,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bgih  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bc1 #bjac ,mr4
 ,latta 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,thompson of 
,mississippi1 and ,mr4 ,wittman7        
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,natural 
,resources1 and in addition to the      
,committee on ,agriculture1 for a period
 to be subsequently determined by the   
,speaker1 in each case for consideration
 of such provisions as fall within the  
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend ,public ,law       
#ajf-bjf to direct the ,secretary of the
 ,interior and the ,secretary of        
,agriculture to require annual permits  
and assess annual fees for commercial   
filming activities on ,federal land for 
film crews of #e persons or fewer4  #a4 
,purpose ,the purpose of this title is  
to provide commercial film crews of #e  
persons or fewer access to film in areas
 designated for public use during public
 hours on ,federal lands and waterways4 

#b4 ,annual ,permit and ,fee for ,film  
,crews of #e persons or fewer  7a7 ,in  
,general ,section 7#a77;a7 of ,public   
,law #ajf-bjf 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #dfjl-#f;d7
 is amended by--  7#a7 redesignating    
paragraphs 7#a71 7#b71 and 7#c7 as      
subparagraphs 7,a71 7,b71 and 7,c71     
respectively2  7#b7 striking ,the       
,secretary of the ,interior and         
inserting 7#a7 ,in ,general4--,except as
 provided by paragraph 7#c71 the        
,secretary of the ,interior2  7#c7      
inserting 7#b7 ,other considerations4-- 
before ,the ,secretary may include other
 factors2 and  7#d7 adding at the end   
the following new paragraph3  7#c7      
,special rules for film crews of #e     
persons or fewer  7,a7 ,for any film    
crew of #e persons or fewer1 the        
,secretary shall require a permit and   
assess an annual fee of #bjj for        
commercial filming activities or similar
 projects on ,federal lands and         
waterways administered by the           
,secretary4 ,the permit shall be valid  

for commercial filming activities or    
similar projects that occur in areas    
designated for public use during public 
hours on all ,federal lands waterways   
administered by the ,secretary for a    
#ab-month period beginning on the date  
of issuance of the permit4  7,b7 ,for   
persons holding a permit described in   
this paragraph1 the ,secretary shall not
 assess1 during the effective period of 
the permit1 any additional fee for      
commercial filming activities and       
similar projects that occur in areas    
designated for public use during public 
hours on ,federal lands and waterways   
administered by the ,secretary4  7,c7   
,in this paragraph1 the term film crew  
includes all persons present on ,federal
 land under the ,secretary's            
jurisdiction who are associated with the
 production of a certain film4  7,d7    
,the ,secretary shall not prohibit1 as a
 motorized vehicle or under any other   
purposes1 use of cameras or related     
equipment used for the purpose of       

commercial filming activities or similar
 projects in accordance with this       
paragraph on ,federal lands and         
waterways administered by the           
,secretary4  4  7b7 ,recovery of ,costs 
,section 7#a77;b7 of ,public ,law       
#ajf-bjf 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #dfjl-#f;d7 is  
amended by--  7#a7 striking collect any 
costs and inserting recover any costs2  
and  7#b7 striking similar project and  
inserting similar projects4