§6806 — Title 16 Conservation | U.S. Code

Summary

The Treasury Department must set up a special account for each federal land management agency. Money that an agency collects under this law goes into its account and can be spent from that account until it is used up, without needing more permission from Congress. At least 80% of recreation fees and site-specific pass sales collected at a particular park or area must stay and be spent at that park or area. The Secretary can cut that share for a year, but not below 60%, if the money is more than the unit needs that year. Any leftover or other fees are available for agency-wide use under the Secretary’s rules. National park pass sales and regional multientity pass revenue go into agency accounts under the written guidelines or agreement.

Title 16, §6806

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(a)The Secretary of the Treasury shall establish a special account in the Treasury for each Federal land management agency.

(b)Subject to subsections (c), (d), and (e), revenues collected by each Federal land management agency under this chapter shall—

(1)be deposited in its special account; and

(2)remain available for expenditure, without further appropriation, until expended.

(c)(1)(A)Not less than 80 percent of the recreation fees and site-specific agency pass revenues collected at a specific unit or area of a Federal land management agency shall remain available for expenditure, without further appropriation, until expended at that unit or area.

(B)The Secretary may reduce the percentage allocation otherwise applicable under subparagraph (A) to a unit or area of a Federal land management agency, but not below 60 percent, for a fiscal year if the Secretary determines that the revenues collected at the unit or area exceed the reasonable needs of the unit or area for which expenditures may be made for that fiscal year.

(2)The balance of the recreation fees and site-specific agency pass revenues collected at a specific unit or area of a Federal land management and not distributed in accordance with paragraph (1) shall remain available to that Federal land management agency for expenditure on an agency-wide basis, without further appropriation, until expended.

(3)Other amounts collected at other locations, including recreation fees collected by other entities or for a reservation service, shall remain available, without further appropriation, until expended in accordance with guidelines established by the Secretary.

(d)Revenues collected from the sale of the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass shall be deposited in the special accounts established for the Federal land management agencies in accordance with the guidelines issued under section 6804(a)(7) of this title.

(e)Revenues collected from the sale of a regional multientity pass authorized under section 6804(d) of this title shall be deposited in each participating Federal land management agency’s special account in accordance with the terms of the region multientity pass agreement for the regional multientity pass.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in subsec. (b), was in the original “this Act”, and was translated as reading “this title”, meaning title VIII of div. J of Pub. L. 108–447, Dec. 8, 2004, 118 Stat. 3377, known as the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act, to reflect the probable intent of Congress. For complete classification of title VIII to the Code, see

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note set out under section 6801 of this title and Tables. section 6804 of this title, referred to in subsecs. (d) and (e), was in the original a reference to section 5, and was translated as meaning section 805 of title VIII of div. J of Pub. L. 108–447, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.

§6806 Special account and distribution of fees and revenues