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PUBLIC LAW 92-347-JULY 11, 1972
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Public Law 92-347 AN ACT To amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act to restore the Golden Eagle Passport Program, and for other purposes.
July 11, 1972 [S.1893]
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Golden Eagle United States of America in Congress assembled, Thsit subsection Passport Program. 1(b) of the Act of July 15, 1968 (82 Stat. 354) is hereby repealed. Restoration. 16 SEC. 2. The Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (78 note. u s e 460Z-5 Stat. 897), as amended (16 U.S.C. 4601), is further amended by 16 USC 460M inserting the following new section and renumbering subsequent sec- note. tions accordingly: ADMISSIOX AND SPECIAL RECREATION USE FEES: ESTABLISHMENT AND REGULATIONS
4. (a) ADMISSION FEES.—Entrance or admission fees shall be charged only at designated units of the National Park System administered by the Department of the Interior and National Recreation Areas administered by the Department of Agriculture. No admission fees of any kind shall be charged or imposed for entrance into any other Federally owned areas used for outdoor recreation purposes. "(1) For admission into any such designated area, an annual admission permit (to be known as the 'Golden Eagle Passport') shall be available, for a fee of not more than $10. Any person purchasing the annual permit, and any person accompanying him, in a single, private, noncommercial vehicle snail be entitled to general admission into any admission fee area designated pursuant to this section during the calendar year in which the annual fee is paid, but such permit shall not authorize any use of specialized sites, facilities, equipment, or services for which additional fees are charged pursuant to subsection (b) of this section. The annual permit shall be nontransferable and the unlawful use thereof shall be punishable in accordance with regulations established pursuant to subsection (d). The annual permit shall be available for purchase through the offices of the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture and through all post offices of the first- and second-class and at such others as the Postmaster General shall direct. The Secretary of the Interior shall transfer to the Postal Service from the receipts thereof such funds as are adequate for the reimbursement of the cost of the service so provided. "(2) Reasonable admission fees for a single visit at any designated area shall be established by the administering Secretary for persons who choose not to purchase the annual permit or who enter such an area by means other than by private, noncommercial vehicle. "(3) No admission fee shall be charged for travel by private, noncommercial vehicle over any national parkway or any road or highway established as a part of the National Federal Aid System, as defined in section 101, title 23, United States Code, which is commonly used by the public as a means of travel between two places either or both of which are outside the area. Nor shall any fee be charged for travel by private, noncommercial vehicle over any road or highway to any land in which such person has any property right if such land is within any such designated area. I n the Smoky Mountains National Park, unless fees are charged for entrance into said park on main highways and thoroughfares, fees shall not be charged for entrance on other routes into said park or any part thereof. " (4) The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall establish procedures providing for the issuance of an annual entrance permit (to be known as the 'Golden Age Passport') to any "SEC.
"Golden Eagle Passport."
Postal Service, reimbursement. Single-visit fees.
Fee-free travel areas. 72 Stat. 885.
Smoky Mountains National Park.
"Golden Age Passport."
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