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America’s Outdoor Recreation Act of 2023

S. 873 · 118th Congress · Mar 16, 2023 · Lineage

A BILL

To improve recreation opportunities on, and facilitate greater access to, Federal public land, and for other purposes.

Section 1 Short title; table of contents

(a)
Short title— This Act may be cited as the “America’s Outdoor Recreation Act of 2023”.
(b)
Table of contents— The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 2 Definitions

In this Act:
(1)
Commercial use authorization— The term commercial use authorization means a commercial use authorization to provide services to visitors to units of the National Park System under subchapter II of chapter 1019 of title 54, United States Code.
(2)
Federal land management agency— The term Federal land management agency has the meaning given the term in section 802 of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6801).
(3)
Federal recreational lands and waters— The term Federal recreational lands and waters has the meaning given the term in section 802 of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6801).
(4)
Indian Tribe— The term Indian Tribe has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304).
(5)
Recreation service provider— The term recreation service provider has the meaning given the term in section 802 of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6801) (as amended by section 202(9)).
(6)
Secretaries— The term Secretaries means each of—
(A)
the Secretary; and
(B)
the Secretary of Agriculture.
(7)
Secretary— The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior.
(8)
Secretary concerned— The term Secretary concerned means—
(A)
the Secretary, with respect to land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary; or
(B)
the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to land managed by the Forest Service.
(9)
Special recreation permit— The term special recreation permit has the meaning given the term in section 802 of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6801) (as amended by section 202(10)).
(10)
Visitor-use day— The term visitor-use day means a visitor-use day, user day, launch, or other metric used by the Secretary concerned for purposes of authorizing use under a special recreation permit.