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[H.R. 560 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.560

                     One Hundred Fifteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
          the third day of January, two thousand and seventeen


                                 An Act


 
To amend the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Improvement Act 
       to provide access to certain vehicles serving residents of 
 municipalities adjacent to the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation 
                      Area, 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. VEHICULAR ACCESS AND FEES.
    Section 4 of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area 
Improvement Act (Public Law 109-156) is amended to read as follows:
``SEC. 4. USE OF CERTAIN ROADS WITHIN THE RECREATION AREA.
    ``(a) In General.--Except as otherwise provided in this section, 
Highway 209, a federally owned road within the boundaries of the 
Recreation Area, shall be closed to all commercial vehicles.
    ``(b) Exception for Local Business Use.--Until September 30, 2021, 
subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to the use of commercial 
vehicles that have four or fewer axles and are--
        ``(1) owned and operated by a business physically located in--
            ``(A) the Recreation Area; or
            ``(B) one or more adjacent municipalities; or
        ``(2) necessary to provide services to businesses or persons 
    located in--
            ``(A) the Recreation Area; or
            ``(B) one of more adjacent municipalities.
    ``(c) Fee.--The Secretary shall establish a fee and permit program 
for the use by commercial vehicles of Highway 209 under subsection (b). 
The program shall include an annual fee not to exceed $200 per vehicle. 
All fees received under the program shall be set aside in a special 
account and be available, without further appropriation, to the 
Secretary for the administration and enforcement of the program, 
including registering vehicles, issuing permits and vehicle 
identification stickers, and personnel costs.
    ``(d) Exceptions.--The following vehicles may use Highway 209 and 
shall not be subject to a fee or permit requirement under subsection 
(c):
        ``(1) Local school buses.
        ``(2) Fire, ambulance, and other safety and emergency vehicles.
        ``(3) Commercial vehicles using Federal Road Route 209, from--
            ``(A) Milford to the Delaware River Bridge leading to U.S. 
        Route 206 in New Jersey; and
            ``(B) mile 0 of Federal Road Route 209 to Pennsylvania 
        State Route 2001.''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
    Section 2 of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area 
Improvement Act (Public Law 109-156) is amended--
        (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (5) as paragraphs 
    (2) through (6), respectively; and
        (2) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as so redesignated by 
    paragraph (1) of this section) the following:
        ``(1) Adjacent municipalities.--The term `adjacent 
    municipalities' means Delaware Township, Dingman Township, Lehman 
    Township, Matamoras Borough, Middle Smithfield Township, Milford 
    Borough, Milford Township, Smithfield Township and Westfall 
    Township, in Pennsylvania.''.
SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENT.
    Section 702 of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 
1996 (Public Law 104-333) is repealed.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.