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16 U.S.C. § 6810 — Volunteers

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16 U.S.C. § 6810 — Volunteers

**(a) Authority to use volunteers** The Secretary may use volunteers, as appropriate, to collect recreation fees and sell recreation passes. **(b) Waiver or discount of fees; site-specific agency pass** In exchange for volunteer services, the Secretary may waive or discount an entrance fee, standard amenity recreation fee, or an expanded amenity recreation fee that would otherwise apply to the volunteer or issue to the volunteer a site-specific agency pass authorized under [section 6804(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section6804/c&num=0&edition=prelim). **(c) National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass** In accordance with the guidelines issued under [section 6804(a)(7) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section6804/a/7&num=0&edition=prelim), the Secretaries may issue a National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass to a volunteer in exchange for significant volunteer services performed by the volunteer. **(d) Regional multientity passes** The Secretary may issue a regional multientity pass authorized under [section 6804(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section6804/d&num=0&edition=prelim) to a volunteer in exchange for significant volunteer services performed by the volunteer, if the regional multientity pass agreement under which the regional multientity pass was established provides for the issuance of the pass to volunteers.

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**(a) Authority to use volunteers** The Secretary may use volunteers, as appropriate, to collect recreation fees and sell recreation passes. **(b) Waiver or discount of fees; site-specific agency pass** In exchange for volunteer services, the Secretary may waive or discount an entrance fee, standard amenity recreation fee, or an expanded amenity recreation fee that would otherwise apply to the volunteer or issue to the volunteer a site-specific agency pass authorized under [section 6804(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section6804/c&num=0&edition=prelim). **(c) National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass** In accordance with the guidelines issued under [section 6804(a)(7) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section6804/a/7&num=0&edition=prelim), the Secretaries may issue a National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass to a volunteer in exchange for significant volunteer services performed by the volunteer. **(d) Regional multientity passes** The Secretary may issue a regional multientity pass authorized under [section 6804(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section6804/d&num=0&edition=prelim) to a volunteer in exchange for significant volunteer services performed by the volunteer, if the regional multientity pass agreement under which the regional multientity pass was established provides for the issuance of the pass to volunteers.

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16 U.S.C. § 6804 — Recreation passes

**(a) America the Beautiful—the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass** (1) **Availability and use** — The Secretaries shall establish, and may charge a fee for, an interagency national pass to be known as the “America the Beautiful—the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass”, which shall cover the entrance fee and standard amenity recreation fee for all Federal recreational lands and waters for which an entrance fee or a standard amenity recreation fee is charged. (2) **Image competition for recreation pass** — The Secretaries shall hold an annual competition to select the image to be used on the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass for a year. The competition shall be open to the public and used as a means to educate the American people about Federal recreational lands and waters. (3) **Notice of establishment** — The Secretaries shall publish a notice in the Federal Register when the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass is first established and available for purchase. (4) **Duration** — The National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass shall be valid for a period of 12 months from the date of the issuance of the recreation pass to a passholder, except in the case of the age discount and lifetime passes issued under subsection (b). (5) **Price** — The Secretaries shall establish the price at which the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass will be sold to the public. (6) **Sales locations and marketing** (A) *In general* — The Secretaries shall sell or otherwise make available the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass— (i) at all Federal recreational lands and waters at which— (I) an entrance fee or a standard amenity recreation fee is charged; and (II) such

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16 U.S.C. § 6810 — Volunteers

Page 2657 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION § 6812 1 See References in Text note below. shall be applied by substituting ‘October 1, 2025’ for ‘September 30, 2019’.’’ Similar provisions were contained in the following prior appropriation acts: Pub. L. 117–328, div. G, title IV, § 421, Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 4826. Pub. L. 117–103, div. G, title IV, § 421, Mar. 15, 2022, 136 Stat. 415. Pub. L. 116–260, div. G, title IV, § 423, Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 1541. Pub. L. 116–94, div. D, title IV, § 425, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 2748. Pub. L. 116–6, div. E, title IV, § 427, Feb. 15, 2019, 133 Stat. 264. § 6810. Volunteers (a) Authority to use volunteers The Secretary may use volunteers, as appro- priate, to collect recreation fees and sell recre- ation passes. (b) Waiver or discount of fees; site-specific agen- cy pass In exchange for volunteer services, the Sec- retary may waive or discount an entrance fee, standard amenity recreation fee, or an expanded amenity recreation fee that would otherwise apply to the volunteer or issue to the volunteer a site-specific agency pass authorized under sec- tion 6804(c) of this title. (c) National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass In accordance with the guidelines issued under section 6804(a)(7) of this title, the Secretaries may issue a National Parks and Federal Rec- reational Lands Pass to a volunteer in exchange for significant volunteer services performed by the volunteer. (d) Regional multientity passes The Secretary may issue a regional multi- entity pass authorized under section 6804(d) of this title to a volunteer in exchange for signifi- cant volunteer services performed by the volun- teer, if the regional multientity pass agreement under which the regional multientity pass was established provides

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