---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 8545"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "8545"
heading: "Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management temporary special recreation permits for outfitting and guiding"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/8545"
units:
  - "Chapter 103 — Expanding Public Lands Outdoor Recreation Experiences"
  - "Subchapter III — Simplifying Outdoor Access for Recreation"
  - "Part A — Modernizing Recreation Permitting"
---

# §8545. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management temporary special recreation permits for outfitting and guiding

- (a) **In general—** Not later than 180 days after January 4, 2025, the [Secretary concerned](/usc/16/8401.md?p=8) shall establish and implement a program to authorize the issuance of temporary [special recreation permits](/usc/16/8531.md?p=4) for new or additional recreational uses of Federal recreational land and water managed by the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management.
- (b) **Term of temporary permits—** A temporary [special recreation permit](/usc/16/8531.md?p=4) issued under paragraph (1)[^1] shall be issued for a period of not more than 2 years.
- (c) **Conversion to long-term permit—** If the [Secretary concerned](/usc/16/8401.md?p=8) determines that a permittee under paragraph (1)[^1] has completed 2 years of satisfactory operation under the permit proposed to be converted, the [Secretary](/usc/16/8401.md?p=7) may provide for the conversion of a temporary [special recreation permit](/usc/16/8531.md?p=4) issued under paragraph (1)[^1] to a long-term [special recreation permit](/usc/16/8531.md?p=4).
- (d) **Effect—** Nothing in this subsection[^2] alters or affects the authority of the [Secretary](/usc/16/8401.md?p=7) to issue a [special recreation permit](/usc/16/8531.md?p=4) under subsection (h)(1) of [section 6802 of this title](/usc/16/6802.md) (as amended by this title).

## Footnotes

[^1]: So in original. Probably should be “subsection (a)”.
[^2]: So in original. Probably should be “this section”.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 118–234, title III, § 316, Jan. 4, 2025, 138 Stat. 2905.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

As amended by this title, referred to in subsec. (d), means as amended by title III of Pub. L. 118–234.