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16 U.S.C. § 6232 — Fees for occupancy and use of National Forest System lands and facilities by organizational camps
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**(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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**(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 required under subparagraph (A) or (B), the Secretary may not take into consideration the existence of sponsorships or scholarships to assist persons in attending the organizational camp.
(4) **Minimum land use fee** — The Secretary shall charge a minimum land use fee under paragraph (1) that represents, on average, the Secretary’s cost annually to administer an organizational camp special use authorization in the National Forest Region in which the organizational camp is located. Notwithstanding paragraph (3) or subsection (d), the minimum land use fee shall not be subject to a reduction or waiver.
**(b) Facility use fee**
(1) **Percentage of facilities value** — If an organizational camp uses a Government-owned facility on National Forest System lands pursuant to [section 580d of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section580d&num=0&edition=prelim), the Secretary shall charge, in addition to the land use fee imposed under subsection (a), a facility use fee equal to 5 percent of the value of the authorized facilities, as determined by the Secretary.
(2) **Reduction in fees prohibited** — Notwithstanding subsection (d), the facility use fees determined under paragraph (1) shall not be subject to a reduction or waiver.
**(c) Fee related to receipt of other revenues** If an organizational camp derives revenue from the use of National Forest System lands or authorized facilities described in subsection (b) for purposes other than to introduce young people or individuals with a disability to activities that they may not otherwise experience and to educate them on natural resource issues, the Secretary shall charge, in addition to the land use fee imposed under subsection (a) and the facility use fee imposed under subsection (b), an additional fee equal to 5 percent of that revenue.
**(d) Work-in-lieu program** Subject to subsections (a)(4) and (b)(2), [section 539f of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section539f&num=0&edition=prelim) shall apply to the use fees imposed under this section.
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**(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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The Secretary of Agriculture, under such regulations as he may prescribe and at rates and for periods not exceeding thirty years as determined by him, is authorized to permit the use by public and private agencies, corporations, firms, associations, or individuals, of structures or improvements under the administrative control of the Forest Service and land used in connection therewith: Provided, That as all or a part of the consideration for permits issued under this section, the Secretary may require the permittees at their expense to renovate, recondition, improve, and maintain the structures and land to a satisfactory standard.
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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 6232
(C) does not have as its primary purpose
raising revenue through commercial activi-
ties.
(2) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Sec-
retary of Agriculture, acting through the
Chief of the Forest Service.
(3) The term ‘‘individual with a disability’’
has the meaning given the term in section
705(20) of title 29.
(4) The term ‘‘children at risk’’ means chil-
dren who are raised in poverty or in single-
parent homes or are subject to such cir-
cumstances as parental drug abuse, homeless-
ness, or child abuse.
(5) The term ‘‘change in control’’ means—
(A) for a corporation, the sale or transfer
of a controlling interest in the corporation;
(B) for a partnership or limited liability
company, the sale or transfer of a control-
ling interest in the partnership or limited li-
ability company; and
(C) for an individual, the sale or transfer
or an organizational camp subject to this
chapter to another party.
(Pub. L. 108–7, div. F, title V, § 502, Feb. 20, 2003,
117 Stat. 294.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
This chapter, referred to in subsecs. (b) and (c), was
in the original ‘‘this Act’’, which was translated as
reading ‘‘this title’’, meaning title V of div. F of Pub.
L. 108–7, known as the National Forest Organizational
Camp Fee Improvement Act of 2003, to reflect the prob-
able intent of Congress.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
SHORT TITLE
Pub. L. 108–7, div. F, title V, § 501, Feb. 20, 2003, 117
Stat. 294, provided that: ‘‘This title [enacting this chap-
ter] may be cited as the ‘National Forest Organiza-
tional Camp Fee Improvement Act of 2003’.’’
§ 6232. Fees for occupancy and use of National
Forest System lands and facilities by organi-
zational camps
(a) Land use fee
(1) Percentage of land v
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