Title 54 — National Park Service and Related ProgramsRelease 119-73

§101921 Multiple contracts within a System unit

Title 54 › Subtitle Subtitle I— - National Park System › Chapter CHAPTER 1019— - CONCESSIONS AND COMMERCIAL USE AUTHORIZATIONS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - COMMERCIAL VISITOR SERVICES › § 101921

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

If more than one concession contract is given for the same kinds of outfitting, guiding, river running, or similar services at about the same place, the Secretary must set a comparable franchise-fee plan for those contracts. The Secretary must not change or reopen the terms of an existing contract just because a new contract was awarded at that location.

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Title 54, §101921

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If multiple concession contracts are awarded to authorize concessioners to provide the same or similar outfitting, guiding, river running, or other similar services at the same approximate location or resource within a System unit, the Secretary shall establish a comparable franchise fee structure for those contracts or similar contracts, except that the terms and conditions of any existing concession contract shall not be subject to modification or open to renegotiation by the Secretary because of an award of a new contract at the same approximate location or resource.

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Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 10192116 U.S.C. 5960.Pub. L. 105–391, title IV, § 411, Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3514.

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54 U.S.C. § 101921

Title 54 — National Park Service and Related Programs

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73