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US HB1084
Bill
Status
2/6/2025
Primary Sponsor
Joseph Neguse
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AI Summary
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Establishes a Ski Area Fee Retention Account in the Treasury where ski area permit rental charges collected by the Forest Service will be deposited and remain available for 4 fiscal years without further appropriation
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Allocates 80% of collected fees to the National Forest unit that collected them (75% for ski area program administration, 25% for facility maintenance and recreation improvements), with 20% distributed agency-wide
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Permits expenditures for ski area permit processing and administration, staff training, visitor services, wildfire planning near recreation sites, law enforcement, search and rescue, avalanche education, and Forest Service facility repairs
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Prohibits use of Account funds for wildfire suppression activities or land acquisition for the National Forest System
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Takes effect 60 days after enactment and specifies that retained fees must supplement rather than supplant existing appropriated funding for National Forest operations
Legislative Description
Ski Hill Resources for Economic Development Act
Public lands and natural resources
Last Action
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2/6/2025