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    16 USC Sec. 460d-3                                          01/08/2008

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    TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION
    CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
    SUBCHAPTER LXVI - PUBLIC PARK AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AT WATER
           RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS

HEAD

    Sec. 460d-3. Recreational user fees

STATUTE

    (a) Prohibition on admissions fees
      No entrance or admission fees shall be collected after March 31,
    1970, by any officer or employee of the United States at public
    recreation areas located at lakes and reservoirs under the
    jurisdiction of the Corps of Engineers, United States Army.
    (b) Fees for use of developed recreation sites and facilities
      (1) Establishment and collection
        Notwithstanding section 460l-6a(b) (!1) of this title, the
      Secretary of the Army is authorized, subject to paragraphs (2)
      and (3), to establish and collect fees for the use of developed
      recreation sites and facilities, including campsites, swimming
      beaches, and boat launching ramps but excluding a site or
      facility which includes only a boat launch ramp and a courtesy
      dock.
      (2) Exemption of certain facilities
        The Secretary shall not establish or collect fees under this
      subsection for the use or provision of drinking water, wayside
      exhibits, roads, scenic drives, overlook sites, picnic tables,
      toilet facilities, surface water areas, undeveloped or lightly
      developed shoreland, or general visitor information.
      (3) Per vehicle limit
        The fee under this subsection for use of a site or facility
      (other than an overnight camping site or facility or any other
      site or facility at which a fee is charged for use of the site or
      facility as of August 10, 1993) for persons entering the site or
      facility by private, noncommercial vehicle transporting not more
      than 8 persons (including the driver) shall not exceed $3 per day
      per vehicle. Such maximum amount may be adjusted annually by the
      Secretary for changes in the Consumer Price Index of All Urban
      Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the
      Department of Labor.
      (4) Deposit into Treasury account
        All fees collected under this subsection shall be deposited
      into the Treasury account for the Corps of Engineers established
      by section 460l-6a(i) of this title and, subject to the
      availability of appropriations, shall be used for the purposes
      specified in section 460l-6a(i)(3) (!1) of this title at the
      water resources development project at which the fees were
      collected.

SOURCE

    (Pub. L. 90-483, title II, Sec. 210, Aug. 13, 1968, 82 Stat. 746;
    Pub. L. 103-66, title V, Sec. 5001(a), Aug. 10, 1993, 107 Stat.
    378; Pub. L. 104-303, title II, Sec. 208(b)(1), Oct. 12, 1996, 110
    Stat. 3680.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

      Subsections (b) and (i)(3) of section 460l-6a of this title,
    referred to in subsec. (b)(1), (4), were repealed by Pub. L. 108-
    447, div. J, title VIII, Sec. 813(a), Dec. 8, 2004, 118 Stat.
    3390, as amended by Pub. L. 109-54, title I, Sec. 132(a), Aug. 2,
    2005, 119 Stat. 526.

AMENDMENTS

      1996 - Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 104-303 inserted before period at
    end "and, subject to the availability of appropriations, shall be
    used for the purposes specified in section 460l-6a(i)(3) of this
    title at the water resources development project at which the fees
    were collected".
      1993 - Pub. L. 103-66 inserted section catchline, struck out
    second sentence, designated remaining text as subsec. (a) and
    inserted heading, and added subsec. (b). Prior to amendment, second
    sentence read as follows: "User fees at these lakes and reservoirs
    shall be collected by officers and employees of the United States
    only from users of highly developed facilities requiring continuous
    presence of personnel for maintenance and supervision of the
    facilities, and shall not be collected for access to or use of
    water areas, undeveloped or lightly developed shoreland, picnic
    grounds, overlook sites, scenic drives, or boat launching ramps
    where no mechanical or hydraulic equipment is provided."
                       ALTERNATIVE TO ANNUAL PASSES
      Section 208(c) of Pub. L. 104-303, as amended by Pub. L. 106-53,
    title II, Sec. 218, Aug. 17, 1999, 113 Stat. 294, provided that:
      "(1) In general. - The Secretary shall evaluate the feasibility
    of implementing an alternative to the $25 annual pass that the
    Secretary currently offers to users of recreation facilities at
    water resources projects of the Corps of Engineers.
      "(2) Annual pass. - The evaluation under paragraph (1) shall
    include the establishment on a test basis of an annual pass that
    costs $10 or less for the use of recreation facilities, including
    facilities at Raystown Lake, Pennsylvania.
      "(3) Report. - Not later than December 31, 1999, the Secretary
    shall transmit to Congress a report on the results of the
    evaluation carried out under this subsection, together with
    recommendations concerning whether annual passes for individual
    projects should be offered on a nationwide basis.
      "(4) Expiration of authority. - The authority to establish an
    annual pass under paragraph (2) shall expire on the [sic] December
    31, 2003."

FOOTNOTE

    (!1) See References in Text note below.