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[CITE: 16USC460l-6c]

 
                         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-6c. Admission, entrance, and recreation fees


(a) Definitions

    As used in this section:

                 (1) Area of concentrated public use

        The term ``area of concentrated public use'' means an area 
    administered by the Secretary that meets each of the following 
    criteria:
            (A) The area is managed primarily for outdoor recreation 
        purposes.
            (B) Facilities and services necessary to accommodate heavy 
        public use are provided in the area.
            (C) The area contains at least 1 major recreation 
        attraction.
            (D) Public access to the area is provided in such a manner 
        that admission fees can be efficiently collected at 1 or more 
        centralized locations.

                     (2) Boat launching facility

        The term ``boat launching facility'' includes any boat launching 
    facility, regardless of whether specialized facilities or services, 
    such as mechanical or hydraulic boat lifts or facilities, are 
    provided.

                           (3) Campground

        The term ``campground'' means any campground where a majority of 
    the following amenities are provided, as determined by the 
    Secretary:
            (A) Tent or trailer spaces.
            (B) Drinking water.
            (C) An access road.
            (D) Refuse containers.
            (E) Toilet facilities.
            (F) The personal collection of recreation use fees by an 
        employee or agent of the Secretary.
            (G) Reasonable visitor protection.
            (H) If campfires are permitted in the campground, simple 
        devices for containing the fires.

                            (4) Secretary

        The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Agriculture.

(b) Authority to impose fees

    The Secretary may charge--
        (1) admission or entrance fees at national monuments, national 
    volcanic monuments, national scenic areas, and areas of concentrated 
    public use administered by the Secretary; and
        (2) recreation use fees at lands administered by the Secretary 
    in connection with the use of specialized outdoor recreation sites, 
    equipment, services, and facilities, including visitors' centers, 
    picnic tables, boat launching facilities, and campgrounds.

(c) Amount of fees

    The amount of the admission, entrance, and recreation fees 
authorized to be imposed under this section shall be determined by the 
Secretary.

(Pub. L. 103-66, title I, Sec. 1401, Aug. 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 331.)

                          Codification

    Section was enacted as part of the Agricultural Reconciliation Act 
of 1993 and as part of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, 
and not as part of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 
which comprises this part.
