[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1333 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1333

  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.


_______________________________________________________________________


                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 29, 1997

   Mr. Frist introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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) of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 
(16 U.S.C. 460l-6a(i)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
                    ``(C) Units at which entrance fees or admissions 
                fees cannot be collected.--Notwithstanding subparagraph 
                (A), in any fiscal year, 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. 
                Amounts so withheld shall be retained by the Secretary 
                and shall be available, without further appropriation, 
                for expenditure by the Secretary for purposes of that 
                unit.''.
                                 <all>