,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #djbh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #be1 #bjai,mr4 
,gosar 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,harris1 ,mr4 
,des,jarlais1 ,mrs4 ,kirkpatrick1 ,mr4  
,norman1 and ,mr4 ,biggs7 introduced the
 following bill2 which was referred to  
the ,committee on ,natural ,resources   
,a ,,bill  ,to require the ,secretary of
 the ,interior to establish a pilot     
program for commercial recreation       
concessions on certain land managed by  
the ,bureau of ,land ,management4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,,rppa ,commercial ,recreation      
,concessions ,pilot ,program ,act of    
#bjai4  #b4 ,commercial recreation      
concessions pilot program ,the ,act of  
,june #ad1 #aibf 7commonly known as the 
,recreation and ,public ,purposes ,act7 
7#dc ,u4,s4,c4 #hfi et seq471 is amended
 by adding at the end the following3    
#g4 ,commercial recreation concessions  
pilot program  7a7 ,in general          
,notwithstanding any other provision of 

this ,act 7including regulations71 not  
later than #ij days after the date of   
enactment of this section1 the          
,secretary shall establish a pilot      
program to authorize commercial         
recreation concessions on land patented 
or leased under this ,act4  7b7         
,concessions agreements  7#a7 ,in       
general ,in carrying out the pilot      
program established under subsection    
7a71 the ,secretary shall enter into not
 more than #aj agreements with parties  
to whom the land described in subsection
 7a7 has been patented or leased for the
 establishment of commercial recreation 
concessions on the land covered by the  
agreement4  7#b7 ,term  7,a7 ,in general
 ,an agreement entered into under       
paragraph 7#a7 shall be for a period    
that is consistent with the period of   
time required to amortize the capital   
investment made under the agreement but 
in any case not longer than #bj years4  
7,b7 ,extension ,on a finding of        
satisfactory performance1 the ,secretary

 may extend the term of an agreement for
 #a additional period equal in length to
 the initial term4  7#c7 ,third-,party  
agreements  7,a7 ,in general ,a party to
 an agreement entered into under        
paragraph 7#a7 may enter into agreements
 with third parties for the             
establishment of commercial recreation  
concessions pursuant to the agreement   
entered into under paragraph 7#a74  7,b7
 ,term ,an agreement entered into under 
subparagraph 7,a7 shall not be for a    
period that is longer than the term of  
the agreement entered into under        
paragraph 7#a74  7c7 ,use of funds ,a   
party to an agreement entered into under
 subsection 7b77#a7 shall not be        
required to use revenue collected       
pursuant to the commercial recreation   
concessions on the land covered by the  
agreement4  7d7 ,authorized activities  
,for the term of an agreement entered   
into under subsection 7b77#a71 with     
respect to land covered by the          
agreement1 any activity defined as      

permissible under parts #bibj and #bicj 
of title #dc1 ,code of ,federal         
,regulations1 shall be permissible4  7e7
 ,effect ,the establishment of          
commercial recreation concessions under 
subsection 7b7 shall not be considered  
to be a change in use for purposes of   
this ,act4  4