Federal Lands: Views on Reform of Recreation Concessioners (Testimony,
07/25/95, GAO/T-RCED-95-250).

This testimony summarizes GAO's work on federal policy governing the
recreation concessioners and provides GAO's views on four bills pending
before Congress. Federal agencies' concessions policies and practices
are based on at least 11 different laws and, as a result, vary
considerably.  GAO concludes that more competition is needed in awarding
concessions contracts and that the federal government needs to obtain a
better return from concessioners for the use of its lands, including
obtaining fair market value for the fees it charges ski operators.  GAO
supports the changes proposed by the four bills to current concessions
policies and practices.

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 REPORTNUM:  T-RCED-95-250
     TITLE:  Federal Lands: Views on Reform of Recreation Concessioners
      DATE:  07/25/95
   SUBJECT:  Public lands
             Use taxes
             Fees
             National recreation areas
             National forests
             Federal property management
             Concessions contracts
             Fair market value
             Proposed legislation
             Land use agreements
IDENTIFIER:  Forest Service Graduated Rate Fee System
             
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