RPPA Commercial Recreation Concessions Pilot Program Act of 2019

II 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 3060 To require the Secretary of the Interior to establish a pilot program for commercial recreation concessions on certain land managed by the Bu- reau of Land Management. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES DECEMBER 16, 2019 Ms. MCSALLY introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To require the Secretary of the Interior to establish a pilot program for commercial recreation concessions on certain land managed by the Bureau of Land Management. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘RPPA Commercial 4 Recreation Concessions Pilot Program Act of 2019’’. 5 SEC. 2. COMMERCIAL RECREATION CONCESSIONS PILOT 6 PROGRAM. 7 The Act of June 14, 1926 (commonly known as the 8 ‘‘Recreation and Public Purposes Act’’) (44 Stat. 741, 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:44 Dec 20, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3060.IS S3060 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •S 3060 IS chapter 578; 43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.), is amended by adding 1 at the end the following: 2 ‘‘SEC. 7. COMMERCIAL RECREATION CONCESSIONS PILOT 3 PROGRAM. 4 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other pro- 5 vision of this Act (including any regulations under this 6 Act), not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 7 of this section, the Secretary shall establish a pilot pro- 8 gram to authorize commercial recreation concessions on 9 land patented or leased under this Act. 10 ‘‘(b) CONCESSIONS AGREEMENTS.— 11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the pilot 12 program established under subsection (a), the Sec- 13 retary shall enter into not more than 10 agreements 14 with parties to whom the land described in sub- 15 section (a) has been patented or leased for the estab- 16 lishment of commercial recreation concessions on the 17 land covered by the agreement. 18 ‘‘(2) TERM.— 19 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An agreement entered 20 into under paragraph (1) shall be for a period 21 that is consistent with the period of time re- 22 quired to amortize the capital investment made 23 under the agreement but in any case not longer 24 than 20 years. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:44 Dec 20, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3060.IS S3060 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •S 3060 IS ‘‘(B) EXTENSION.—On a finding of satis- 1 factory performance, the Secretary may extend 2 the term of an agreement for 1 additional pe- 3 riod equal in length to the initial term. 4 ‘‘(3) THIRD-PARTY AGREEMENTS.— 5 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A party to an agree- 6 ment entered into under paragraph (1) may 7 enter into agreements with third parties for the 8 establishment of commercial recreation conces- 9 sions pursuant to the agreement entered into 10 under paragraph (1). 11 ‘‘(B) TERM.—An agreement entered into 12 under subparagraph (A) shall not be for a pe- 13 riod that is longer than the term of the agree- 14 ment entered into under paragraph (1). 15 ‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.—A party to an agreement en- 16 tered into under subsection (b)(1) shall not be required 17 to use revenue collected pursuant to the commercial recre- 18 ation concessions on the land covered by the agreement. 19 ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—For the term of an 20 agreement entered into under subsection (b)(1), with re- 21 spect to land covered by the agreement, any activity de- 22 fined as permissible under parts 2920 and 2930 of title 23 43, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regula- 24 tions), shall be permissible. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:44 Dec 20, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3060.IS S3060 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 4 •S 3060 IS ‘‘(e) EFFECT.—The establishment of commercial 1 recreation concessions under subsection (b) shall not be 2 considered to be a change in use for purposes of this Act.’’. 3 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:44 Dec 20, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S3060.IS S3060 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS