Recreation User Fees: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Public Lands, Reserved Water, and Resource Conservation of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, Ninety-ninth Congress, First Session, on the Recreation Fees Authorized in the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as Amended, June 27, 1985, Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1985 - 287 pages |
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... programs self - sufficient ? Two , should fee receipts offset or reduce funds available through the appropriation process ? Or should they supplant appropriated funds ? Three , should fees be used to limit access to public lands ? Four ...
... programs self - sufficient ? Two , should fee receipts offset or reduce funds available through the appropriation process ? Or should they supplant appropriated funds ? Three , should fees be used to limit access to public lands ? Four ...
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... programs self sufficient ? 2. Should fee receipts offset or reduce funds available through appropriations ? Or should they supplant appropriated funds ? 3 . 4 . Should fees be used to limit access to public lands ? Where should entrance ...
... programs self sufficient ? 2. Should fee receipts offset or reduce funds available through appropriations ? Or should they supplant appropriated funds ? 3 . 4 . Should fees be used to limit access to public lands ? Where should entrance ...
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... Recreation Fees Authorized in the Land and Water United States. Congress ... recreation events , motorized recreation vehicles , etc .. In FY 1985 , $ 843,510 in ... Programs The Land and Water Conservation Fund authorizes the issuance of ...
... Recreation Fees Authorized in the Land and Water United States. Congress ... recreation events , motorized recreation vehicles , etc .. In FY 1985 , $ 843,510 in ... Programs The Land and Water Conservation Fund authorizes the issuance of ...
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... recreation areas or for our young people under 16 years of age , or for those who are involved in edu- cational and scientific programs . A freeze on entrance fees was enacted by Congress in 1979 , but the last significant increase in ...
... recreation areas or for our young people under 16 years of age , or for those who are involved in edu- cational and scientific programs . A freeze on entrance fees was enacted by Congress in 1979 , but the last significant increase in ...
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... recreation needs . We , as an agency providing a major portion of the Nation's outdoor recreation have a difficult task ahead in providing for the recreation use . We would like to describe our recreation programs and our ...
... recreation needs . We , as an agency providing a major portion of the Nation's outdoor recreation have a difficult task ahead in providing for the recreation use . We would like to describe our recreation programs and our ...
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Page 28 - ... to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wild life therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations.
Page 225 - ... or to give any warning of hazardous conditions, uses of, structures, or activities on such premises to persons entering for such purpose, except as provided in this section. A "recreational purpose...
Page 227 - ... based upon the exercise or performance or the failure to exercise or perform a discretionary function or duty on the part of a federal agency or an employee of the Government, whether or not the discretion involved be abused.
Page 126 - Disregarding for the moment the question of moral purpose, it is safe to say that the prosperity of our people depends directly on the energy and intelligence with which our natural resources are used. It is equally clear that these resources are the final basis of national power and perpetuity.
Page 113 - At the federal level, such ongoing funds might be available for land and water managing agencies, such as the National Park Service, the Fish and Wildlife Service, the US Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and even TVA and the Corps of Engineers.
Page 223 - where a service (or privilege) provides special benefits to an identifiable recipient above and beyond those which accrue to the public at large, a charge snould be imposed to recover the full cost to the Federal Government of rendering that service.
Page 17 - Agriculture and the National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, and Bureau of Indian Affairs of the Department of the Interior.
Page 77 - ... centers, scenic drives, toilet facilities, picnic tables, or boat ramps; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that a fee shall be charged for boat launching facilities only where specialized facilities or services such as mechanical or hydraulic boat lifts or facilities are provided: AND PROVIDED FURTHER, that in no event shall there be a charge for the use of any campground not having the following: tent or trailer spaces, drinking water, access road, refuse containers, toilet facilities, personal collection...
Page 147 - Interior issuing such permits in accordance with the following criteria: (1) The direct and indirect cost to the Government; (2) The benefit to the recipient; (3) The public policy or interest served; (4) The comparable recreation fees charged by other Federal and non-Federal public agencies within the service area of the management unit at which the fee is charged; (5) The economic and administrative feasibility of fee collection; and (6) Other pertinent factors.
Page 225 - ... assume responsibility for or incur liability for any injury to person or property caused by any act of persons to whom the permission is granted. 2. This section does not limit the liability which would otherwise exist a. for willful or malicious failure to guard, or to warn against, a dangerous condition, use, structure or activity; or b.