[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4665 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4665

   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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 2, 2016

  Mr. Beyer (for himself, Mr. Reichert, Mr. Welch, and Mrs. McMorris 
   Rodgers) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
   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.

    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 ``Outdoor Recreation's Economic 
Contributions Act of 2016'' or the ``Outdoor REC Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. ASSESSMENT AND ANALYSIS OF OUTDOOR RECREATION ECONOMY OF THE 
              UNITED STATES.

    (a) Assessment and Analysis.--The Secretary of Commerce, acting 
through the Director of the Bureau of Economic Analysis, shall conduct 
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.
    (b) Considerations.--In conducting the assessment under subsection 
(a), the Secretary 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.
    (c) Consultation.--In conducting the assessment under subsection 
(a), the Secretary shall consult with the following:
            (1) 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 Director of the Bureau of the Census, and the Commissioner 
        of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
            (2) Representatives of businesses, including small business 
        concerns, that engage in commerce in the outdoor recreation 
        economy of the United States.
    (d) Report.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than December 31, 2016, 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).
            (2) Appropriate committees of congress.--In this 
        subsection, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' 
        includes the following:
                    (A) The Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
                Transportation, the Committee on Environment and Public 
                Works, the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, 
                and the Committee on Small Business and 
                Entrepreneurship of the Senate.
                    (B) The Committee on Energy and Commerce and the 
                Committee on Small Business of the House of 
                Representatives.
    (e) Small Business Concern Defined.--In this section, the term 
``small business concern'' has the meaning given such term under 
section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632).
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