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16 U.S.C. § 539f — Nonprofit organization user of national forest lands

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16 U.S.C. § 539f — Nonprofit organization user of national forest lands

**(a) Permits for organization camps; waiver of charges; performance of services; loss of entitlement** Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Agriculture is directed to waive annually without charge all or a portion of payment or rental fees required under terms of a permit for use of certain lands of the National Forest System as organization camps by local units of the Boy Scouts of America or such other nonprofit organization when such local units of the Boy Scouts of America or such nonprofit organization are willing to perform services, as the Secretary prescribes and determines will yield a valuable benefit to the public and to the program of the Secretary of such lands. If the Secretary determines that a local unit of the Boy Scouts of America or such other nonprofit organization has not fully performed such services, such organization shall not be entitled in the subsequent year to waiver under the provisions of this section. **(b) “Other nonprofit organization” defined** The term “other nonprofit organization” shall mean (1) a nonprofit organization holding an exemption under [section 501(c) of title 26](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title26-section501/c&num=0&edition=prelim); and (2) a nonprofit association or nonprofit corporation, which is not controlled or owned by profitmaking corporations or business enterprises, and which is engaged in public or semipublic activity to further public health, safety, or welfare.

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16 U.S.C. § 6232 — Fees for occupancy and use of National Forest System lands and facilities by organizational camps

**(a) Land use fee** (1) **Percentage of land value** — The Secretary shall charge an annual land use fee for each organizational camp for its occupancy and use of National Forest System lands equal to 5 percent of the product of the following: (A) The total number of acres of National Forest System lands authorized for the organizational camp. (B) The estimated per-acre market value of land and buildings in the county where the camp is located, as reported in the most recent Census of Agriculture conducted by the National Agricultural Statistics Service. (2) **Annual adjustment** — The land use fee determined under paragraph (1) for an organizational camp shall be adjusted annually by the annual compounded rate of change between the two most recent Censuses of Agriculture. (3) **Reduction in fees** (A) *Type of participants* — The Secretary shall reduce the land use fee determined under paragraph (1) proportionate to the number of individuals with a disability and children at risk who annually attend the organizational camp. (B) *Type of programs* — After making the reduction required by subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall reduce the remaining land use fee amount by up to 60 percent, proportionate to the number of persons who annually attend the organizational camp who participate in youth programs through organized and supervised social, citizenship, character-building, or faith-based activities oriented to outdoor-recreation experiences. (C) *Relation to minimum fee* — The reductions made under this paragraph may not reduce the land use fee for an organizational camp below the minimum land use fee required to be charged under paragraph (4). (D) *Special considerations* — For purposes of determining the amount of the land use fee reduction requi

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16 U.S.C. § 539f — Nonprofit organization user of national

Page 972 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION § 539e 1 So in original. The comma probably should be a semicolon. 2 So in original. Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 101–626, § 102, added subsec. (d) and struck out former subsec. (d) which read as follows: ‘‘The provisions of this section shall apply notwith- standing the provisions of section 6(k) of the National Forest Management Act of 1976 (90 Stat. 2949).’’ Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 101–626, § 103(a), added subsec. (e). Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 101–626, § 105(b), added subsec. (f). Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries SHORT TITLE OF 1990 AMENDMENT Pub. L. 101–626, § 1(a), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4426, pro- vided that: ‘‘This Act [amending this section and sec- tions 472a and 539e of this title, enacting provisions listed in a table of Wilderness Areas set out under sec- tion 1132 of this title, and enacting provisions set out as notes under this section and section 539e of this title] may be cited as the ‘Tongass Timber Reform Act’.’’ STUDY CONTAINING RECOMMENDATIONS ON NEED TO STANDARDIZE RIPARIAN MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN TONGASS NATIONAL FOREST Pub. L. 101–626, title I, § 103(b), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4427, directed the Secretary of Agriculture, no later than one year after Nov. 28, 1990, to prepare and trans- mit to Congress a study containing recommendations on the need, if any, to standardize riparian manage- ment practices for Federal, State, and private lands within the Tongass National Forest. APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS BY PUB. L. 101–626 TO CERTAIN LONG-TERM TIMBER SALE CONTRACTS Pub. L. 101–626, title I, § 105(c), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4428, provided that: ‘‘The provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section [amending this section and sec- tion 472a of this title] shall not apply to the purchase of ti

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