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[H.R. 2107 Reported in House (RH)]





                                                 Union Calendar No. 403

104th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 2107

                          [Report No. 104-757]

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                                 A BILL

 To amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to improve 
  the quality of visitor services provided by Federal land management 
  agencies through an incentive-based recreation fee program, and for 
                            other purposes.

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                           September 4, 1996

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed





                                                 Union Calendar No. 403
104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 2107

                          [Report No. 104-757]

 To amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to improve 
  the quality of visitor services provided by Federal land management 
  agencies through an incentive-based recreation fee program, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 25, 1995

  Mr. Hansen introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Resources

                           September 4, 1996

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
 [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on July 
                               25, 1995]

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to improve 
  the quality of visitor services provided by Federal land management 
  agencies through an incentive-based recreation fee program, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Visitor Services Improvement and 
Outdoor Legacy Act of 1996''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSE.

    The purpose of this Act is to improve the overall quality of the 
visitor recreation experience on Federal lands through increased 
funding provided by an innovative and incentive-based recreation fee 
program combined with an appropriation targeted to meet the increasing 
demand for recreational use of the Federal lands.

SEC. 3. REPEAL OF EXISTING RECREATION FEE PROGRAM AND ESTABLISHMENT OF 
              NEW RECREATION FEE PROGRAM.

    Section 4 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 
U.S.C. 460l-6a) is amended to read as follows:

                        ``recreation fee program

    ``Sec. 4. (a) Program Goals and Policies.--
            ``(1) Congressional goals.--It is the policy of Congress 
        that the Federal land management agencies develop and implement 
        high quality recreation programs adequate to meet the needs of 
        the American people and to fund a portion of the cost of 
        providing recreation services through recreation fees.
            ``(2) Administrative policies.--The administering 
        Secretaries shall jointly issue an integrated policy for the 
        establishment and collection of recreation fees under this 
        section. Such policy shall--
                    ``(A) permit flexibility with regard to the amounts 
                charged;
                    ``(B) provide for maximization of the number of 
                persons who pay fees to ensure that fees remain at the 
                lowest possible level;
                    ``(C) provide that comparable fees be charged by 
                the several Federal agencies for similar services and 
                facilities;
                    ``(D) provide for the establishment of fees in a 
                manner which is equitable among user groups and which 
                accounts for any other fees, such as commercial tour 
                fees and concession fees, which are paid by user groups 
                and used on Federal lands for recreational purposes;
                    ``(E) define administrative overhead and specify 
                accounting procedures to ensure that administrative 
                overhead is not included in the cost of visitor 
                services provided;
                    ``(F) provide for a uniform procedure for 
                accounting for fees collected under this section; and
                    ``(G) recognize the importance of the convenience 
                of the public by avoiding fee programs which are overly 
                complex or which would require the payment of numerous 
                fees at a particular area.
    ``(b) Definitions.--For the purposes of this section:
            ``(1) Administering secretaries.--The term `administering 
        Secretaries' means--
                    ``(A) the Secretary of Agriculture with respect to 
                the Forest Service; and
                    ``(B) the Secretary of the Interior with respect to 
                the National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, 
                United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and Bureau of 
                Reclamation.
            ``(2) Agency.--The term `agency' means an agency referred 
        to in paragraph (1) (A), (B), or (C).
            ``(3) Area.--The term `area' means an administrative area 
        managed by an agency, such as a unit of the National Park 
        System, a national forest, a national wildlife refuge, and a 
        project area with respect to the Bureau of Reclamation, but 
        does not include Bureau of Reclamation areas managed by a non-
        Federal entity.
            ``(4) Area of concentrated public use.--The term `area of 
        concentrated public use' means an area which--
                    ``(A) provides developed facilities or services 
                necessary to accommodate public use maintained at 
                Federal expense;
                    ``(B) contains at least one major visitor 
                attraction, including (but not limited to) a lake, 
                river, historical or cultural site, or geologic 
                feature; and
                    ``(C) provides public access such that admission 
                fees can be cost-effectively collected.
            ``(5) Recreation fees.--The term `recreation fees' means 
        admission fees, recreation use fees, and fees granted to 
        Federal agencies from States whether collected by agency 
        personnel or others.
            ``(6) Admission fees.--The term `admission fees' means fees 
        charged for entry into any area designated by the administering 
        Secretary.
            ``(7) Recreation use fee.--The term `recreation use fees' 
        means the charge for specialized recreation services or 
        facilities furnished at Federal Government expense, including 
        (but not limited to) campgrounds, boat ramps, and back country 
        camping by permit.
            ``(8) Visitor services.--The term `visitor services' means 
        services and costs directly associated with management of 
        recreation visitors to Federal lands, including (but not 
        limited to) such programs as maintenance of facilities which 
        serve primarily visitor recreation use (such as campgrounds, 
        scenic roads, trails, visitor centers and picnic areas), public 
        information and interpretation, resource protection directly 
        related to public use (such as stream improvement to improve 
        fishing or mitigation of impacts to resources resulting from 
        visitor use), and other activities of personnel assigned 
        predominantly to management of visitors or public safety 
        programs, but not including costs of regional and Washington 
        headquarters offices or any administrative services such as 
        personnel, budget and finance, and procurement.
            ``(9) Pre-1996 authorized recreation receipts.--The term 
        `pre-1996 authorized recreation receipts' means the receipts 
        that would have been received for a fiscal year from fees 
        collected under section 4 of the Land and Water Conservation 
        Fund Act of 1965 as such section was in effect on the day 
        before the date of the enactment of the Visitor Services 
        Improvement and Outdoor Legacy Act of 1996.
            ``(10) Concession fees.--The term `concession fees' means 
        fees paid to the United States pursuant to provisions of law 
        other than this section for the privilege of providing 
        concession services, fees paid for the lease of government-
        owned facilities, and amounts paid for construction of visitor 
        facilities.
    ``(c) Establishment.--
            ``(1) In general.--In order to improve the quality of the 
        visitor experience on Federal lands, the administering 
        Secretaries shall establish and implement a fee program in 
        accordance with this section which provides for partial 
        recovery of the costs of visitor services provided through 
        admission fees, recreation use fees, and concession fees. In 
        carrying out such program, the administering Secretaries are 
        authorized and directed to collect admission fees in accordance 
        with this section at areas administered by the National Park 
        Service and areas of concentrated public use. In addition, the 
        administering Secretaries shall collect recreation use fees at 
        areas under their administration.
            ``(2) Factors in establishing and adjusting amount of 
        fees.--(A) All fees established pursuant to this section shall 
        be fair and equitable, taking into consideration the direct and 
        indirect cost to the Federal Government, the benefits to the 
        recipient, the public policy or interest served, the comparable 
        recreation fees charged by other public and private entities, 
        the economic and administrative feasibility of fee collection, 
        convenience to the recreation user, and other pertinent 
        factors.
            ``(B) Any adjustments in fees shall take into account the 
        factors specified in subparagraph (A).
            ``(3) Public comment and federal register notice on 
        admission and commercial tour fees.--(A) In the case of public 
        admission fees, the administering Secretaries shall publish in 
        the Federal Register, for a 30-day comment period, a proposed 
        schedule of all changes to such fees not later than six months 
        prior to such fee changes.
            ``(B) In the case of changes to commercial tour fees or 
        initiating a new commercial tour fee, the administering 
        Secretaries shall publish in the Federal Register--
                    ``(i)(I) for a 30-day comment period, a proposed 
                schedule of all significant changes in such fees not 
                later than 14 months prior to such fee change or 
                initiation; and
                    ``(II) a final schedule not later than 12 months 
                prior to such fee change or initiation; and
                    ``(ii) a schedule of all changes (other than those 
                subject to clause (i)), in such fees not later than six 
                months prior to such fee changes.
            ``(4) Continuation of fee authority.--Until an admission or 
        commercial tour fee is initiated and in effect under this 
        section, the admission or commercial tour fee at an area 
        administered by the agencies shall be determined in accordance 
        with the applicable laws in effect on the day before the date 
        of enactment of the Visitor Services Improvement and Outdoor 
        Legacy Act of 1996.
            ``(5) Notice of fees.--Clear notice that a fee has been 
        established pursuant to this section, and the amount thereof, 
        shall be prominently posted at appropriate locations in each 
        area and shall be included in agency publications distributed 
        with respect to such areas.
            ``(6) Target recreation revenue goals.--Effective for the 
        fifth fiscal year beginning after the enactment of this 
        section, the administering Secretary shall develop annually a 
        target recreation revenue goal for each area administered by 
        the Secretary which reflects the estimated ability for such 
        area to collect recreation fees. The administering Secretary 
        shall develop that target based on historical data, projected 
        visitation, and such other data as are available to the 
        Secretary.
            ``(7) Fee collection personnel.--Personnel exclusively 
        assigned to fee collection duties, which are over and above the 
        number of such personnel assigned exclusively to fee collection 
        duties on the day prior to enactment of this Act, shall not be 
        counted against any full-time equivalent ceiling established 
        for that agency.
    ``(d) Recreation Fees.--
            ``(1) Single admission visits.--Reasonable admission fees 
        for a single visit to any designated area shall be established 
        by the administering Secretary. 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 single visit entrance fee for private 
        parties and commercial tours shall be set by the administering 
        Secretaries and may be adjusted, taking into account the 
        factors specified in subsection (c)(2). The Secretaries shall 
        ensure that where appropriate the admission fee schedule 
        developed provides economic incentives for use of alternative 
        modes of transportation, including mass transportation, at 
        areas experiencing high levels of automobile traffic. The 
        administering Secretaries are authorized to implement admission 
        fee practices which vary by day of the week, season, expedite 
        entry and reduce congestion.
            ``(2) Annual admission permits: golden eagle passport.--
                    (A) Golden eagle passport.--For admission into any 
                area at which admission fees are charged pursuant to 
                this section, an admission permit, to be known as the 
                `Golden Eagle Passport', valid for a 12-month period, 
                shall be available. The fee for the passport shall be 
                set jointly by the administering Secretaries, taking 
                into account the factors specified in subsection 
                (c)(2). The permittee and all persons accompanying the 
                permittee in a single, private, non-commercial vehicle 
                or, alternatively, the permittee and the permittee's 
                spouse, children, and parents accompanying the 
                permittee shall be entitled to general admission into 
                any area designated pursuant to this section. The 
                permit shall be nontransferable, and the unlawful use 
                thereof shall be punishable in accordance with 
                regulations established pursuant to subsection (g). The 
                permit shall be available for purchase at any such 
                designated area.
                    ``(B) The administering Secretaries may authorize 
                units of State or local government, organizations, 
                businesses, and nonprofit entities to sell and collect 
                admission fees, including the Golden Eagle Passport, 
                subject to such conditions as the Secretaries may 
                jointly prescribe. The Secretaries shall develop 
                detailed guidelines for promotional advertising of non-
                Federal passport sales and monitor compliance with 
                those guidelines. The Secretaries may authorize the 
                seller or sellers to maintain an inventory of Golden 
                Eagle Passports for periods not to exceed six months 
                and to withhold amounts up to, but not exceeding, eight 
                percent of the gross fees collected from Golden Eagle 
                Passport sales as reimbursement for actual expenses of 
                the sales.
            ``(3) Annual geographic admission permits.--For admission 
        into a specific designated area or into several specific areas 
        located in a particular geographic region at which admission 
        fees are charged pursuant to this section, the administering 
        Secretary or Secretaries are authorized to make available an 
annual admission permit. 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 area or areas indicated at the time of purchase.
            ``(4) Golden access passport.--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 legally domiciled in, the 
        United States, if such citizen or person applies for such 
        permit and is permanently disabled. Such procedures shall 
        ensure that a lifetime admission permit shall be issued only to 
        persons who have been medically determined to be permanently 
        disabled. A lifetime admission permit shall be nontransferable, 
        shall be issued without charge, and shall entitle the permittee 
        and one accompanying individual to general admission into any 
        area designated pursuant to this section, notwithstanding the 
        method of travel.
            ``(5) Recreation use fees.--Each agency developing, 
        administering, providing, or furnishing at Federal expense 
        services for such activities as camping, including back country 
        camping under permit, guarded swimming sites, boat launch 
        facilities, group activities including picnic sites, managed 
        parking lots, motorized recreation use and other recreation 
        uses, shall in accordance with this section provide for the 
        collection of recreation use fees at the place of use or any 
        reasonably convenient location. The administering Secretary may 
        establish both daily and annual recreation use fees. Fees may 
        not be charged by any such agency for the use, either singly or 
        in any combination, of drinking water, wayside exhibits, 
        overlook sites, toilet facilities, or picnic tables.
            ``(6) Commercial tour use fee.--(A) For each area for which 
        an admission fee is charged under this section, the 
        administering Secretary shall charge any fee on a per vehicle 
        basis for each vehicle or vessel and passengers entering the 
        area for the purpose of providing commercial tour services.
            ``(B) The Secretary of the Interior shall charge a 
        commercial tour fee for aircraft entering the airspace of units 
        of the National Park System in the same manner and by the same 
        means as provided in section 4(n) of the Land and Water 
        Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as in effect immediately before 
        the enactment of the Visitor Services Improvement and Outdoor 
        Legacy Act of 1996.
            ``(C) Within 12 months after the date of enactment of the 
        Visitor Services Improvement and Outdoor Legacy Act of 1996, 
        the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of 
        Transportation shall jointly submit a report to the appropriate 
        committees of Congress outlining revisions to the commercial 
        tour fee schedule for aircraft which encourages the use of 
        quiet aircraft technology.
            ``(7) Transportation provided by the secretary.--Where the 
        administering Secretary provides transportation to visit all or 
        a portion of any area, he may impose a charge for such service. 
        Collection of such fees may occur at the transportation staging 
        area or any reasonably convenient location, whether inside or 
        outside of the area boundary. The administering Secretary may 
        enter into arrangements with qualified public or private 
        entities pursuant to which such entities may collect such fees. 
        Such funds collected shall be retained at the area where the 
        service was provided and expended for costs associated with the 
        transportation system.
            ``(8) Persons 12 years of age or under.--The admission fee 
        for a person who is 12 years of age or under at any area for 
which admission fees are charged on a per person basis shall be no 
greater than 50 percent of the per person admission fee of a person 
older than 12 years.
    ``(e) Establishment of Accounts and Deposit of Recreation Fees.--
            ``(1) Establishment.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall 
        establish a special account in the Treasury for each agency 
        which collects recreation fees under this section. Within each 
        such account, the administering Secretary shall separately 
        account for receipts and disbursements of funds for each area.
            ``(2) Deposits.--(A) The administering Secretary shall 
        deposit in each agency account 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).
            ``(B) All funds from the sale of the Golden Eagle Passport 
        shall be divided among the agencies based on a formula which 
        the administering Secretaries shall devise and which considers 
        total recreation admission fees collected by the agency and 
        total recreation use at designated admission fee areas provided 
        by the agency. Funds from the sale of the Golden Eagle Passport 
        shall be deposited as recreation fees collected into the 
        appropriate agency account.
            ``(C) All funds from the sale of geographic admission 
        permits under subsection (d)(3) shall be divided among the 
        areas for which such permits were issued on the basis of 
        visitor use, length of stay, and other pertinent factors as 
        determined by the administering Secretaries and shall be 
        deposited as recreation fees collected from those areas into 
        the appropriate agency account.
            ``(3) Fee collection costs.--Notwithstanding any other 
        provision of law, the administering Secretary may, in any 
        fiscal year, withdraw from the special account established 
        under paragraph (1) an amount up to 15 percent of all receipts 
        collected under this section in the preceding fiscal year. The 
        amounts so withdrawn shall be retained by the administering 
        Secretaries, and shall be available, without further 
        appropriation, for expenditure by the Secretary concerned to 
        cover fee collection costs, and shall remain available until 
        expended. For the purposes of this paragraph, 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.
            ``(4) Use of recreation fees.--Amounts covered into the 
        special account for each agency during each fiscal year shall 
        be available after the end of such fiscal year for 
        appropriation for visitor services, except as provided in 
        paragraphs (3) and (5). Funds credited to the special account 
        shall remain available until expended.
            ``(5) Amounts in excess of pre-1996 authorized recreation 
        receipts.--Beginning in fiscal year 1996 and each fiscal year 
        thereafter, all funds deposited in special accounts in the 
        Treasury for each agency under this section which are in 
        addition to funds collected in fiscal year 1995 shall be made 
        immediately available to that agency without further 
        appropriation. Of the amounts made available under this 
        paragraph after the application of paragraph (3), 75 percent 
        shall be allocated among the units or areas of each agency in 
        the same proportion as fees collected from that specific area 
        bear to the total amount of fees collected from all areas of 
        that agency for the fiscal year. In addition, one-third of the 
        amount of recreation fees collected from the area which exceeds 
        the target recreation revenue goal specified in subsection 
        (c)(5) for that area shall be made available to that area 
        without further appropriation. The remainder of the fees 
collected pursuant to this section shall be allocated among each 
agency's areas on the basis of need as determined by the Secretary. All 
such funds shall remain available until expended. Funds deposited into 
accounts under this paragraph may only be used (A) to fund visitor 
services on Federal lands, (B) for repair, rehabilitation, or 
replacement of visitor use facilities, and (C) for construction of new 
facilities necessary to establish a recreation fee program at any area.
    ``(f) Accountability of Funding.--The Comptroller General of the 
United States shall conduct periodic audits to ensure that amounts 
received under this section are fully accounted for and not diverted to 
administrative overhead or other programs not directly related to 
visitor services.
    ``(g) Enforcement of Fee Collection Policies.--In accordance with 
the provisions of this section, the administering Secretaries 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 administering Secretaries to enforce any such 
rules or regulations issued under this section may, within areas under 
the administration or authority of such administering Secretary 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 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, United States Code. Any violations of the rules and 
regulations issued under this subsection shall be punishable by a fine 
as provided by law.
    ``(h) Non-Federal Reservations.--The administering Secretary, 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.
    ``(i) Use of Volunteers For Fee Collection.--When authorized by the 
administering Secretary, volunteers at designated areas may collect 
fees authorized or established pursuant to this section. The 
administering Secretary shall ensure that such volunteers have adequate 
training for this purpose. The administering Secretary may 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.
    ``(j) Mitigation of Any Impacts of Recreational Fees on Low-Income 
Individuals.--In carrying out this section, the administering 
Secretaries shall implement such programs as are necessary to ensure 
any impacts of recreational fees on low-income persons are minimized. 
The administering Secretaries shall determine any effects on low-income 
individuals of recreation use and admission fees and shall jointly 
submit recommendations to the Congress regarding actions to be taken to 
resolve such impacts. Such recommendations shall be included as part of 
the four-year report required to be submitted under subsection (m)(1).
    ``(k) Limitations on Fees.--
            ``(1) Activities not subject to fees.--Nothing in this 
        section shall be construed to--
                    ``(A) authorize Federal hunting or fishing licenses 
                or fees;
                    ``(B) affect any rights or authority of the States 
                with respect to fish and wildlife;
                    ``(C) authorize the collection of fees from any 
                person who has a right of access for hunting or fishing 
                privileges under a specific provision of law or treaty;
                    ``(D) authorize charges for commercial or other 
                activities not related to recreation; or
                    ``(E) authorize an admission fee or a commercial 
                tour fee at any area for organized school groups on 
                outings conducted for educational purposes.
            ``(2) Through travel.--No admission fee shall be charged 
        for travel by private, noncommercial vehicle or commercial tour 
        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, title 23, United States Code, 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.
            ``(3) Persons conducting governmental business.--No 
        admission fee shall be charged to persons engaged in the 
        conduct of official Federal, State or local government business 
        or to others authorized by the administering Secretary to 
        conduct administrative duties within the area.
            ``(4) Lifetime admission permits.--No admission fee shall 
        be charged under this section to any person who possesses a 
        lifetime admission permit issued under section 4(a)(4) of this 
        Act as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of 
        the Visitor Services Improvement and Outdoor Legacy Act of 
        1996.
    ``(l) Annual Reporting Requirements.--Reports indicating the number 
and location of fee collection areas, visitor use statistics, fees 
collected, and other pertinent data, shall be coordinated and compiled 
by the administering Secretaries and transmitted to the Committee on 
Resources of the United States House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate. 
These reports shall be transmitted annually not later than the 
submission of the President's budget under section 1105 of title 31, 
United States Code, and shall include any recommendations which the 
Secretaries may have with respect to improving the recreation fee 
program.
    ``(m) Implementation Report; Effective date for fees and targets.--
Not later than four years after the date of enactment of the Visitor 
Services Improvement and Outdoor Legacy Act of 1996, the administering 
Secretaries shall submit reports to Congress on the implementation of 
this section. Such reports shall include the policy statement developed 
under subsection (a)(2), the likely level of potential cost recovery 
from the recreation fee program for each agency, the fees to be charged 
under this section, and the target recreation revenue goals for each 
area subject to this section. Such fees and target recreation revenue 
goals shall be effective beginning with the fifth fiscal year beginning 
after the enactment of the Visitor Services Improvement and Outdoor 
Legacy Act of 1996 unless Congress enacts a joint resolution before the 
beginning of such fiscal year specifying otherwise.
    ``(n) Exemption of Fees.--Amounts collected under this section 
which exceed the 1995 authorized recreation receipts shall not be taken 
into account for the purposes of the Act of May 23, 1908, and the Act 
of March 1, 1911 (16 U.S.C. 500), the Act of March 4, 1913 (16 U.S.C. 
501), the Act of July 22, 1937 (7 U.S.C. 1012), the Act of August 8, 
1937, and the Act of May 24, 1939 (43 U.S.C. 1181f et seq.), the Act of 
June 14, 1926 (43 U.S.C. 869-4), 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-1-4-460l-
11), and any other provision of law relating to revenue allocation.
    ``(o) Authorization of Appropriations.--
            ``(1) First 4 years.--During the first four fiscal years 
        beginning after the enactment of the Visitor Services 
        Improvement and Outdoor Legacy Act of 1996, there is authorized 
        to be appropriated for a fiscal year amounts which would have 
        been appropriated for that fiscal year under section 4 of the 
        Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as such section 
        was in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the 
        Visitor Services Improvement and Outdoor Legacy Act of 1996.
            ``(2) Guarantee of funding enhancement beginning with the 
        5th fiscal year.--(A) Effective for the fifth fiscal year 
        beginning after the enactment of the Visitor Services 
        Improvement and Outdoor Legacy Act of 1996 and thereafter, 
        after target recreation revenue goals are submitted to the 
        Congress under subsection (m), there is authorized to be 
        appropriated for each agency for each fiscal year an amount 
        such that the total funding available for visitor services from 
        recreational fees and appropriated amounts is not less than 125 
        percent of the adjusted 1995 base amount.
            ``(B) For the purpose of subparagraph (A), the term 
        `adjusted 1995 base amount' means the amount appropriated for 
        visitor services for fiscal year 1995 increased or decreased 
        for a fiscal year by the percentage (if any) by which the 
        average Consumer Price Index for the preceding fiscal year 
        exceeds the average Consumer Price Index for fiscal year 1995. 
        For purposes of this subparagraph, the term `Consumer Price 
        Index' means the Consumer Price Index for all-urban consumers 
        published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of 
        Labor.''.

SEC. 4. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    (a)(1)(A) Title I of the Department of the Interior and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994 is amended by striking out the third 
proviso under the heading ``administrative provisions'' which is under 
the heading ``National Park Service'' (related to recovery of costs 
associated with special use permits).
    (B) For those recreational activities for which a fee was charged 
prior to September 30, 1995, under the provision of law amended by 
subparagraph (A), the Secretary may continue to charge and retain such 
fees until such park is able to receive reimbursement under section 4 
of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended by this 
Act.
    (2) Section 3 of the Act entitled ``An Act to establish a National 
Park Service, and for other purposes'', approved August 25, 1916 (16 
U.S.C. 3), is amended--
            (A) by inserting ``(a)'' after ``3.''; and
            (B) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) The Secretary shall publish regulations governing commercial 
or nonrecreational special uses of units of the National Park System 
for which a fee is not authorized to be charged under section 4 of the 
Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l-6), 
including (but not limited to) such activities as filming, special 
athletic or sporting events, weddings, cultural events and festivals. 
After adoption of such regulations, the Secretary may retain an amount 
equal to the direct administrative costs associated with issuing any 
permits and managing such activities (including, but not limited to, 
personnel costs, clean up costs, and other special services) for which 
such permit is issued. Such amounts retained shall be credited to the 
appropriation current at the time, and may only be spent for activities 
directly in support of the purposes for which the permit was issued. 
Such amounts retained are authorized to remain available until 
expended.''.
    (b) The following Public Laws are amended as follows:
            (1) Section 5(e) of Public Law 87-657 (16 U.S.C. 459c-
        5(e)), as amended, is hereby repealed.
            (2) Section 3(b) of Public Law 87-750 (16 U.S.C. 398e(b)) 
        is hereby repealed.
            (3) Section 4(e) of Public Law 92-589 (16 U.S.C. 460bb-3), 
        as amended, is further amended by striking the first sentence.
            (4) Section 6(j) of Public Law 95-348 (92 Stat. 493) is 
        hereby repealed.
            (5) Section 207 of Public Law 96-199 (94 Stat. 77) is 
        hereby repealed.
            (6) Section 106 of Public Law 96-287 (94 Stat. 600) is 
        amended by striking the last sentence.
            (7) Section 204 of Public Law 96-287 (94 Stat. 601) is 
        amended by striking the last sentence.
            (8) Section 5 of Public Law 96-428 (94 Stat. 1842) is 
        hereby repealed.
            (9) Public Law 100-55 (101 Stat. 371) is hereby repealed.
            (10) Section 203 of the Alaska National Interest Lands 
        Conservation Act shall not apply with respect to charging an 
        admission fee at Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska.

SEC. 5. SAVINGS PROVISION RELATING TO AREAS ADMINISTERED BY THE UNITED 
              STATES ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS.

    Areas at civil works projects administered by the United States 
Army Corps of Engineers shall be subject to section 4 of the Land and 
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as in effect immediately before 
the enactment of this Act, in lieu of being subject to the amendments 
made by this Act.