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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Feb 5, 1998
Prohibits a person from producing a commercial visual depiction in a unit of the National Park System or National Wildlife Refuge System without obtaining a permit from the Secretary of the Interior and paying a permit fee. Specifies fee guidelines. Subjects a person who violates this Act or fails to comply with any condition stated in a permit to a civil penalty of up to 200 percent of the permit fee. Requires amounts collected as fees or penalties to be retained by the Secretary and made available for capital improvement and restoration activities in the unit in which the commercial visual depiction was produced.
People & committees
Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO] · R–CO
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Subcommittee on Parks, Preservation and Recreation. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 105-579 PT.2.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources requested executive comment from Department of the Interior, and Office of Management and Budget.
Referred to Subcommittee on Parks, Preservation and Recreation.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S453-454)
Introduced in Senate
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