RECREATION USER FEES.

SEC. 10002. RECREATION USER FEES. (a) In General.— (1) The first sentence of section 4(b) of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 4601–6a(b)) is amended by striking out “toilet facilities, picnic tables, or boat ramps” and all that follows down through the end of the sentence and inserting in lieu thereof: “or toilet facilities, nor shall there be any such charge solely for the use of picnic tables: Provided, That in no event shall there be a charge for the use of any camp-ground not having a majority of the following: tent or trailer spaces, picnic tables, drinking water, access road, refuse containers, toilet facilities, personal collection of the fee by an employee or agent of the Federal agency operating the facility, reasonable visitor protection, and simple devices for containing a campfire (where campfires are permitted). For the purposes of this subsection, the term ‘specialized outdoor recreation sites’ includes, but is not limited to, campgrounds, swimming sites, boat launch facilities, and managed parking lots.”. (2) Section 4(b) of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 4601–6a(b)) is amended by striking the second sentence. (b) Costs of Collection.— Section 4(i)(1) of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 4601–6a(i)) is amended by inserting “(A)” after “(1)” and by adding the following at the end of paragraph (1): “(B) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), in any fiscal year, the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior may withhold from the special account established under subparagraph (A) such portion of all receipts collected from fees imposed under this section in such fiscal year as the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior, as appropriate, determines to be equal to the fee collection costs for that fiscal year: Provided, That such costs shall not exceed 15 percent of all receipts collected from fees imposed under this section in that fiscal year. The amounts so withheld shall be retained by the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior, as appropriate, and shall be available, without further appropriation, for expenditure by the Secretary concerned to cover fee collection costs in that fiscal year. The Secretary concerned shall deposit into the special account established pursuant to subparagraph (A) any amounts so retained which remain unexpended and unobligated at the end of the fiscal year. For the purposes of this subparagraph, for any fiscal year, the 107 STAT. 404term ‘fee collection costs’ means those costs for personnel and infrastructure directly associated with the collection of fees imposed under this section.”. (c) Commercial Tour Use Fees.— Section 4 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 4601–6a) is amended by adding the following new subsection at the end thereof: “(n) (1) In the case of each unit of the National Park System for which an admission fee is charged under this section, the Secretary of the Interior shall establish, by October 1, 1993, a commercial tour use fee to be imposed on each vehicle entering the unit for the purpose of providing commercial tour services within the unit. Fee revenue derived from such commercial tour use fees shall be deposited into the special account established under subsection (i). “(2) The Secretary shall establish the amount of fee per entry as follows: “(A) $25 per vehicle with a passenger capacity of 25 persons or less, and “(B) $50 per vehicle with a passenger capacity of more than 25 persons. “(3) The Secretary may periodically make reasonable adjustments to the commercial tour use fee imposed under this subsection. “(4) The commercial tour use fee imposed under this subsection shall not apply to either of the following: “(A) Any vehicle transporting organized school groups or outings conducted for educational purposes by schools or other bona fide educational institutions. “(B) Any vehicle entering a park system unit pursuant to a contract issued under the Act of October 9, 1965 (16 U.S.C. 20–20g) entitled ‘An Act relating to the establishment of concession policies in the areas administered by the National Park Service and for other purposes.’. “(5) (A) The provisions of this subsection shall apply to aircraft entering the airspace of units of the National Park System identified in section 2(b) and section 3 of Public Law 100–91 for the specific purpose of providing commercial tour services within the airspace of such units. “(B) The provisions of this subsection shall also apply to aircraft entering the airspace of other units of the National Park System for the specific purpose of providing commercial tour services if the Secretary determines that the level of such services is equal to or greater than the level at those units of the National Park System specified in subparagraph (A).”. (d) Non-Federal Golden Eagle Passport Sales.— Section 4(a)(1)(A) of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 4601–6a(a)(1)(A)) is amended by inserting “(i)” after “(A)” and by adding at the end thereof the following new clause: “(ii) The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture may authorize businesses, nonprofit entities, and other organizations to sell and collect fees for the Golden Eagle Passport subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretaries may jointly prescribe. The Secretaries shall develop detailed guidelines for promotional advertising of non-Federal Golden Eagle Passport sales and shall monitor compliance with such guidelines. The Secretaries may authorize the sellers to withhold amounts up to, but not exceeding 8 percent of the gross fees collected from the sale of such passports as reimbursement for actual expenses of the sales. 107 STAT. 405Receipts from such non-Federal sales of the Golden Eagle Passport shall be deposited into the special account established in subsection (i), to be allocated between the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture in the same ratio as receipts from admission into Federal fee areas administered by the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to subsection (a).”. (e) Conforming Amendment.— Section 4(a)(1)(A) of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 4601–6a(a)(1)(A)) is amended by striking the third sentence in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof “The annual permit shall be valid for a period of 12 months from the date the annual fee is paid.”.