16 U.S.C. § 6806 — Special account and distribution of fees

Page 2655 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION § 6807 (1) With any governmental or nongovern- mental entity, including those in a gateway community, for the purpose of obtaining fee collection and processing services, including visitor reservation services. (2) With any governmental or nongovern- mental entity, including those in a gateway community, for the purpose of obtaining emer- gency medical services. (3) With any governmental entity, including those in a gateway community, to obtain law enforcement services. (b) Revenue sharing A State or legal subdivision of a State that en- ters into an agreement with the Secretary under subsection (a) may share in a percentage of the revenues collected at the site in accordance with that fee management agreement. (c) County proposals The Secretary shall consider any proposal sub- mitted by a county to provide services described in subsection (a). If the Secretary decides not to enter into a fee management agreement with the county under subsection (a), the Secretary shall notify the county in writing of the deci- sion, identifying the reasons for the decision. The fee management agreement may include co- operative site planning and management provi- sions. (Pub. L. 108–447, div. J, title VIII, § 806, Dec. 8, 2004, 118 Stat. 3387.) § 6806. Special account and distribution of fees and revenues (a) Special account The Secretary of the Treasury shall establish a special account in the Treasury for each Fed- eral land management agency. (b) Deposits Subject to subsections (c), (d), and (e), reve- nues collected by each Federal land manage- ment agency under this chapter shall— (1) be deposited in its special account; and (2) remain available for expenditure, without further appropriation, until expended. (c) Distribution of recreation fees and single-site agency pass revenues (1) Local distribution of funds (A) Retention of revenues Not less than 80 percent of the recreation fees and site-specific agency pass revenues collected at a specific unit or area of a Fed- eral land management agency shall remain available for expenditure, without further appropriation, until expended at that unit or area. (B) Reduction The Secretary may reduce the percentage allocation otherwise applicable under sub- paragraph (A) to a unit or area of a Federal land management agency, but not below 60 percent, for a fiscal year if the Secretary de- termines that the revenues collected at the unit or area exceed the reasonable needs of the unit or area for which expenditures may be made for that fiscal year. (2) Agency-wide distribution of funds The balance of the recreation fees and site- specific agency pass revenues collected at a specific unit or area of a Federal land manage- ment and not distributed in accordance with paragraph (1) shall remain available to that Federal land management agency for expendi- ture on an agency-wide basis, without further appropriation, until expended. (3) Other amounts Other amounts collected at other locations, including recreation fees collected by other entities or for a reservation service, shall re- main available, without further appropriation, until expended in accordance with guidelines established by the Secretary. (d) Distribution of National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass revenues Revenues collected from the sale of the Na- tional Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass shall be deposited in the special accounts established for the Federal land management agencies in accordance with the guidelines issued under section 6804(a)(7) of this title. (e) Distribution of regional multientity pass rev- enues Revenues collected from the sale of a regional multientity pass authorized under section 6804(d) of this title shall be deposited in each participating Federal land management agen- cy’s special account in accordance with the terms of the region multientity pass agreement for the regional multientity pass. (Pub. L. 108–447, div. J, title VIII, § 807, Dec. 8, 2004, 118 Stat. 3388.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT This chapter, referred to in subsec. (b), was in the original ‘‘this Act’’, and was translated as reading ‘‘this title’’, meaning title VIII of div. J of Pub. L. 108–447, Dec. 8, 2004, 118 Stat. 3377, known as the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act, to reflect the probable intent of Congress. For complete classification of title VIII to the Code, see Short Title note set out under sec- tion 6801 of this title and Tables. Section 6804 of this title, referred to in subsecs. (d) and (e), was in the original a reference to section 5, and was translated as meaning section 805 of title VIII of div. J of Pub. L. 108–447, to reflect the probable intent of Congress. § 6807. Expenditures (a) Use of fees at specific site or area Amounts available for expenditure at a spe- cific site or area— (1) shall be accounted for separately from the amounts collected; (2) may be distributed agency-wide; and (3) shall be used only for— (A) repair, maintenance, and facility en- hancement related directly to visitor enjoy- ment, visitor access, and health and safety; (B) interpretation, visitor information, visitor service, visitor needs assessments, and signs; (C) habitat restoration directly related to wildlife-dependent recreation that is limited