text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``Roosevelt Lake Recreation Area Fee 
  Act''.
  
  SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
  
      (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
              (1) The Roosevelt Lake Recreation Area in the Tonto 
          National Forest in the State of Arizona is changing as a result 
          of drastically increasing population in the communities near 
          the recreation area and modifications in Roosevelt Dam.
              (2) The current annual funding of $300,000 for the 
          recreation area does not allow for even minimal maintenance and 
          operation of the newly emerging $40,000,000 recreational area.
              (3) The anticipated number of persons using the facilities 
          of the recreation area requires additional funding to provide 
          minimum sanitary and safety related service at the recreation 
          area as well as management of the environment and riparian 
          areas.
              (4) The quality of services provided at the recreation area 
          and the integrity of the environment could best be served by 
          maintaining public, rather than private, management of the 
          recreation area.
              (5) The users of units of the National Forest System have 
          demonstrated a willingness to pay a user fee for maintenance 
          and operation if the locally collected funds are returned to 
          the unit.
      (b) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this Act to use funds generated 
  from fees charged in connection with the recreational use of the 
  Roosevelt Lake Recreational Area--
              (1) to assure adequate funding of maintenance and operation 
          of the recreation area;
              (2) to provide additional funding to the county in which 
          the recreation area is located, enabling the county to increase 
          investment in facilities and services related to public safety, 
          sanitation, and the recreational environment; and
              (3) to allow increased funding for the protection of the 
          bald eagle nesting areas, the Canadian geese wintering grounds, 
          and the Roosevelt Lake wildlife refuges at the recreation area.
  
  SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
  
      For purposes of this Act:
              (1) Recreation area.--The term ``recreation area'' means 
          the Roosevelt Lake Recreation Area in the Tonto National Forest 
          in the State of Arizona.
              (2) Recreation site.--The term ``recreation site'' means a 
          campground, picnic ground, swimming site, boat launch site, 
          lake access site, or other man-made or natural recreational 
          facility in the recreation area.
              (3) Recreation use fee; fee.--The terms ``recreation use 
          fee'' or ``fee'' mean a fee that is charged for the use of a 
          recreation site in the recreation area.
              (4) Recreation use pass.--The term ``recreation use pass'' 
          means a document that entitles the holder access and use of 
          recreation sites in the recreation area for a specified period 
          of time.
              (5) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
          of Agriculture.
  
  SEC. 4. TEMPORARY AUTHORITY TO COLLECT RECREATION USE FEES.
  
      (a) Recreation Use Fee Authorized.--Except as provided in 
  subsection (b), the Secretary may establish and collect recreation use 
  fees at designated recreation sites within the recreation area.
      (b) Exceptions.--The Secretary may not impose or collect a 
  recreation use fee for the use or provision in the recreation area, 
  either singly or in any combination, of drinking water, wayside 
  exhibits, toilet facilities, general purpose roads, overlook sites, or 
  general information. The Secretary may not impose or collect a fee from 
  any officer or employee of the Federal Government or State or local 
  government authorized by the Secretary to perform administrative duties 
  at recreation sites in the recreation area.
      (c) Establishment and Collection.--Establishment and collection of 
  recreation use fees shall be made in accordance with subsections (d) 
  and (e) of section 4 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 
  1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l-6a). The Secretary may authorize the collection of 
  fees by volunteers in accordance with subsection (k) of such section.
      (d) Golden Age Passport and Golden Access Passport.--Any person 
  holding a valid Golden Age Passport or Golden Access Passport issued 
  under paragraph (4) or (5) of section 4(a) of the Land and Water 
  Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l-6a(a)) shall be entitled 
  upon presentation of such passport to use a recreation site within the 
  recreation area at a rate equal to 50 percent of the recreation use fee 
  otherwise applicable to such recreation site.
      (e) Effect on Other Laws.--Recreation use fees established under 
  this section for use of recreation sites in the recreation area shall 
  be in lieu of any recreation use fees for such recreation sites under 
  section 4(b) of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 
  U.S.C. 460l-6a(b)) or section 1401 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation 
  Act of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 460l-6c).
  
  SEC. 5. TEMPORARY AUTHORITY TO SELL RECREATION USE PASSES.
  
      (a) Recreation Use Pass Authorized.--The Secretary shall make 
  available for purchase recreation use passes for the use on a daily or 
  annual basis of recreation sites in the recreation area otherwise 
  subject to a recreation use fee. Use of an annual recreation use pass 
  shall be subject to any single stay time limits imposed on the 
  recreation site.
      (b) Availability.--The Secretary may have recreation use passes 
  available for sale at any recreation site for which a recreation use 
  fee is charged or at other convenient locations.
      (c) Use of Pass.--The recreation use pass shall apply to--
              (1) the pass holder and any person accompanying the pass 
          holder in a single, private, noncommercial vehicle; or
              (2) the pass holder and the spouse, children, and parents 
          of the pass holder accompanying the pass holder where entry to 
          a recreation site is by any means other than a private, 
          noncommercial vehicle.
      (d) Golden Age Passport and Golden Access Passport.--Any person 
  holding a valid Golden Age Passport or Golden Access Passport issued 
  under paragraph (4) or (5) of section 4(a) of the Land and Water 
  Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l-6a(a)) shall be entitled 
  upon presentation of such passport to purchase of a recreation use pass 
  for the recreation area at a rate equal to 50 percent of the purchase 
  price otherwise applicable to the recreation use pass.
      (e) Rules and Regulations, Enforcement Powers.--Recreation use 
  passes sold under this section shall be nontransferable. The unlawful 
  use of a recreation use pass shall be punishable in accordance with 
  regulations established under section 4(e) of the Land and Water 
  Conservation Fund Act of 1964 (16 U.S.C. 460l-6a(e)).
  
  SEC. 6. TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.
  
      (a) Termination.--The authority of the Secretary to establish or 
  collect fees under section 4 or sell recreation use passes under 
  section 5 shall expire at the end of the seven-year period beginning on 
  the date of the enactment of this Act. Termination of such authority 
  shall not affect the validity of any annual recreation use pass sold 
  under section 5 before that date.
      (b) Report.--Not later than six years after the date of the 
  enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on 
  Energy and Natural Resources and the Committee on Agriculture, 
  Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and the Committee on Natural 
  Resources and the Committee on Agriculture of the House of 
  Representatives a report evaluating the authority provided by sections 
  4 and 5 regarding recreation use fees and recreation use passes. The 
  report shall include any recommendations of the Secretary for modifying 
  the authority, for extending the authority beyond the date specified in 
  subsection (a), or for extending the authority to other units of the 
  National Forest System.
  
  SEC. 7. DISPOSITION OF RECREATION USE FEES AND FUNDS FROM SALES OF 
                RECREATION USE PASSES.
  
      (a) Deposit of Funds.--Notwithstanding paragraphs (1), (2), or (3) 
  of section 4(i) of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 
  U.S.C. 460l-6a(i)), recreation use fees collected under section 4 and 
  amounts received from sales of recreation use passes under section 5 
  shall be deposited in a special account in the Treasury.
      (b) Use of Funds.--
              (1) Operation, maintenance, and other uses.--In such 
          amounts as are provided in advance in appropriation Acts, the 
          Secretary may use amounts in the special account to provide 
          supplemental funds for operation, maintenance, and management 
          of recreation sites within the recreation area, for 
          interpretation and management of resources in the recreation 
          area, and for administrative costs associated with such 
          activities.
              (2) Payments to states and counties.--Recreation use fees 
          collected under section 4 and amounts received for recreation 
          use passes sold under section 5 shall be considered as money 
          received for purpose of computing and distributing payments to 
          States and counties pursuant to the Act of May 23, 1908 (16 
          U.S.C. 500).
      (c) Roads and Trails.--Recreation use fees collected under section 
  4 and amounts received for recreation use passes sold under section 5 
  shall not be considered as money received for purpose of the fourteenth 
  paragraph under the heading ``forest service'' of the Act of March 4, 
  1913 (16 U.S.C. 501).
target: Roosevelt Lake Recreation Area Fee Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to establish and collect recreation use fees and to sell recreation use passes at designated recreation sites within the Roosevelt Lake Recreation Area in the Tonto National Forest, Arizona. Prohibits the Secretary from:  (1) collecting such fees for the use or provision in the Area of drinking water, wayside exhibits, toilet facilities, general purpose roads, overlook sites, or general information; or (2) imposing or collecting a fee from Federal, State, or local officers or employees authorized by the Secretary to perform administrative duties at recreation sites in the Area. 
  Entitles holders of valid Golden Age Passports or Golden Access Passports to use a recreation site within the Area for half the applicable recreation use fee.  Provides that such fees shall be in lieu of any recreation use fee.  Provides that such fees shall be lieu of any recreation use fees for such sites under the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 or the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993. 
  (Sec. 6) Terminates the authority of the Secretary to establish and collect fees or to sell such passes at the end of the seven-year period beginning on the enactment of this Act. Requires the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees regarding modifying or extending the authority to sell recreation use fees and passes. 
  (Sec. 7) Requires the funds received from recreation use fees and passes sold to be deposited in a special account in the Treasury. Permits Fund amounts to be used for:  (1) operation, maintenance, and management of recreation sites within the Area; (2) interpretation and management of the Area's resources; and (3) administrative costs associated with such activities.
feat_title: Roosevelt Lake Recreation Area Fee Act