16 USC 8411 - Congressional declaration of policy

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§ 8411. Congressional declaration of policy
§ 8412. Identifying opportunities for recreation
§ 8413. Recreation budget crosscut

§ 8411. Congressional declaration of policy

Congress declares that it is the policy of the Federal Government to foster and encourage recreation on Federal recreational lands and waters, to the extent consistent with the laws applicable to specific areas of Federal recreational lands and waters, including multiple-use mandates and land management planning requirements.

(Pub. L. 118–234, title I, § 111, Jan. 4, 2025, 138 Stat. 2838.)

§ 8412. Identifying opportunities for recreation

(a) Inventory and assessments

(1) In generalThe Secretary concerned shall—

(A) conduct an inventory and assessment of recreation resources for Federal recreational lands and waters;

(B) develop the inventory and assessment with support from public comment; and

(2) Unique recreation valuesAn inventory and assessment conducted under paragraph (1) shall—

(A) recognize—

(i) any unique recreation values and recreation opportunities; and

(ii) areas of concentrated recreational use; and

(B) identify, list, and map recreation resources by—

(i) type of recreation opportunity and type of natural or artificial recreation infrastructure;

(ii) to the extent available, the level of use of the recreation resource as of the date of the inventory; and

(iii) identifying, to the extent practicable, any trend relating to recreation opportunities or use at a recreation resource identified under subparagraph (A).

(3) AssessmentsFor any recreation resource inventoried under paragraph (1), the Secretary concerned shall assess—

(A) the maintenance needs of, and expenses necessary to administer, the recreation resource;

(B) the suitability for developing, expanding, or enhancing the recreation resource; and

(b) Existing efforts

(Pub. L. 118–234, title I, § 112, Jan. 4, 2025, 138 Stat. 2838.)

§ 8413. Recreation budget crosscut

Not later than 30 days after the end of each fiscal year, beginning with fiscal year 2025, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall submit to Congress and make public online a report that describes and itemizes the total amount of funding relating to outdoor recreation that was obligated in the preceding fiscal year in accounts in the Treasury for the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture.

(Pub. L. 118–234, title I, § 114, Jan. 4, 2025, 138 Stat. 2841.)