PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

The Treasury must create a special account for each Federal land management agency. Money those agencies collect under this law goes into their account and can be spent without needing another act of Congress until it is used. At least 80% of recreation fees and site-specific pass money collected at a park or area must stay and be spent at that same place. The Secretary can lower that share for a year if the money is more than needed, but not below 60%. Any remaining fee money can be used across the agency. Other fee income is used under the Secretary’s rules. Money from the national pass goes into agency accounts under the Secretary’s guidelines, and regional pass money is split according to the regional pass agreement.

Title 16, §6806

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(a)Special account

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

(b)Deposits

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)Distribution of recreation fees and single-site agency pass revenues

(1)Local distribution of funds

(A)Retention of revenues

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)Reduction

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)Agency-wide distribution of funds

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

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)Distribution of National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass revenues

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)Distribution of regional multientity pass revenues

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

Short Title

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