Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-110
§6813 Relation to Other Laws and Fee Collection Authorities
Title 16 › CHAPTER 87 — FEDERAL LANDS RECREATION ENHANCEMENT › § 6813
Summary
Makes clear that fees and fee agreements under this chapter do not create federal hunting or fishing licenses or fees for non-recreation uses. They do not change state authority over fish and wildlife. They also do not cancel or change laws that let States share revenue from Federal lands or laws that require certain fees to be used for specific purposes. Money collected under this chapter, and any fee-management agreement with a government entity, cannot be counted for a long list of federal revenue-sharing and allocation laws (for example, the Weeks Act, the Mineral Leasing Act, the Federal Water Project Recreation Act, the Secure Rural Schools Act, and several other listed statutes). Money from other laws cannot be spent under this chapter. Recreation fees under this chapter replace same-purpose fees under other laws. Third parties may still charge visitors for goods or services under other rules. Duck Stamp (Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp) revenues are excluded.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §6813
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(a)Federal and State laws unaffected
Nothing in this chapter shall authorize Federal hunting or fishing licenses or fees or charges for commercial or other activities not related to recreation, affect any rights or authority of the States with respect to fish and wildlife, or repeal or modify any provision of law that permits States or political subdivisions of States to share in the revenues from Federal lands or, except as provided in subsection (b), any provision of law that provides that any fees or charges collected at particular Federal areas be used for or credited to specific purposes or special funds as authorized by that provision of law.
(b)Relation to revenue allocation laws
Amounts collected under this chapter, and the existence of a fee management agreement with a governmental entity under section 6805(a) of this title, may not be taken into account for the purposes of any of the following laws:
(1)The sixth paragraph under the heading “Forest service” in the Act of May 23, 1908 (16 U.S.C. 500).
(2)section 13 of the Act of March 1, 1911 (16 U.S.C. 500; commonly known as the Weeks Act).
(3)The fourteenth paragraph under the heading “Forest service” in the Act of March 4, 1913 (16 U.S.C. 501).
(5)Title II of the Act of August 8, 1937, and the Act of May 24, 1939 (43 U.S.C. 1181f et seq.) .
(7)Chapter 69 of title 31.
(8)section 715s of this title.
(9)The Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–393; 16 U.S.C. 500 note),1 except that the exception made for such Act by this subsection is unique and is not intended to be construed as precedent for amounts collected from the use of Federal lands under any other provision of law.
(11)The Federal Water Project Recreation Act (16 U.S.C. 460l–12 et seq.).
(13)The Act of February 25, 1920 (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.; commonly known as the Mineral Leasing Act).
(14)section 4(e) of the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–263; 31 U.S.C. 6901 note) 1.
(15)section 5(a) of the Lincoln County Land Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–298; 114 Stat. 1047).
(16)Any other provision of law relating to revenue allocation.
(c)Consideration of other funds collected
Amounts collected under any other law may not be disbursed under this chapter.
(d)Sole recreation fee authority
Recreation fees charged under this chapter shall be in lieu of fees charged for the same purposes under any other provision of law.
(e)Fees charged by third parties
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a third party may charge a fee for providing a good or service to a visitor of a unit or area of the Federal land management agencies in accordance with any other applicable law or regulation.
(f)Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act
Revenues from the stamp established under the Act of March 16, 1934 (16 U.S.C. 718 et seq.; commonly known as the Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act or Duck Stamp Act), shall not be covered by this chapter.
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This chapter, referred to in text, 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
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note set out under section 6801 of this title and Tables. section 6805 of this title, referred to in subsec. (b), was in the original a reference to section 6, and was translated as meaning section 806 of title VIII of div. J of Pub. L. 108–447, to reflect the probable intent of Congress. The Act of
August 8, 1937, referred to in subsec. (b)(5), probably means act Aug. 28, 1937, ch. 876, 50 Stat. 874. Title II of the Act enacted section 2605 of Title 43, Public Lands, repealed section 1174 of Title 43, and enacted provisions set out as a note under section 2601 of Title 43. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. The Act of
May 24, 1939, referred to in subsec. (b)(5), is act
May 24, 1939, ch. 144, 53 Stat. 753, was formerly classified to sections 1181f–1 to 1181f–4 of Title 43, Public Lands, and provisions set out as a note under section 1181f–1 of Title 43 prior to editorial reclassification, and is now classified generally to subchapter II (§ 2621 et seq.) of chapter 44 of Title 43. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. The Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000, referred to in subsec. (b)(9), is Pub. L. 106–393, Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1607. Sections 1 to 3 and titles I to IV of the Act were set out as notes under section 500 of this title prior to the repeal and reenactment of sections 1 to 403 of the Act by Pub. L. 110–343, div. C, title VI, § 601(a), Oct. 3, 2008, 122 Stat. 3893–3910. The new sections 1 to 403 of the Act are classified generally to chapter 90 (§ 7101 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
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note set out under section 7101 of this title and Tables. The Federal Water Project Recreation Act, referred to in subsec. (b)(11), is Pub. L. 89–72, July 9, 1965, 79 Stat. 213, which is classified principally to part C (§ 460l–12 et seq.) of subchapter LXIX of chapter 1 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
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note set out under section 460l–12 of this title and Tables. The Act of February 25, 1920, referred to in subsec. (b)(13), is act Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, 41 Stat. 437, known as the Mineral Leasing Act, which is classified generally to chapter 3A (§ 181 et seq.) of Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
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note set out under section 181 of Title 30 and Tables. section 4(e) of the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act of 1998, referred to in subsec. (b)(14), is section 4(e) of Pub. L. 105–263, Oct. 19, 1998, 112 Stat. 2345, which is not classified to the Code. section 5(a) of the Lincoln County Land Act of 2000, referred to in subsec. (b)(15), is section 5(a) of Pub. L. 106–298, Oct. 13, 2000, 114 Stat. 1047, which is not classified to the Code. The Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act, referred to in subsec. (f), subsequently renamed the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act, is act Mar. 16, 1934, ch. 71, 48 Stat. 451, which is classified generally to subchapter IV (§ 718 et seq.) of chapter 7 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
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note set out under section 718 of this title and Tables.
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16 U.S.C. § 6813
Title 16, Conservation
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Sep 23, 2026
Release point: 119-110