Title 54National Park Service and Related ProgramsRelease 119-73not60

§101921 Multiple Contracts Within a System Unit

Title 54 › Subtitle Subtitle I— National Park System › Chapter 1019— CONCESSIONS AND COMMERCIAL USE AUTHORIZATIONS › Subchapter II— COMMERCIAL VISITOR SERVICES › § 101921

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

If multiple contracts allow outfitting, guiding, river running, or similar services at the same spot in a unit, the Secretary must set similar franchise fees and cannot change existing contracts because of a new award.

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Title 54, §101921

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If multiple concession contracts are awarded to authorize concessioners to provide the same or similar outfitting, guiding, river running, or other similar services at the same approximate location or resource within a System unit, the Secretary shall establish a comparable franchise fee structure for those contracts or similar contracts, except that the terms and conditions of any existing concession contract shall not be subject to modification or open to renegotiation by the Secretary because of an award of a new contract at the same approximate location or resource.

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Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 10192116 U.S.C. 5960.Pub. L. 105–391, title IV, § 411, Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3514.

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54 U.S.C. § 101921

Title 54National Park Service and Related Programs

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60