101 STAT. 1329-219
PUBLIC LAW 100-202—DEC. 22, 1987
north side of Irwin Street between Jackson and Boulevard for a 16 USC 20b note, landscaped parking lot: Provided, That the National Park Service shall not enter into future concessionaire contracts, including renewals, that do not include a termination for cause clause that provides for possible extinguishment of possessory interests excluding depreciated book value of concessionaire investments without compensation: Provided further. That none of these funds may be used to compensate a quantity of staff greater than existed as of May 1, 1986, in the Office of Legislative and Congressional Affairs of the National Park Service or to compensate individual staff members assigned subsequent to May 1, 1986, at grade levels greater than the staff replaced: Provided further. That to advance the mission of the National Park Service for a period of time not to extend beyond fiscal year 1988, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to charge park entrance fees for all units of the National Park System, except as provided herein, of an amount not to exceed $3 for a single visit permit as defined in 36 CFR 71.7(b)(2) and of an amount not to exceed $5 for a single visit permit as defined in 36 CFR 71.7(b)(l): Provided further. That the cost of a Golden Eagle Passport as defined in 36 CFR 71.5 is increased to a reasonable fee but not to exceed $25 until September 30, 1988: Provided further. That for units of the National Park System where entrance fees are charged the Secretary shall establish an annual admission permit for each individual park unit for a reasonable fee but not to exceed $15, and that purchase of such annual admission permit for a unit of the National Park System shall relieve the requirement for payment of single visit permits as defined in 36 CFR 71.7(b): Provided further. That all funds derived from National Park Service recreation fees during fiscal year 1988, and £dl funds collected by the National Park Service during fiscal year 1988 under subsections (a), (b), and (c) of section 4 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended, shall be transferred to the General Fund of the Treasury of the United States: Provided further. That notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, no admission fee may be charged at any unit of the Nationsil Park System which provides significant outdoor recreation opportunities in an urban environment and to which access is publicly available at multiple locations, nor shall an admission fee be charged at any unit of the National Park System which has a current, specific statutory exemption: Provided further. That where entrance fees are established on a per person basis, children 16 and under shall be exempt from the fees: Provided further. That if permanent statutory language is enacted during fiscal year 1988 establishing entrance fees for the National Park System either prior to or subsequent to enactment of this Act, such permanent authorizing language shall supersede the provisions on recreation fees contained in this Act: Provided further, That of the amounts appropriated under this head, $15,000,000 shall be distributed to units of the National Park System, to be available for resource protection, research, interpretation, and maintenance activities related to resource protection, to be distributed in the following manner: 50 percent shall be allocated to each unit of the System based on each unit's proportion of the total budgeted in the prior fiscal year for park operating expenses, and 50 percent shall be allocated to units collecting user fees or entrance fees based on each unit's proportion of the total entrance and user fee revenues collected during the prior fiscal year: Provided further. That when authorized by the head of the collecting agency, volunteers may sell
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