16 U.S.C. § 6232 — Fees for occupancy and use of National Forest System lands and facilities by organizational camps
submitted 23 years ago by Pub. L. 108-7 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 571 words · no verdicts yet
The Secretary must charge organizational camps land fees based mainly on acres and county market value, with specified reductions and a minimum. Government facilities and other revenue create additional fees, and work-in-lieu rules may apply except to protected minimums.
(a) Land fee. (1) The annual fee is 5% of (A) the authorized acres multiplied by (B) the estimated per-acre market value of land and buildings in the county, from the latest Census of Agriculture by the National Agricultural Statistics Service. (2) The fee is adjusted annually by the compounded annual change between the two latest censuses. (3)(A) The Secretary* must reduce it proportionately for the camp’s annual number of people with disabilities and children at risk*. (B) After that reduction, the Secretary may reduce the remainder by up to 60%, proportionate to people participating in youth programs of organized, supervised social, citizenship, character-building, or faith-based outdoor-recreation activities. (C) Reductions cannot go below paragraph (4)’s minimum. (D) Sponsorships and scholarships cannot be considered in calculating either reduction. (4) The minimum fee represents, on average, the Secretary’s annual cost to administer a camp authorization in its Forest Service region. It cannot be reduced or waived despite paragraph (3) or subsection (d).
(b) Facility fee. (1) If the camp uses a Government-owned facility under section 580d, the Secretary must charge an additional fee of 5% of the authorized facilities’ value as determined by the Secretary. (2) This fee cannot be reduced or waived despite subsection (d).
(c) Other revenue. If the camp earns revenue from the lands or facilities for purposes other than introducing young people or people with disabilities to otherwise unavailable activities and educating them about natural resources, the Secretary must charge an additional fee equal to 5% of that revenue.
(d) Work in lieu. Subject to the protected fees in subsections (a)(4) and (b)(2), section 539f applies to these fees.
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:
The total number of acres of National Forest System lands authorized for the organizational camp.
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.
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.
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.
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 programs through organized and supervised social, citizenship, character-building, or faith-based activities oriented to outdoor-recreation experiences.
The reductions made under this paragraph may not reduce the land use fee for an organizational camp below the minimum land use fee required to be charged under paragraph (4).
For purposes of determining the amount of the land use fee reduction required under subparagraph (A) or (B), the Secretary may not take into consideration the existence of sponsorships or scholarships to assist persons in attending the organizational camp.
The Secretary shall charge a minimum land use fee under paragraph (1) that represents, on average, the Secretary’s cost annually to administer an organizational camp special use authorization in the National Forest Region in which the organizational camp is located. Notwithstanding paragraph (3) or subsection (d), the minimum land use fee shall not be subject to a reduction or waiver.
If an organizational camp uses a Government-owned facility on National Forest System lands pursuant to section 580d of this title, the Secretary shall charge, in addition to the land use fee imposed under subsection (a), a facility use fee equal to 5 percent of the value of the authorized facilities, as determined by the Secretary.
Notwithstanding subsection (d), the facility use fees determined under paragraph (1) shall not be subject to a reduction or waiver.
If an organizational camp derives revenue from the use of National Forest System lands or authorized facilities described in subsection (b) for purposes other than 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, the Secretary shall charge, in addition to the land use fee imposed under subsection (a) and the facility use fee imposed under subsection (b), an additional fee equal to 5 percent of that revenue.
Subject to subsections (a)(4) and (b)(2), section 539f of this title shall apply to the use fees imposed under this section.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 108–7, div. F, title V, § 503, Feb. 20, 2003, 117 Stat. 295.)
- 2003Enacted · Pub. L. 108-7 · 117 Stat. 295
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