---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 8547"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "8547"
heading: "Adjustment of allocated visitor-use days"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/8547"
units:
  - "Chapter 103 — Expanding Public Lands Outdoor Recreation Experiences"
  - "Subchapter III — Simplifying Outdoor Access for Recreation"
  - "Part A — Modernizing Recreation Permitting"
---

# §8547. Adjustment of allocated visitor-use days

- (a) **Adjustments following use of allocation reviews—** On the completion of a use-of-allocation review conducted under [section 8546(b) of this title](/usc/16/8546.md?p=b) for a [special recreation permit](/usc/16/8531.md?p=4) described in paragraph (13)(A)(iv)(I) of [section 6801 of this title](/usc/16/6801.md) (as amended by this title), the [Secretary](/usc/16/8401.md?p=7) of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, or the [Secretary](/usc/16/8401.md?p=7), as applicable, shall adjust the number of [visitor-use days](/usc/16/8531.md?p=5) allocated to a [recreation service provider](/usc/16/8531.md?p=3) under the [special recreation permit](/usc/16/8531.md?p=4) as follows:
  - (1) If the [Secretary concerned](/usc/16/8401.md?p=8) determines that the performance of the [recreation service provider](/usc/16/8531.md?p=3) was satisfactory during the most recent review conducted under subsection (a) of [section 8546 of this title](/usc/16/8546.md), the annual number of [visitor-use days](/usc/16/8531.md?p=5) allocated for each remaining year of the permit shall be equal to 125 percent of the number of [visitor-use days](/usc/16/8531.md?p=5) used, as determined under [subsection (b)(2)(A)](/usc/16/8546.md?p=b-2-A) of that section, during the year identified under [subsection (b)(2)(B)](/usc/16/8546.md?p=b-2-B) of that section, not to exceed the level allocated to the [recreation service provider](/usc/16/8531.md?p=3) on the date on which the [special recreation permit](/usc/16/8531.md?p=4) was issued.
  - (2) If the [Secretary concerned](/usc/16/8401.md?p=8) determines the performance of the [recreation service provider](/usc/16/8531.md?p=3) is less than satisfactory during the most recent performance review conducted under subsection (a) of [section 8546 of this title](/usc/16/8546.md), the annual number of [visitor-use days](/usc/16/8531.md?p=5) allocated for each remaining year of the [special recreation permit](/usc/16/8531.md?p=4) shall be equal to not more than 100 percent of the number of [visitor-use days](/usc/16/8531.md?p=5) used, as determined under [subsection (b)(2)(A)](/usc/16/8546.md?p=b-2-A) of that section during the year identified under [subsection (b)(2)(B)](/usc/16/8546.md?p=b-2-B) of that section.
- (b) **Temporary reassignment of unused visitor-use days—** The [Secretary concerned](/usc/16/8401.md?p=8) may temporarily assign unused [visitor-use days](/usc/16/8531.md?p=5), made available under [section 8542(c)(1)(B) of this title](/usc/16/8542.md?p=c-1-B), to—
  - (1) any other existing or potential [recreation service provider](/usc/16/8531.md?p=3), notwithstanding the number of [visitor-use days](/usc/16/8531.md?p=5) allocated to the [special recreation permit](/usc/16/8531.md?p=4) holder under the [special recreation permit](/usc/16/8531.md?p=4) held or to be held by the [recreation service provider](/usc/16/8531.md?p=3); or
  - (2) any existing or potential holder of a [special recreation permit](/usc/16/8531.md?p=4) described in clause (i) or (iii) of paragraph (13)(A) of [section 6801 of this title](/usc/16/6801.md) (as amended by this title), including the public.
- (c) **Additional capacity—** If unallocated [visitor-use days](/usc/16/8531.md?p=5) are available, the [Secretary concerned](/usc/16/8401.md?p=8) may, at any time, amend a [special recreation permit](/usc/16/8531.md?p=4) to allocate additional [visitor-use days](/usc/16/8531.md?p=5) to a qualified [recreation service provider](/usc/16/8531.md?p=3).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 118–234, title III, § 318, Jan. 4, 2025, 138 Stat. 2906.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

As amended by this title, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (b)(2), means as amended by title III of Pub. L. 118–234.