# 119-s-472: Ski Hill Resources for Economic Development Act

119-s-472, Ski Hill Resources for Economic Development Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] (R-WY); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-10).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-472
- Congress: 119
- Title: Ski Hill Resources for Economic Development Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-02-06
- Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] (R-WY)
- Cosponsors: 13
- Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-10

## Summary

**Keeps most ski-area permit rental fees local to fund ski-area management and nearby recreation.** It would create a Ski Area Fee Retention Account in the Treasury to hold ski-area rental charges and allow the Forest Service to spend them without further appropriation. - Local National Forest units that collect ski-area rental charges would receive 80% of fees collected at that unit for local uses. Seventy-five percent of that local share would go to administration, permit processing, visitor services, fee collection costs, staff training, and planning or reducing wildfire risk near recreation sites while 25% would fund repairs, maintenance, parking, law enforcement, avalanche information, search and rescue, and related visitor access projects. - Twenty percent of deposited fees would be available for use at any unit of the National Forest System for the same recreation and safety activities. The bill lets the Secretary reduce the local percentage to no less than 60% if a covered unit has more fee revenue than reasonable needs, with the excess distributed agency-wide. - Funds in the Ski Area Fee Retention Account would be available without further appropriation and remain available for four fiscal years. The bill prohibits using Account funds for wildfire suppression or land acquisition and preserves Granger-Thye cost-sharing rules for ski areas. *The bill would create a dedicated Treasury account to let the Forest Service retain and spend ski-area permit rental fees directly for ski-area operations and recreation projects.*

## Cosponsors (13)

- Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] (D-CO), 2025-02-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO] (D-CO), 2025-02-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] (D-NH), 2025-02-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] (D-NH), 2025-02-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY] (R-WY), 2025-02-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] (D-NV), 2025-02-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] (D-OR), 2025-02-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] (R-ID), 2025-02-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] (R-ID), 2025-02-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] (R-MT), 2025-02-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Sheehy, Tim [R-MT] (R-MT), 2025-02-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] (D-NM), 2025-03-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Curtis, John R. [R-UT] (R-UT), 2025-04-10T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Definitions and legal safeguards for ski fees: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would define key terms used for the fee retention rules, including "Account," "covered unit," and "Secretary." The bill would preserve the Granger-Thye Act's applicability to ski areas and would not change existing cost-recovery authorities for processing or monitoring permits.…
- Local ski-area fee account and spending: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would create a Ski Area Fee Retention Account in the U.S. Treasury. Ski area permit rental charges would be deposited into the account and be available to the Secretary without further appropriation for four fiscal years starting the first fiscal year after deposit. For money f…

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## Sources
- [119-s-472 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/472)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-472 (as of 2026-09-10).