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<meta><dc:title>114 HR 4665 ENR: To require the Secretary of Commerce to conduct an assessment and analysis of the outdoor recreation economy of the United States, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
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<preface><dc:type>H. R.</dc:type><docNumber>4665</docNumber>

<congress style="-uslm-lc:I665502" value="114">One Hundred Fourteenth Congress of the United States of America</congress><session style="-uslm-lc:I665503" value="2">A T T  H  E S  E  C  O  N  D S  E  S  S  I  O  N</session>
<enrolledDateline style="-uslm-lc:I665504">Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday, the fourth day of January, two thousand and sixteen</enrolledDateline>
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<docTitle class="centered fontsize18" style="-uslm-lc:I665505">An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle class="centered fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I665511">To require the Secretary of Commerce to conduct an assessment and analysis of the outdoor recreation economy of the United States, and for other purposes.<?GPOvSpace 08?></officialTitle>
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<enactingFormula style="-uslm-lc:I650120">  Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa­tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</enactingFormula>
<section id="d56417e62" identifier="/us/bill/114/hr/4665/s1" style="-uslm-lc:I650146"><num value="1">SECTION 1. </num><heading>SHORT TITLE.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I650120">  This Act may be cited as the “<shortTitle role="act">Outdoor Recreation Jobs and Economic Impact Act of 2016</shortTitle>”.</content></section>
<section id="d56417e72" identifier="/us/bill/114/hr/4665/s2" style="-uslm-lc:I650141"><num value="2">SEC. 2. </num><heading>ASSESSMENT AND ANALYSIS OF OUTDOOR RECREATION ECONOMY OF THE UNITED STATES.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d56417e76" identifier="/us/bill/114/hr/4665/s2/a" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Assessment and Analysis</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary of Commerce shall enter into a joint memorandum with the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to conduct, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Economic Analysis, an assessment and analysis of the outdoor recreation economy of the United States and the effects attributable to such economy on the overall economy of the United States.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d56417e84" identifier="/us/bill/114/hr/4665/s2/b" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Considerations</inline>.—</heading><content>In conducting the assessment required by subsection (a), the Secretary of Commerce may consider employment, sales, and contributions to travel and tourism, and such other contributing components of the outdoor recreation economy of the United States as the Secretary considers appropriate.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d56417e92" identifier="/us/bill/114/hr/4665/s2/c" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Consultation</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In carrying out the assessment required by subsection (a), the Secretary of Commerce shall consult with—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d56417e100" identifier="/us/bill/114/hr/4665/s2/c/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>the heads of such agencies and offices of the Federal Government as the Secretary considers appropriate, including the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of the Interior, the Federal Recreation Council, the Director of the Bureau of the Census, and the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d56417e104" identifier="/us/bill/114/hr/4665/s2/c/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>representatives of businesses, including small business concerns, that engage in commerce in the outdoor recreation economy of the United States.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d56417e108" identifier="/us/bill/114/hr/4665/s2/d" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Report</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d56417e115" identifier="/us/bill/114/hr/4665/s2/d/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the findings of the Secretary with respect to the assessment conducted under subsection (a).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d56417e123" identifier="/us/bill/114/hr/4665/s2/d/2" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Appropriate committees of congress</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In this subsection, the term “<term>appropriate committees of Congress</term>” means—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d56417e131" identifier="/us/bill/114/hr/4665/s2/d/2/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d56417e135" identifier="/us/bill/114/hr/4665/s2/d/2/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d56417e139" identifier="/us/bill/114/hr/4665/s2/d/2/C" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d56417e143" identifier="/us/bill/114/hr/4665/s2/d/2/D" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d56417e147" identifier="/us/bill/114/hr/4665/s2/d/2/E" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">(E) </num><content>the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d56417e151" identifier="/us/bill/114/hr/4665/s2/d/2/F" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">(F) </num><content>the Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d56417e155" identifier="/us/bill/114/hr/4665/s2/e" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Small Business Concern Defined</inline>.—</heading><content>In this section, the term “<term>small business concern</term>” has the meaning given such term under section 3 of the Small Business Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s632">15 U.S.C. 632</ref>).</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d56417e167" identifier="/us/bill/114/hr/4665/s2/f" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">No Additional Funds Authorized</inline>.—</heading><content>No additional funds are authorized to carry out the requirements of this Act. Such requirements shall be carried out using amounts otherwise authorized.</content></subsection></section>
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<signature><role style="-uslm-lc:I650114">Speaker of the House of Representatives.</role></signature>
<signature><role style="-uslm-lc:I650114">Vice President of the United States and  President of the Senate.</role></signature>
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