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16 U.S.C. § 8547 — Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management temporary special recreation permits for outfitting and guiding

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16 U.S.C. § 8547 — Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management temporary special recreation permits for outfitting and guiding

**(a) In general** Not later than 180 days after January 4, 2025, the Secretary concerned shall establish and implement a program to authorize the issuance of temporary special recreation permits for new or additional recreational uses of Federal recreational land and water managed by the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management. **(b) Term of temporary permits** A temporary special recreation permit issued under paragraph (1) 11 So in original. Probably should be “subsection (a)”. shall be issued for a period of not more than 2 years. **(c) Conversion to long-term permit** If the Secretary concerned determines that a permittee under paragraph (1) 1 has completed 2 years of satisfactory operation under the permit proposed to be converted, the Secretary may provide for the conversion of a temporary special recreation permit issued under paragraph (1) 1 to a long-term special recreation permit. **(d) Effect** Nothing in this subsection 22 So in original. Probably should be “this section”. alters or affects the authority of the Secretary to issue a special recreation permit under subsection (h)(1) of [section 6802 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section6802&num=0&edition=prelim) (as amended by this title).

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**(a) In general** Not later than 180 days after January 4, 2025, the Secretary concerned shall establish and implement a program to authorize the issuance of temporary special recreation permits for new or additional recreational uses of Federal recreational land and water managed by the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management. **(b) Term of temporary permits** A temporary special recreation permit issued under paragraph (1) 11 So in original. Probably should be “subsection (a)”. shall be issued for a period of not more than 2 years. **(c) Conversion to long-term permit** If the Secretary concerned determines that a permittee under paragraph (1) 1 has completed 2 years of satisfactory operation under the permit proposed to be converted, the Secretary may provide for the conversion of a temporary special recreation permit issued under paragraph (1) 1 to a long-term special recreation permit. **(d) Effect** Nothing in this subsection 22 So in original. Probably should be “this section”. alters or affects the authority of the Secretary to issue a special recreation permit under subsection (h)(1) of [section 6802 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section6802&num=0&edition=prelim) (as amended by this title).

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16 U.S.C. § 6802 — Recreation fee authority

**(a) Authority of Secretary** Beginning in fiscal year 2005 and thereafter, the Secretary may establish, modify, charge, and collect recreation fees at Federal recreational lands and waters as provided for in this section. **(b) Basis for recreation fees** Recreation fees shall be established in a manner consistent with the following criteria: (1) The amount of the recreation fee shall be commensurate with the benefits and services provided to the visitor. (2) The Secretary shall consider the aggregate effect of recreation fees on recreation users and recreation service providers. (3) The Secretary shall consider comparable fees charged elsewhere and by other public agencies and by nearby private sector operators. (4) The Secretary shall consider the public policy or management objectives served by the recreation fee. (5) The Secretary shall obtain input from the appropriate Recreation Resource Advisory Committee, as provided in [section 6803(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section6803/d&num=0&edition=prelim). (6) The Secretary shall consider such other factors or criteria as determined appropriate by the Secretary. **(c) Special considerations** The Secretary shall establish the minimum number of recreation fees and shall avoid the collection of multiple or layered recreation fees for similar uses, activities, or programs. **(d) Limitations on recreation fees** (1) **Prohibition on fees for certain activities or services** — The Secretary shall not charge any standard amenity recreation fee or expanded amenity recreation fee for Federal recreational lands and waters administered by the Bureau of Land Management, the Forest Service, or the Bureau of Reclamation under this chapter for any of the following:

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16 U.S.C. § 8547 — Untitled legal text

Page 2731 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION § 8203 (E) 1 shall be a representative of the Asso- ciation of Fish and Wildlife Agencies; (F) 4 shall be representatives of State agencies, 1 of whom shall be nominated by a regional association of fish and wildlife agencies from each of the Northeast, South- east, Midwest, and Western regions of the United States; (G) 2 shall be representatives of Indian Tribes, of whom— (i) 1 shall be a representative of Indian Tribes in the State of Alaska; and (ii) 1 shall be a representative of Indian Tribes in States other than the State of Alaska; (H) 2 shall be representatives of— (i) the Regional Fishery Management Councils established by section 1852(a)(1) of this title; or (ii) the Marine Fisheries Commissions; (I) 1 shall be a representative of the Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council; (J) 7 shall be representatives selected from at least one from each of the following: (i) the recreational sportfishing indus- try; (ii) the commercial fishing industry; (iii) marine recreational anglers; (iv) freshwater recreational anglers; (v) habitat conservation organizations; and (vi) science-based fishery organizations; (K) 1 shall be a representative of a na- tional private landowner organization; (L) 1 shall be a representative of an agri- cultural production organization; (M) 1 shall be a representative of local gov- ernment interests involved in fish habitat restoration; (N) 2 shall be representatives from dif- ferent sectors of corporate industries, which may include— (i) natural resource commodity inter- ests, such as petroleum or mineral extrac- tion; (ii) natural resource user industries; and (iii) industries with an interest in fish and fish habitat conservation; and (O) 1 shall be an individual in a lead

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