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PUBLIC LAW 99-000—MMMM. DD, 1986

PUBLIC LAW 99-645—NOV. 10, 1986

100 STAT. 3585

(D) a valid lifetime admission permit as authorized in section 4(a)(5)of such Act. (2) Permits for a single visit to any designated unit shall be made available by the Secretary of the Interior for a reasonable fee, but not to exceed $3 for individuals or $7.50 per vehicle. For purposes of this subsection, the term "single visit" means a more or less continuous stay within a designated unit by a person or group described in subsection (d). Payment of a single visit fee and issuance of a single visit permit shall authorize exits from and re-entries to a single designated unit for a period of from one to fifteen days. Such period shall be defined for each designated unit by the Secretary based upon a determination of the period of time reasonably and ordinarily necessary for such a single visit. (3) Special admission permits for uses such as group activities may be issued in accordance with procedures and at fees established by the Secretary. (4) A person may not be required to purchase an admission permit under subsection (a)(1) in order to travel by private noncommercial vehicle over any road or highway— (A)(i) established as part of the National Federal Aid System (as defined in section 101 of title 23, United States Code); and (ii) commonly used by the public as a means of travel between two places which are outside the designated unit; or (B) to any land in which such person has a property interest if such land is within any designated unit. (5) A person may not be required to purchase an admission permit under subsection (a)(1) for entrance or admission to a unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System created, expanded, or modified by Public Law 96-487. (c) DISTRIBUTION OF AMOUNTS COLLECTED.—Amounts collected

from the sale of admission permits under this section and from fees collected at any unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System under subsections (b) and (c) of section 4 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 4601-6a (b), (c)) shall be distributed as follows: (A) Thirty per centum shall be available to the Secretary of the Interior until expended. The Secretary shall use such amount— (i) first, to defray the cost of collection; (ii) next, for operation and maintenance of the collecting unit; and (iii) next, for operation and maintenance of all units within the National Wildlife Refuge System, except those units created, expanded, or modified by Public Law 96-487. (B) Seventy percent shall be deposited into the migratory bird conservation fund established under section 4 of the Act of March 16, 1934 (16 U.S.C. 718d). (d) PERSONS ACCOMPANYING PERMITTEES.—A person who holds a stamp, passport, or permit described in subsection (b) shall be entitled to general entrance into any designated unit, along with— (1) any persons accompanying such person in a single, private, noncommercial vehicle; or (2) where entry to the area is by any means other than single, - . private, noncommercial vehicle, the person and any accompanying spouse, children, or parents. (e) RESTRICTIONS.—A permit issued under this section is nontransferable. Such a permit may not authorize any uses for

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