16 U.S.C. § 6810

Current through P.L. 118-107 (published on www.congress.gov on 11/21/2024)
Section 6810 - Volunteers
(a) Authority to use volunteers

The Secretary may use volunteers, as appropriate, to collect recreation fees and sell recreation passes.

(b) Waiver or discount of fees; site-specific agency pass

In exchange for volunteer services, the Secretary may waive or discount an entrance fee, standard amenity recreation fee, or an expanded amenity recreation fee that would otherwise apply to the volunteer or issue to the volunteer a site-specific agency pass authorized under section 6804(c) of this title.

(c) National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass

In accordance with the guidelines issued under section 6804(a)(7) of this title, the Secretaries may issue a National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass to a volunteer in exchange for significant volunteer services performed by the volunteer.

(d) Regional multientity passes

The Secretary may issue a regional multientity pass authorized under section 6804(d) of this title to a volunteer in exchange for significant volunteer services performed by the volunteer, if the regional multientity pass agreement under which the regional multientity pass was established provides for the issuance of the pass to volunteers.

16 U.S.C. § 6810

Pub. L. 108-447, div. J, title VIII, §811, Dec. 8, 2004, 118 Stat. 3389.

EDITORIAL NOTES

REFERENCES IN TEXTSection 6804 of this title, referred to in subsecs. (b) to (d), was in the original a reference to section 5, and was translated as meaning section 805 of title VIII of div. J of Pub. L. 108-447 to reflect the probable intent of Congress.

National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass
The term "National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass" means the interagency national pass authorized by section 6804 of this title.
Secretaries
The term "Secretaries" means the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture acting jointly.
Secretary
The term "Secretary" means-(A) the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to a Federal land management agency (other than the Forest Service); and(B) the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to the Forest Service.
entrance fee
The term "entrance fee" means the recreation fee authorized to be charged to enter onto lands managed by the National Park Service or the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
expanded amenity recreation fee
The term "expanded amenity recreation fee" means the recreation fee authorized by section 6802(g) of this title.
standard amenity recreation fee
The term "standard amenity recreation fee" means the recreation fee authorized by section 6802(f) of this title.