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§6810 Volunteers

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 87— - FEDERAL LANDS RECREATION ENHANCEMENT › § 6810

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The agency in charge can use volunteers to collect recreation fees and sell recreation passes. For their work, volunteers can get a waived or reduced entrance fee, a waived or reduced standard or expanded amenity recreation fee, or a site-specific agency pass under section 6804(c). Under the rules in section 6804(a)(7), the agencies can give a National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass to volunteers who do significant service. A regional multientity pass under section 6804(d) can also be given for significant service if the pass agreement allows issuing passes to volunteers.

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Title 16, §6810

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(a)The Secretary may use volunteers, as appropriate, to collect recreation fees and sell recreation passes.
(b)In exchange for volunteer services, the Secretary may waive or discount an entrance fee, standard amenity recreation fee, or an expanded amenity recreation fee that would otherwise apply to the volunteer or issue to the volunteer a site-specific agency pass authorized under section 6804(c) of this title.
(c)In accordance with the guidelines issued under section 6804(a)(7) of this title, the Secretaries may issue a National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass to a volunteer in exchange for significant volunteer services performed by the volunteer.
(d)The Secretary may issue a regional multientity pass authorized under section 6804(d) of this title to a volunteer in exchange for significant volunteer services performed by the volunteer, if the regional multientity pass agreement under which the regional multientity pass was established provides for the issuance of the pass to volunteers.

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section 6804 of this title, referred to in subsecs. (b) to (d), 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.

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16 U.S.C. § 6810

Title 16Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73