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16 U.S.C. § 537 — Maintenance and reconstruction by road users; funds for maintenance and reconstruction; availability of deposits until expended, transfer of funds, and refunds
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The Secretary may require the user or users of a road under the control of the Forest Service, including purchasers of Government timber and other products, to maintain such roads in a satisfactory condition commensurate with the particular use requirements of each. Such maintenance to be borne by each user shall be proportionate to total use. The Secretary may also require the user or users of such a road to reconstruct the same when such reconstruction is determined to be necessary to accommodate such use. If such maintenance or reconstruction cannot be so provided or if the Secretary determines that maintenance or reconstruction by a user would not be practical, then the Secretary may require that sufficient funds be deposited by the user to provide his portion of such total maintenance or reconstruction. Deposits made to cover the maintenance or reconstruction of roads are hereby made available until expended to cover the cost to the United States of accomplishing the purpose for which deposited: Provided, That deposits received for work on adjacent and overlapping areas may be combined when it is the most practicable and efficient manner of performing the work, and cost thereof may be determined by estimates: And provided further, That unexpended balances upon accomplishment of the purpose for which deposited shall be transferred to miscellaneous receipts or refunded.
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The Secretary may require the user or users of a road under the control of the Forest Service, including purchasers of Government timber and other products, to maintain such roads in a satisfactory condition commensurate with the particular use requirements of each. Such maintenance to be borne by each user shall be proportionate to total use. The Secretary may also require the user or users of such a road to reconstruct the same when such reconstruction is determined to be necessary to accommodate such use. If such maintenance or reconstruction cannot be so provided or if the Secretary determines that maintenance or reconstruction by a user would not be practical, then the Secretary may require that sufficient funds be deposited by the user to provide his portion of such total maintenance or reconstruction. Deposits made to cover the maintenance or reconstruction of roads are hereby made available until expended to cover the cost to the United States of accomplishing the purpose for which deposited: Provided, That deposits received for work on adjacent and overlapping areas may be combined when it is the most practicable and efficient manner of performing the work, and cost thereof may be determined by estimates: And provided further, That unexpended balances upon accomplishment of the purpose for which deposited shall be transferred to miscellaneous receipts or refunded.
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The Secretary is authorized, under such regulations as he may prescribe, subject to the provisions of sections 532 to 538 of this title, to grant permanent or temporary easements for specified periods or otherwise for road rights-of-way (1) over national forest lands and other lands administered by the Forest Service, and (2) over any other related lands with respect to which the Department of Agriculture has rights under the terms of the grant to it.
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**(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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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 536
of timber made in accordance with applicable
timber sale contract provisions, then an adjust-
ment to the price paid for timber harvested by
the purchaser shall be made. The adjustment
shall be applied by the Secretary as soon as
practicable after any such design change is im-
plemented.
(c) Special election by small business concerns
(1) A notice of sale referred to in subsection (b)
containing specified road construction of $50,000
or more, shall give a purchaser of national for-
est timber or other forest products that quali-
fies as a ‘‘small business concern’’ under the
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.), and
regulations issued thereunder, the option to
elect that the Secretary of Agriculture build the
roads described in the notice. The Secretary
shall provide the small business concern with an
estimate of the cost that would be incurred by
the Secretary to construct the roads on behalf of
the small business concern. The notice of sale
shall also include the date on which the roads
described in the notice will be completed by the
Secretary if the election is made.
(2) If the election referred to in paragraph (1)
is made, the purchaser of the national forest
timber or other forest products shall pay to the
Secretary of Agriculture, in addition to the
price paid for the timber or other forest prod-
ucts, an amount equal to the estimated cost of
the roads which otherwise would be paid by the
purchaser as provided in the notice of sale.
Pending receipt of such amount, the Secretary
may use receipts from the sale of national forest
timber or other forest products and such addi-
tional sums as may be appropriated for the con-
struction of roads, such funds to be available
until expended, to accomp
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