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[CITE: 16USC5995]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
              CHAPTER 79--NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MANAGEMENT
 
              SUBCHAPTER V--NATIONAL PARK PASSPORT PROGRAM
 
Sec. 5995. Effect on other laws and programs


(a) Park passport not required

    A national park passport shall not be required for--
        (1) a single visit to a national park that charges a single 
    visit admission fee under section 460l-6a(a)(2) of this title or the 
    Recreational Fee Demonstration Program authorized by section 315 of 
    the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations 
    Act, 1996 (section 101(c) of Public Law 104-134; 16 U.S.C. 460l-6a 
    note); or
        (2) an individual who has obtained a Golden Age or Golden Access 
    Passport under paragraph (4) or (5) of section 460l-6a(a) of this 
    title.

(b) Golden Eagle Passports

    A Golden Eagle Passport issued under section 460l-6a(a)(1)(A) of 
this title or such Recreational Fee Demonstration Program (16 U.S.C. 
460l-6a note) shall be honored for admission to each unit of the 
National Park System.

(c) Access

    A national park passport shall provide access to each unit of the 
National Park System under the same conditions, rules, and regulations 
as apply to access with a Golden Eagle Passport as of November 13, 1998.

(d) Limitations

    A national park passport may not be used to obtain access to other 
Federal recreation fee areas outside of the National Park System.

(e) Exemptions and fees

    A national park passport does not exempt the holder from or provide 
the holder any discount on any recreation use fee imposed under section 
460l-6a(b) of this title or such Recreational Fee Demonstration Program 
(16 U.S.C. 460l-6a note).

(Pub. L. 105-391, title VI, Sec. 605, Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3520.)

                       References in Text

    Section 315 of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1996, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), is Pub. L. 104-
134, title I, Sec. 101(c) [title III, Sec. 315], Apr. 26, 1996, 110 
Stat. 1321-156, 1321-200, as amended, which is set out as a note under 
section 460l-6a of this title.
