Sec. 8508. Special use authorization rental fee waivers
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Section 504(g) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ( 43 U.S.C. 1764(g) ) is amended— by striking
(g)The holder and inserting the following: The holder ; and by adding at the end the following: The rental fee and other fees related to a special use authorization for the use and occupancy of National Forest System land shall be waived by the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, when equitable and in the public interest, in any of the following circumstances: The holder of the special use authorization is a State or local government or any agency or instrumentality thereof, excluding municipal utilities and cooperatives whose principal source of revenue from the authorized use is customer charges. The holder of the special use authorization— is a nonprofit association or nonprofit corporation that— is not controlled or owned by a profitmaking corporation or business enterprise; and is engaged in public or semi-public activity to further public health, safety, or welfare; and does not use funds derived through the special use authorization— to increase the value of the authorized improvements owned by the holder; or to support other activities of the holder. The holder of the special use authorization is an amateur station, is an amateur operator, or provides amateur radio services (as those terms are defined in section 97.3 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations)). Such other circumstances as the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, may establish by regulation. .
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