Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§8550 Savings Provision
Title 16 › CHAPTER 103 — EXPANDING PUBLIC LANDS OUTDOOR RECREATION EXPERIENCES › SUBCHAPTER III — SIMPLIFYING OUTDOOR ACCESS FOR RECREATION › Part A — Modernizing Recreation Permitting › § 8550
Summary
The Secretary of the Interior still has authority to award concession contracts and commercial authorizations at Fish and Wildlife refuges and Park units under subchapter II of chapter 1019 of title 54. Sections 8543(a), 8544, and 8548(a)–(c) also apply to those authorizations.
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Title 16, §8550
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Nothing in this part, or in any amendment made by this part, shall be construed as affecting the authority or responsibility of the Secretary of the Interior to award concessions contracts for the provision of accommodations, facilities, and services, or commercial use authorizations to provide services, to visitors to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service refuges or units of the National Park System pursuant to subchapter II of chapter 1019 of title 54 (formerly known as the “National Park Service Concessions Management Improvement Act of 1998”), except that section 8543(a), 8544, 8548(a), 8548(b), and 8548(c) of this title shall also apply to commercial use authorizations under that Act.
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This part, referred to in text, was in the original “this subtitle” meaning subtitle A (§§ 311–323) of title III of Pub. L. 118–234, Jan. 4, 2025, 138 Stat. 2891, which enacted section 6804a and 8541 to 8550 of this title, amended sections 6801 to 6804, 6807, and 6809 of this title, and repealed section 1703 of Title 43, Public Lands. The National Park Service Concessions Management Improvement Act of 1998, referred to in text, is title IV of Pub. L. 105–391, Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3503. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
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of 1998 Act note set out under section 100101 of Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs, and Tables.
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16 U.S.C. § 8550
Title 16, Conservation
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Aug 21, 2026
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