54 U.S.C. § 101919 — National Park Service Concessions Management Advisory Board

(a) Establishment and Purpose. There is a National Park Service^* Concessions Management Advisory Board^*. Its purpose is to advise the Secretary^* and the Service on matters related to managing concessions across the System^*.

(b) Duties. (1) The Advisory Board must advise on: policies and procedures making sure concessioner-provided services and facilities are necessary and appropriate, meet acceptable standards at reasonable rates while minimizing impact on the unit's resources and values, and give concessioners a reasonable chance to profit; and ways to make the Service's concession programs and procedures more cost-effective, more efficient, less burdensome, and faster. (2) The Board must also make recommendations to the Secretary about: having the Service contract with private companies for parts of concession management; making the review and approval of concessioner rates more efficient, less burdensome, and faster; what kinds of products count as Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian handicrafts under this subchapter; and how concession fees should be allocated. (3) The Board must give an annual report on its activities to the House Committee on Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

(c) Advisory Board Membership. The Secretary appoints Board members on a staggered schedule, for terms of no more than 4 years, and members serve at the Secretary's pleasure. The Board has no more than 7 members, all U.S. citizens who are not federal employees and who don't work for, or have a financial interest in, a Service concession. Among the 7 seats: one member must work privately in the hospitality industry with broad knowledge of hotel or food-service management and experience in park and recreation concessions; one must work privately in tourism; one must work privately in accounting; one must work privately in the outfitting and guide industry; one must be a state government employee with park-concession expertise; one must be active in promoting traditional arts and crafts; and one must be active in a nonprofit conservation organization involved in parks and recreation.

(d) Service on Advisory Board. Serving on the Board does not count as federal employment for purposes of conflict-of-interest laws or other restrictions on compensation involving claims or matters against the United States. It also doesn't count as service in an appointed or elected federal position under section 8344 of title 5 or similar laws.

(e) Termination. The Advisory Board's authorization ended on December 31, 2009. Apart from that end date, the Board is otherwise governed by chapter 10 of title 5.