[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 614 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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115th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 614
To require the Secretary of the Interior to establish a pilot program
for commercial recreation concessions on certain land managed by the
Bureau of Land Management.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 13, 2017
Mr. Flake (for himself and Mr. McCain) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources
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A BILL
To require the Secretary of the Interior to establish a pilot program
for commercial recreation concessions on certain land managed by the
Bureau of Land Management.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``RPPA Commercial Recreation
Concessions Pilot Program Act''.
SEC. 2. COMMERCIAL RECREATION CONCESSIONS PILOT PROGRAM.
The Act of June 14, 1926 (commonly known as the ``Recreation and
Public Purposes Act'') (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.), is amended by adding at
the end the following:
``SEC. 7. COMMERCIAL RECREATION CONCESSIONS PILOT PROGRAM.
``(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act
(including regulations), not later than 90 days after the date of
enactment of this section, the Secretary shall establish a pilot
program to authorize commercial recreation concessions on land patented
or leased under this Act.
``(b) Concessions Agreements.--
``(1) In general.--In carrying out the pilot program
established under subsection (a), the Secretary shall enter
into not more than 10 agreements with parties to whom the land
described in subsection (a) has been patented or leased for the
establishment of commercial recreation concessions on the land
covered by the agreement.
``(2) Term.--
``(A) In general.--An agreement entered into under
paragraph (1) shall be for a period that is consistent
with the period of time required to amortize the
capital investment made under the agreement but in any
case not longer than 20 years.
``(B) Extension.--On a finding of satisfactory
performance, the Secretary may extend the term of an
agreement for 1 additional period equal in length to
the initial term.
``(3) Third-party agreements.--
``(A) In general.--A party to an agreement entered
into under paragraph (1) may enter into agreements with
third parties for the establishment of commercial
recreation concessions pursuant to the agreement
entered into under paragraph (1).
``(B) Term.--An agreement entered into under
subparagraph (A) shall not be for a period that is
longer than the term of the agreement entered into
under paragraph (1).
``(c) Use of Funds.--A party to an agreement entered into under
subsection (b)(1) shall not be required to use revenue collected
pursuant to the commercial recreation concessions on the land covered
by the agreement.
``(d) Authorized Activities.--For the term of an agreement entered
into under subsection (b)(1), with respect to land covered by the
agreement, any activity defined as permissible under parts 2920 and
2930 of title 43, Code of Federal Regulations, shall be permissible.
``(e) Effect.--The establishment of commercial recreation
concessions under subsection (b) shall not be considered to be a change
in use for purposes of this Act.''.
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