[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2297 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2297

To provide for the distribution of certain publications in units of the 
 National Park System under a sales agreement between the Secretary of 
                 the Interior and a private contractor.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 14, 1998

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for the distribution of certain publications in units of the 
 National Park System under a sales agreement between the Secretary of 
                 the Interior and a private contractor.

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

SECTION 1. DISTRIBUTION OF COMMERCIAL INFORMATIONAL PUBLICATIONS IN THE 
              NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM.

    (a) Definitions.--
            (1) Commercial informational publication.--
                    (A) In general.--In this section, the term 
                ``commercial informational publication'' means a guide, 
                directory, periodical, or other publication that--
                            (i) is produced by a private person and is 
                        intended by the person to be distributed to 
                        visitors to a unit of the National Park System;
                            (ii) consists primarily of information 
                        regarding any unit or units of the National 
                        Park System; and
                            (iii) contains advertising.
                    (B) Exclusion.--The term ``commercial information 
                publication'' does not include a publication that is 
                produced and distributed by a cooperating association 
                or other friends-of-the-park group recognized by the 
                Secretary.
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National 
        Park Service.
    (b) Prohibition.--It shall be unlawful for any person to distribute 
a commercial informational publication in a unit of the National Park 
System except in accordance with a sales agreement under subsection 
(c).
    (c) Sales Agreements.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall enter into 1 sales 
        agreement with a private person under which the private person 
        shall be authorized to distribute commercial informational 
        publications in all of the units of the National Park System.
            (2) Provisions.--A sales agreement shall provide for--
                    (A) participation by the Secretary, in cooperation 
                with the contractor, in the preparation of editorial 
                content and the distribution of commercial 
                informational publications; and
                    (B) payment by the contractor of a portion of the 
                advertising revenue and publication sales revenue.
            (3) Qualification.--A contractor selected for a sales 
        agreement shall be a person that demonstrates experience in 
        providing service to the United States Government, experience 
        in United States Government-related publications, and success 
        in generating advertising revenue to be shared with the 
        National Park Service.
    (d) Use of Proceeds.--Amounts paid by a contractor under subsection 
(c)(2)(B) shall be deposited in a separate account in the Treasury of 
the United States and shall be available to the Secretary, without 
further Act of appropriation, for use in the unit of the National Park 
System in which the proceeds were generated.
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