Sec. 3. Cabin user fees

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Cabin owners shall pay an annual cabin user fee established by the Secretary in accordance with this section. The Secretary shall establish initial cabin user fees in accordance with this subsection. On completion of the current appraisal cycle, as required by paragraph (4), the Secretary shall assign each permitted lot on National Forest System land to 1 of 10 tiers based on the following considerations: Before assigning the lots to tiers, all appraised lot values shall be adjusted, or normalized, for price changes occurring after the appraisal, in accordance with the National Association of Homebuilders/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index.

Second appraisal values shall supersede initial lot appraisal values for the normalization and ranking process under subparagraph (A). The tiers shall be established, on a national basis, according to relative lot value, with lots having the lowest adjusted appraised value assigned to tier 1 and lots having the highest adjusted appraised value assigned to tier 10. The number of lots (by percentage) assigned to each tier is contained in the table set forth in paragraph (3). Data from incomplete appraisals may not be used to establish the fee tiers under this subsection.

Until assigned to a tier under this subsection, the Secretary shall assess (and may adjust annually subject to clause (ii)) an interim fee for permitted cabin lots (including lots with incomplete appraisals) in an amount equal to the lesser of— $5,000; or the amount of the current cabin user fee, as determined under the Cabin User Fee Fairness Act of 2000 ( 16 U.S.C. 6201 et seq. ), which amount the Secretary may increase annually by not more than 25 percent, except that the increased fee shall not exceed the otherwise scheduled fee determined under the Cabin User Fee Fairness Act of 2000.

The initial cabin user fees, based on the assignments under paragraph (2), are as follows: Fee Tier Approximate Percent of Permits Nationally Fee Amount Tier 1 5 percent $500 Tier 2 12 percent $1,000 Tier 3 22 percent $1,500 Tier 4 22 percent $2,000 Tier 5 10 percent $2,500 Tier 6 9 percent $3,000 Tier 7 6 percent $3,500 Tier 8 5 percent $4,000 Tier 9 5 percent $4,500 Tier 10 4 percent $5,000 Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall complete the current appraisal cycle.

The initial cabin user fees required by this subsection shall take effect beginning with the first calendar year beginning after the completion of the current appraisal cycle. Once initial cabin user fees have been assessed, based on the tier assignments under subsection (b)(2), the Secretary shall use changes in the Implicit Price Deflator for the Gross Domestic Product published by the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the Department of Commerce, applied on a 5-year rolling average, to assess an annual adjustment to cabin user fees.

The Secretary shall reduce the cabin user fee to $100 per year for a cabin if— the cabin is destroyed or suffers substantial damage in an amount that is greater than 50 percent of replacement cost of the cabin; or access to the cabin is significantly impaired, whether by catastrophic events, natural causes, or governmental actions. The reduced fee under paragraph

(1)shall be in effect until the later of— the last day of the year in which the destruction or impairment occurs; or the date on which the cabin may be lawfully reoccupied and normal access has been restored.

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