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[S. 1333 Reported in Senate (RS)]






                                                       Calendar No. 550
105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1333

                          [Report No. 105-311]

  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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 29, 1997

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

             September 8 (legislative day, August 31), 1998

              Reported by Mr. Murkowski, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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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,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. AMENDMENT OF LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND ACT 
              OF 1965.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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:</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(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.''.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. USE OF CERTAIN RECREATIONAL FEES.

    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.--
                            ``(i) Withholding of amounts.--
                        Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), section 
                        315(c) of section 101(c) of the Omnibus 
                        Consolidated Recessions and Appropriations Act 
                        of 1996 (16 U.S.C. 460l-6a note; Public Law 
                        104-134), or section 107 of the Department of 
                        the Interior and Related Agencies 
                        Appropriations Act, 1998 (16 U.S.C. 460l-6a 
                        note; Public Law 105-83), 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.
                            ``(ii) Use of Amounts.--Amounts withheld 
                        under clause (i) shall be retained by the 
                        Secretary and shall be available, without 
                        further Act of appropriation, for expenditure 
                        by the Secretary for the unit with respect to 
                        which the amounts were collected for the 
                        purposes of enhancing the quality of the 
                        visitor experience, protection of resources, 
                        repair and maintenance, interpretation, 
                        signage, habitat or facility enhancement, 
                        resource preservation, annual operation 
                        (including fee collection), maintenance, and 
                        law enforcement.''
                                     





                                                       Calendar No. 550

105th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 1333

                          [Report No. 105-311]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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.

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             September 8 (legislative day, August 31), 1998

                       Reported with an amendment