Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-110
§6812 Repeal of Superseded Admission and Use Fee Authorities
Title 16 › CHAPTER 87 — FEDERAL LANDS RECREATION ENHANCEMENT › § 6812
Summary
Cancels many old park and recreation fee laws and passport programs and moves leftover money into the new accounts created by this law. Parts of the Land and Water Conservation Fund fee rules are repealed, the 1996 recreational fee demonstration program is repealed, and the rule about refuge admission permits is repealed. Laws that set up a national park passport program and the sale of Golden Eagle, Golden Age, and Golden Access passports are also ended when the Federal Register notice required under section 6804(a)(3) is published. The Secretary of the Interior may keep issuing Golden Eagle, Golden Age, and Golden Access passports until that Federal Register notice appears. Any unspent money in the old special accounts is moved into the new special accounts and made available under this chapter. Money in the Land and Water Conservation Fund accounts for federal land management agencies that was unspent on December 8, 2004, is moved to the new accounts. Passport money unspent the day before the Federal Register notice goes into the National Park Service special account and can pay leftover admin, marketing, or close-out costs. Unspent recreation demonstration and refuge-permit funds as of the specified dates are moved to the appropriate special accounts. Old regulations made under the repealed laws stay in effect if they match the new rules until the Secretary issues replacements.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §6812
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(a)Land and Water Conservation Fund Act
Subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), and (i) (except for paragraph (1)(C)) of section 4 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 are repealed, except that the Secretary may continue to issue Golden Eagle Passports, Golden Age Passports, and Golden Access Passports under such section until the date the notice required by section 6804(a)(3) of this title is published in the Federal Register regarding the establishment of the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass.
(b)Recreational fee demonstration program
section 315 1 of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (as contained in section 101(c) of Public Law 104–134), is repealed.
(c)Admission permits for refuge units
section 3911 of this title is repealed.
(d)National park passport, Golden Eagle Passport, Golden Age Passport, and Golden Access Passport
Effective on the date the notice required by section 6804(a)(3) of this title is published in the Federal Register, the following provisions of law authorizing the establishment of a national park passport program or the establishment and sale of a national park passport, Golden Eagle Passport, Golden Age Passport, or Golden Access Passport are repealed:
(1)section 502 1 of the National Parks Omnibus Management Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–391).
(2)Title VI 1 of the National Parks Omnibus Management Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–391).
(e)Treatment of unobligated funds
(1)Land and water conservation fund special accounts
Amounts in the special accounts established under section 4(i)(1) 1 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 for Federal land management agencies that are unobligated on December 8, 2004, shall be transferred to the appropriate special account established under section 6806 of this title and shall be available to the Secretary in accordance with this chapter. A special account established under section 4(i)(1) 1 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 for a Federal agency that is not a Federal land management area, and the use of such special account, is not affected by the repeal of section 4 1 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 by subsection (a) of this section.
(2)National parks passport
Any funds collected under title VI 1 of the National Parks Omnibus Management Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–391) that are unobligated on the day before the publication of the Federal Register notice required under section 6804(a)(3) of this title shall be transferred to the special account of the National Park Service for use in accordance with this chapter. The Secretary of the Interior may use amounts available in that special account to pay any outstanding administration, marketing, or close-out costs associated with the national parks passport.
(3)Recreational fee demonstration program
Any funds collected in accordance with section 315 1 of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (as contained in section 101(c) of Public Law 104–134), that are unobligated on the day before December 8, 2004, shall be transferred to the appropriate special account and shall be available to the Secretary in accordance with this chapter.
(4)Admission permits for refuge units
Any funds collected in accordance with section 3911 of this title that are available as provided in subsection (c)(A) of such section and are unobligated on the day before December 8, 2004, shall be transferred to the special account of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service for use in accordance with this chapter.
(f)Effect of regulations
A regulation or policy issued under a provision of law repealed by this section shall remain in effect to the extent such a regulation or policy is consistent with the provisions of this chapter until the Secretary issues a regulation, guideline, or policy under this chapter that supersedes the earlier regulation.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
References in Text
section 4 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (e)(1), was section 4 of Pub. L. 88–578, title I, as added by Pub. L. 92–347, § 2, July 11, 1972, 86 Stat. 459, which was classified to former section 460l–6a of this title. Subsecs. (a) to (g) and (i) (except par. (1)(C)) of section 4 were repealed by subsec. (a) of this section. Subsec. (h) of section 4 was previously repealed by Pub. L. 104–66, title I, § 1081(f), Dec. 21, 1995, 109 Stat. 721. Subsecs. (i)(1)(C) and (j) to (n) of section 4 were repealed and restated as section 100904 of Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs, by Pub. L. 113–287, §§ 3, 7, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3094, 3272. The date the notice required by section 6804(a)(3) of this title is published in the Federal Register, referred to in subsecs. (a), (d), and (e)(2), is Dec. 19, 2006. See 71 F.R. 75935. section 6804 and 6806 of this title, referred to in subsecs. (a), (d), and (e)(1), (2), were in the original references to section 5 and 7, respectively, and were translated as meaning section 805 and 807, respectively, of title VIII of div. J of Pub. L. 108–447, to reflect the probable intent of Congress. section 315 of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996, referred to in subsecs. (b) and (e)(3), is Pub. L. 104–134, title I, § 101(c) [title III, § 315], Apr. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 1321–156, 1321–200, which was set out as a note under former section 460l–6a of this title, prior to repeal by subsec. (b) of this section. The National Parks Omnibus Management Act of 1998, referred to in subsecs. (d) and (e)(2), is Pub. L. 105–391, Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3497. section 502 of the Act was classified to section 5982 of this title, and title VI of the Act was classified generally to subchapter V (§ 5991 et seq.) of chapter 79 of this title, prior to repeal by subsec. (d) of this section. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. This chapter, referred to in subsecs. (e) and (f), 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.
Amendments
2014—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 113–287, § 5(d)(37)(A), which directed amendment of “subsection (A)” by striking out “(16 U.S.C. 460l–6a et seq.)”, was executed by striking out that language after “1965” in subsec. (a) to reflect the probable intent of Congress. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 113–287, § 5(d)(37)(B), struck out “; 16 U.S.C. 460l–6a” after “Public Law 104–134”. Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 113–287, § 5(d)(37)(C)(i), which directed amendment of subsec. (c)(1) by striking out “; 16 U.S.C. 5982”, was executed by striking out that language after “(Public Law 105–391” in subsec. (d)(1), to reflect the probable intent of Congress. Subsec. (d)(2). Pub. L. 113–287, § 5(d)(37)(C)(ii), which directed amendment of subsec. (c)(2) by striking out “; 16 U.S.C. 5991–5995”, was executed by striking out that language after “(Public Law 105–391” in subsec. (d)(2), to reflect the probable intent of Congress. Subsec. (e)(1). Pub. L. 113–287, § 5(d)(37)(D)(i), struck out “(16 U.S.C. 460l–6a(i)(1))” after “accounts established under section 4(i)(1) of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965”. Subsec. (e)(2). Pub. L. 113–287, § 5(d)(37)(D)(ii), struck out “; 16 U.S.C. 5991–5995” after “(Public Law 105–391”. Subsec. (e)(3). Pub. L. 113–287, § 5(d)(37)(D)(iii), struck out “; 16 U.S.C. 460l–6a” after “Public Law 104–134”. 2005—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 109–54 inserted “(except for paragraph (1)(C))” after “and (i)”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 2005 Amendment Pub. L. 109–54, title I, § 132(d), Aug. 2, 2005, 119 Stat. 526, provided that: “This section [amending this section and former section 460l–6a of this title and enacting provisions set out as a note under section 100904 of Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs] and the
Amendments
made by this section take effect as of December 8, 2004.”
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16 U.S.C. § 6812
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Sep 23, 2026
Release point: 119-110