Title 16 — Conservation
Part A · Chapter 103 — Expanding Public Lands Outdoor Recreation Experiences
§ 8545. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management temporary special recreation permits for outfitting and guiding
Statutory text
In general
Not later than 180 days after , the Secretary concerned shall establish and implement a program to authorize the issuance of temporary special recreation permits for new or additional recreational uses of Federal recreational land and water managed by the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management.
Term of temporary permits
A temporary special recreation permit issued under paragraph (1) 1 shall be issued for a period of not more than 2 years.
Conversion to long-term permit
If the Secretary concerned determines that a permittee under paragraph (1) 1 has completed 2 years of satisfactory operation under the permit proposed to be converted, the Secretary may provide for the conversion of a temporary special recreation permit issued under paragraph (1) 1 to a long-term special recreation permit.
Effect
Nothing in this subsection 2 alters or affects the authority of the Secretary to issue a special recreation permit under subsection (h)(1) of section 6802 of this title (as amended by this title).
Footnotes
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 118–234 title III § 316 · 138 Stat. 2905
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 8545
(Pub. L. 118–234, title III, § 316, Jan. 4, 2025, 138 Stat. 2905.)
Unresolved: Pub. L. 118–234 was not found in the local Statutes at Large index.
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 118–234, title III, § 316, Jan. 4, 2025, 138 Stat. 2905.)
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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.