[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 786 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 786

      To terminate the participation of the Forest Service in the 
                Recreational Fee Demonstration Program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 23, 1999

  Mrs. Bono (for herself, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Cook, Mrs. Emerson, and Mr. 
   DeFazio) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
      Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on 
Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
 in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
      To terminate the participation of the Forest Service in the 
                Recreational Fee Demonstration Program.

    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 ``Forest Tax Relief Act''.

SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF RECREATIONAL FEE DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM FOR THE 
              FOREST SERVICE.

    (a) Termination.--On and after the effective date of this section, 
the Secretary of Agriculture may not impose or collect any fee under 
the authority of the Recreational Fee Demonstration Program authorized 
by section 315 of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1996 (section 101(c) of Public Law 104-134; 16 
U.S.C. 460l-6a note). Amounts collected before that date shall continue 
to be used by the Secretary in the manner provided in that section.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 315 of the Department of the 
Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (section 101(c) 
of Public Law 104-134; 16 U.S.C. 460l-6a note), is amended as follows:
            (1) In subsection (a), by striking ``and the Secretary of 
        Agriculture (acting through the Forest Service) shall each'' 
        and inserting ``shall''.
            (2) In subsection (b), by striking ``appropriate 
        Secretary'' and inserting ``Secretary''.
            (2) In subsection (e), by striking ``and the Secretary of 
        Agriculture''.
    (c) Effective Date.--This section and the amendments made by this 
section shall take effect 10 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.
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