PUBLIC LAW 108–7—FEB. 20, 2003
117 STAT. 295
(A) is developed on National Forest System lands by a nonprofit organization or governmental entity; (B) provides a valuable service to the public by using such lands as a setting 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; and (C) does not have as its primary purpose raising revenue through commercial activities. (2) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 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 7(20) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 705(20)). (4) The term ‘‘children at risk’’ means children who are raised in poverty or in single-parent homes or are subject to such circumstances as parental drug abuse, homelessness, 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 controlling interest in the partnership or limited liability company; and (C) for an individual, the sale or transfer or an organizational camp subject to this Act to another party. SEC. 503. FEES FOR OCCUPANCY AND USE OF NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LANDS AND FACILITIES BY ORGANIZATIONAL CAMPS.
16 USC 6232.
(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
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