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Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date June 22, 2005
Report Number RS22171
Report Type Report
Authors Carol Hardy Vincent, Resources, Science, and Industry Division
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
Summary:

The Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (in P.L. 108-447) authorizes fivefederal agencies to charge fees at recreation sites through December 8, 2014. It providesfor different kinds of fees, criteria for charging fees, public participation in determiningfees, and the establishment of one national recreation pass. The agencies can use thecollections without further appropriation, and most of the money is for improvementsat the collecting site. This program supersedes, and seeks to improve upon, theRecreational Fee Demonstration Program. Recreation fees continue to be controversial.The agencies have begun implementing the new law, and Congress is overseeingimplementation.