[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3223 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3223

To direct the Army Corps of Engineers to allow certain entities to use 
   a portion of collected recreational user fees for administrative 
     expenses and for the operations, maintenance, development of 
      recreational facilities or management of natural resources.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 14, 2011

   Ms. Foxx introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Army Corps of Engineers to allow certain entities to use 
   a portion of collected recreational user fees for administrative 
     expenses and for the operations, maintenance, development of 
      recreational facilities or management of natural resources.

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

SECTION 1. COLLECTION AND USE OF RECREATIONAL USER FEES BY COOPERATING 
              ASSOCIATIONS.

    (a) Section 225(b) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 
(33 U.S.C. 2328(b)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``operation and management of recreation 
        facilities and natural resources'' and inserting ``operation, 
        maintenance, development, or construction of recreation 
        facilities and management of natural resources''; and
            (2) by adding after the period, the following: ``Pursuant 
        to such an agreement, the Secretary may also permit the entity 
        to (1) collect fees, on its own behalf or on behalf of the Army 
        Corps of Engineers, including entrance fees and user fees for 
        the use of recreation sites and facilities, whether developed 
        or constructed by the entity or by the Corps of Engineers; (2) 
        to retain up to 50 percent of the fees collected to pay the 
        entity's administrative costs, whether incurred on or off the 
        premises where such fees were collected; and (3) to reinvest 
        the balance of the fees, subject to the approval of the Corps 
        of Engineers, for the operation, maintenance, development or 
        construction of recreation facilities or the management of 
        natural resources on any project lands at the lake or reservoir 
        where such fees were collected, including project lands beyond 
        the geographic scope of the agreement entered into under this 
        section or lease entered into under section 4 of the Act of 
        December 22, 1944 (16 U.S.C. section 460d).''.
    (b) Section 210(b) of Public Law 90-483 (16 U.S.C. section 460d-3) 
is amended--
            (1) In paragraph (4), by striking ``All'', and inserting 
        the following: ``Except as provided in paragraph (5), all''; 
        and
            (2) Adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) A local interest or not for profit entity that has 
        been granted a lease under section 4 of the Act of December 22, 
        1944 (16 U.S.C. 460d) of lands at a public recreation area 
        located at a lake or reservoir under the jurisdiction of the 
        Army Corps of Engineers, and that has entered into an agreement 
        with the Corps of Engineers under section 225 of the Water 
        Resources Development Act of 1992 (33 U.S.C. 2328(b)) to 
        collect fees and reinvest at least 50 percent of the fees 
        collected, subject to the approval of the Corps of Engineers, 
        for operation, maintenance, development, or construction of 
        recreation facilities and management of natural resources on 
        any project lands at the lake or reservoir where such fees were 
        collected, may retain up to 50 percent of the fees collected to 
        pay administrative costs incurred by the local interest, 
        whether incurred on or off the premises where such fees were 
        collected.''.
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