§ 6207. — Annual adjustment of cabin user fee.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC6207]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 81--USER FEES UNDER FOREST SYSTEM RECREATION RESIDENCE PROGRAM
Sec. 6207. Annual adjustment of cabin user fee
(a) In general
The Secretary shall adjust the cabin user fee annually, using a
rolling 5-year average of a published price index in accordance with
subsection (b) or (c) of this section that reports changes in rural or
similar land values in the State, county, or market area in which the
lot is located.
(b) Initial index
(1) In general
For the period of 10 years beginning on October 11, 2000, the
Secretary shall use changes in agricultural land prices in the
appropriate State or county, as reported in the Index of
Agricultural Land Prices published by the Department of Agriculture,
to determine the annual adjustment to the cabin user fee in
accordance with subsections (a) and (d) of this section.
(2) Statewide changes
In determining the annual adjustment to the cabin user fee for
an authorization located in a county in which agricultural land
prices are influenced by the value influences described in section
6205(b)(3) of this title, the Secretary shall use average statewide
changes in the State in which the lot is located.
(c) New index
(1) In general
Not later than 10 years after October 11, 2000, the Secretary
may select and use an index other than the method of adjustment of a
cabin user fee described in subsection (b)(2) of this section to
adjust a cabin user fee if the Secretary determines that a different
index better reflects change in the value of a lot over time.
(2) Selection process
Before selecting a new index, the Secretary shall--
(A) solicit and consider comments from the public; and
(B) not later than 60 days before the date on which the
Secretary makes a final index selection, submit any proposed
selection of a new index to--
(i) the Committee on Resources of the House of
Representatives; and
(ii) the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry of the Senate.
(d) Limitation
In calculating an annual adjustment to the base cabin user fee as
determined by the initial index described in section \1\ (b) of this
section, the Secretary shall--
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(1) limit any annual fee adjustment to an amount that is not
more than 5 percent per year when the change in agricultural land
values exceeds 5 percent in any 1 year; and
(2) apply the amount of any adjustment that exceeds 5 percent to
the annual fee payment for the next year in which the change in the
index factor is less than 5 percent.
(Pub. L. 106-291, title VI, Sec. 608, Oct. 11, 2000, 114 Stat. 1019.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 6203 of this title.
