ``The rights in `The 
Golden Eagle Insignia' under this Act [which enacted this section and 
section 715 of title 18, enacted notes set out hereunder, and repealed 
note set out under section 460l-5 of this title], shall terminate if the 
use by the Secretary of the Interior of `The Golden Eagle Insignia' is 
abandoned. Nonuse for a continuous period of two years shall constitute 
abandonment.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 450bb-2, 460d-3, 460l-6, 
698u-3, 3911, 5994, 5995 of this title.
