[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2502 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2502

  To amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to allow 
national park units that cannot charge an entrance or admission fee to 
                     retain other fees and charges.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 18, 1997

Mr. Duncan (for himself and Mr. Jenkins) introduced the following bill; 
            which was referred to the Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to allow 
national park units that cannot charge an entrance or admission fee to 
                     retain other fees and charges.

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

SECTION 1. AMENDMENT OF LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND ACT OF 1965.

    Section 4(i)(1)(B) of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 
1965 (16 U.S.C. 4601-6a(i)(1)(B)) is amended by inserting the following 
after the second sentence: ``Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), in any 
fiscal year, the Secretary of the Interior shall also withhold from the 
special account 100 percent of the fees and charges collected in 
connection with any unit of the national park system at which entrance 
or admission fees cannot be collected by reason of deed restrictions, 
and the amounts so withheld shall be retained by the Secretary and 
shall be available, without further appropriation, for expenditure by 
the Secretary for purpose of such park system unit.''.
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