Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-110

§8521 Increasing Youth Recreation Visits to Federal Land

Title 16 › CHAPTER 103 — EXPANDING PUBLIC LANDS OUTDOOR RECREATION EXPERIENCES › SUBCHAPTER II — ACCESS AMERICA › Part C — Youth Access › § 8521

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretaries must work together and, by January 4, 2027, publish a plan to get more young people to visit and use Federal recreational lands and waters. The plan must focus on underserved youth, set goals and measurable targets for more youth visits, and list the expected costs to reach those goals. The plan must not favor commercial providers over noncommercial ones when the activities are similar. The Secretaries must update the plan within 5 years after it is first published and then every 5 years after that. They may use contracts or cost-share agreements, including agreements to buy vehicles, to carry out the plan.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §8521

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(a)Strategy

Not later than 2 years after January 4, 2025, the Secretaries, acting jointly, shall develop and make public a strategy to increase the number of youth recreation visits to Federal recreational lands and waters.

(b)Requirements

A strategy developed under subsection (a)—

(1)shall—

(A)emphasize increased recreation opportunities on Federal recreational lands and waters for underserved youth;

(B)establish objectives and quantifiable targets for increasing youth recreation visits; and

(C)provide the anticipated costs to achieve the objectives and meet the targets established under subparagraph (B); and

(2)shall not establish any preference between similar recreation facilitated by noncommercial or commercial entities.

(c)Update to strategy

Not later than 5 years after the date of the publication of the strategy required under subsection (a), and every 5 years thereafter, the Secretaries shall update the strategy and make public the update.

(d)Agreements

The Secretaries may enter into contracts or cost-share agreements (including contracts or agreements for the acquisition of vehicles) to carry out this section.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 8521

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110