Sec. 305. Deposit of ski area permit rental fees in Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act account

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Section 701(a) of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 ( 16 U.S.C. 497c(a) ) is amended— in the first sentence, by striking

(a)The Secretary and inserting the following: The Secretary ; and by adding at the end the following: Revenues collected under paragraph

(1)shall be— deposited in the applicable special account in the Treasury established under section 807 of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act ( 16 U.S.C. 6806 ); and administered and distributed in accordance with that section. . Section 807 of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act ( 16 U.S.C. 6806 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: Not less than 80 percent of the ski area permit fees collected at a specific unit or area of the Federal land management agency shall remain available for expenditure, without further appropriation, until expended at that unit or area. The Secretary may reduce the percentage allocation otherwise applicable under subparagraph

(A)to a unit or area of a Federal land management agency, but not below 45 percent, for a fiscal year for revenues collected from ski areas if the Secretary determines that the ski area permit fee revenues collected at the unit or area exceed the reasonable needs of the unit or area for which expenditures may be made for that fiscal year. The balance of ski area revenues not distributed in accordance with paragraph (1)(A) shall remain available to that Federal land management agency for expenditure on an agency-wide basis, without further appropriation, until expended. The balance of ski area revenues not distributed in accordance with paragraph (1)(B) shall remain available to that Federal land management agency for expenditure only on Federal land units with ski area permits, without further appropriation, until expended in accordance with the requirements of section 808(a)(2). . Section 808(a) of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act ( 16 U.S.C. 6807(a) ) is amended— in paragraph (3), by redesignating subparagraphs

(A)through

(F)as clauses

(i)through (vi), respectively, and indenting appropriately; by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), and

(3)as subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), respectively, and indenting appropriately; by striking the subsection designation and heading and all that follows through Amounts available in the matter preceding subparagraph

(A)(as redesignated) and inserting the following: Amounts available ; and by adding at the end the following: Ski area permit fees may be used only for— recreation special use permit processing, administration, implementation, support, staff time, and training; implementation of the Ski Area Recreational Opportunity Enhancement Act of 2011 ( 16 U.S.C. 497b note; Public Law 112–46 ); improving and increasing ski area recreational opportunities; maintaining and enhancing facilities used by recreation permit holders; and interpretation, visitor information, visitor service, and signage to enhance— visitor experience on Federal land associated with ski area permits; and support of the Forest Service Avalanche Information and Education Program. . Section 808(b) of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act ( 16 U.S.C. 6807(b) ) is amended by inserting or ski area permit fees after any recreation fees . Section 808(c) of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act ( 16 U.S.C. 6807(c) ) is amended by inserting or ski area permit fee after the recreation fee . Section 808(d) of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act ( 16 U.S.C. 6807(d) ) is amended in the matter preceding paragraph

(1)by inserting (other than amounts derived from ski area permit fees) after agency . Section 802 of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act ( 16 U.S.C. 6801 ) is amended— by redesignating paragraphs

(12)and

(13)as paragraphs

(13)and (14), respectively; and by inserting after paragraph

(11)the following: The term ski area permit fees means the fee collected from ski area permittees on land managed by— the Forest Service; the National Park Service; or the Bureau of Land Management. . Nothing in this section affects the Act of April 24, 1950 (commonly known as the Granger-Thye Act ) (64 Stat. 82, chapter 97), as applied to ski areas. Revenue from ski area permit fees retained and allocated under this section shall supplement (and not supplant) other Federal funding for the basic operation and maintenance of Federal land under permit to ski areas or other costs associated with managing, administering, or implementing ski area permits not covered by distribution under this section.

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