---
kind: "section"
citation: "54 U.S.C. § 101531"
title: "54"
title_heading: "National Park Service and Related Programs"
number: "101531"
heading: "Fee for use of transportation services"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/54/101531"
units:
  - "Subtitle I — National Park System"
  - "Division A — Establishment and General Administration"
  - "Chapter 1015 — Transportation"
  - "Subchapter IV — Fees"
---

# §101531. Fee for use of transportation services


Notwithstanding any other provision of law, where the [Service](/usc/54/100102.md?p=4) or an entity under a [service](/usc/54/100102.md?p=4) contract, cooperative agreement, or other contractual agreement with the [Service](/usc/54/100102.md?p=4) provides transportation to all or a portion of any [System unit](/usc/54/100102.md?p=6), the [Secretary](/usc/54/100102.md?p=3) may impose a reasonable and appropriate charge to the public for the use of the transportation [services](/usc/54/100102.md?p=4) in addition to any admission fee required to be paid. Collection of the transportation and admission fees may occur at the transportation staging area or any other reasonably convenient location determined by the [Secretary](/usc/54/100102.md?p=3). The [Secretary](/usc/54/100102.md?p=3) may enter into agreements, with public or private entities that qualify to the [Secretary](/usc/54/100102.md?p=3)’s satisfaction, to collect the transportation and admission fee. Transportation fees collected pursuant to this section shall be retained by the [System unit](/usc/54/100102.md?p=6) at which the transportation fee was collected, and the amount retained shall be expended only for costs associated with the transportation [systems](/usc/54/100102.md?p=5) at the [System unit](/usc/54/100102.md?p=6) where the charge was imposed.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3134.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 101531 | 16 U.S.C. 5981. | Pub. L. 105–391, title IV, § 501, Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3518; Pub. L. 109–131, title I, § 102(b), Dec. 20, 2005, 119 Stat. 2568. |