,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gage  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #bg1       
#bjah,mr4 ,graves of ,louisiana 7for    
himself and ,mr4 ,polis7 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 section #hje of the
 ,federal ,lands ,recreation            
,enhancement ,act to provide for a      
lifetime pass for access to ,federal    
recreational lands and waters1 and for  
other purposes4  #a4 ,lifetime access to
 recreational lands and waters ,section 
#hje of the ,federal ,lands ,recreation 
,enhancement ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fhjd7 
is amended by adding at the end of the  
following3  7g7 ,lifetime access to     
recreational lands and waters  7#a7     

,availability and use ,the ,secretary   
shall establish1 and may charge a fee   
for1 a lifetime interagency national    
pass to be known as the ,recreational   
,access for ,life ,pass1 which shall    
cover the entrance fee and standard     
amenity recreation fee for all ,federal 
recreation lands and waters for which an
 entrance fee or standard amenity       
recreation fee is charged4  7#b7        
,nontransferable ,the lifetime pass     
shall not be transferable4  7h7         
,maintenance of effort  7#a7 ,in general
  7,a7 ,intent ,it is the intent of the 
,congress that the ,secretary shall not 
use amounts made available under        
subsection 7g77#c7 as an opportunity to 
reduce resources for priority deferred  
maintenance projects 7including other   
infrastructure deficiencies directly    
related to such deferred maintenance    
projects74  7,b7 ,required maintenance  
of effort ,except as provided in        
paragraph 7#b71 no priority deferred    
maintenance project 7including other    

infrastructure deficiencies directly    
related to a priority deferred          
maintenance project7 shall receive funds
 made available under subsection 7g77#c7
 during any fiscal year when the        
expenditures for priority deferred      
maintenance projects with amounts from  
other sources will be less than during  
the preceding fiscal year4  7#b7        
,exception ,the ,secretary may provide  
funds made available under subsection   
7g77#c7 to a deferred maintenance       
project not meeting the requirements of 
paragraph 7#a7 if the ,secretary        
determines that a reduction in          
expenditures is attributable to a       
nonselective reduction in expenditures  
for the programs of all executive branch
 agencies of the ,national ,park        
,service4  7#c7 ,use of fund to meet    
matching requirements ,all funds        
received by the ,secretary under        
subsection 7g77#c7 shall be treated as  
,federal funds for purposes of          
compliance with any provision in effect 

under any other law requiring that      
non-,federal funds be used to provide a 
portion of the funding for any program  
or project4  4  #b4 ,annual report on   
revenue ,not later than ,january #ca of 
each year1 the ,secretary shall submit  
to ,congress a report on reasonable fees
 for recreation activities offered by   
the ,national ,park ,service to         
determine--  7#a7 the aggregate change  
of funds2  7#b7 the impact on the       
,national ,park ,service or ,federal    
lands due to fee change decisions2  7#c7
 the difference between the amount of   
funds reported under paragraph 7#a7 and 
the costs reported under paragraph 7#b72
 and  7#d7 a calculation of the change  
in participation based on paragraph     
7#c74