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National Park Service FY 2013 Budget Justifications Recreation Fee Permanent Appropriations Recreation Fee Permanent Appropriation ($000) RecFee-1 FY 2011 Actual FY 2012 Estimate FY 2013 Estimate Change from FY 2012 Estimate (+/-) Recreation Fee Programs 1 172,399 172,000 172,000 0 Recreation Fee Program [170,796] [170,313] [170,313] 0 Deed Restricted Parks Fee Program [1,603] [1,687] [1,687] 0 Transportation Systems Fund 14,603 14,968 15,342 +374 Educational Expenses, Children of Employees, Yellowstone NP 497 690 711 +21 Payment for Tax Losses on Land Acquired for Grand Teton NP 19 19 19 0 Total Receipts 187,518 187,677 188,072 +395 Total FTE Requirements 1,614 1,614 1,614 0 1 The Interagency Pass revenue is included in total Recreation Fee Programs revenue as of 2007. Activity Overview This section includes several permanent appropriations that are derived from recreation entrance and use fees paid by visitors. They will be discussed as program components of the over-arching Recreation Fee Permanent Appropriations. Program Overview Recreation Fee Program The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2005 (P.L. 108-447) includes Title VIII – Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (FLREA) authorizing recreation fees to be collected, retained, and expended by the National Park Service and other land management agencies to enhance the visitor experience. NPS uses revenue generated by these fees to repair, maintain and enhance facilities; provide interpretation, information, or other park visitor services; restore habitat directly related to wildlifedependent recreation; and provide law enforcement related to public use and recreation both at the park where the fee is collected and throughout the national park system. FLREA is authorized though FY 2014. For the period 1996 to 2011, an estimated $2.2 billion was retained by the NPS under the FLREA programs and the proceeding Recreation Demonstration Fee Program. Funds were used to conduct visitor-related critical deferred maintenance and facility condition improvements on visitor use facilities, restore natural and cultural resources, and expand and improve educational and interpretive programs, many of which engage youth. Projects funded through the FLREA programs will help the NPS prepare for its Centennial and support the NPS Call to Action – all in an effort to reach more visitors and enhance the overall visitor experience.
National Park Service FY 2013 Budget Justifications FLREA authorizes the NPS to retain all recreation fee revenue, with a minimum of 60 percent retained at the collecting park. Parks collecting under $500,000 in fees annually retain 100 percent of what they collect. For parks which collect over $500,000 annually, National Park Service policy designates that a park may retain 80 percent of their recreation fee collections except when their annual carryover balance exceeds 35 percent of their gross revenue in that year. In those cases, the collecting park is reduced to 60 percent retention of funds in the next year and remains at 60 percent until their carryover balances fall below 35 percent of gross revenue. In FY 2011, no parks collecting over $500,000 failed to meet the carryover target of less than 35 percent of fee revenues. The fees not retained by the parks are consolidated into a central discretionary account and used for projects in other parks. Parks compete for funding and proposed projects are evaluated on a servicewide level. Projects are chosen by the Director and must be obligated within one year of selection. RecFee-2 At a Glance… NPS policies and processes have resulted in improved reporting, efficiency, and accountability of recreation fee revenues. • To date, the NPS has obligated approximately $2.1 billion in Recreation Fee dollars through the end of FY 2011. The NPS restructured its spending priorities and established more proactive policies from 2009 to 2012 to improve obligation rates. • The obligation rate increased to 128 percent of the gross revenue in FY 2011. • Approximately 29 third party agreements with select vendors have been established for sales of the Interagency Pass. • In 2011, a new customer service improvement was implemented making lifetime passes available through the mail and via a toll free phone number. In recent years, the NPS has made great strides in reducing the carryover balance in the recreation fee program. The NPS obligated $222 million in fee receipts during FY 2011 for high priority projects, or about 128 percent of annual gross revenue. The end of FY 2011 unobligated balance was $98 million; a significant reduction of unobligated fee balances of $257 million at the end of FY 2008 and $217 million at the end of FY 2009. Fee receipts are also used to fund collection and program administrative costs. The Recreation Fee Program provides central and regional office oversight and management of the fee program. FLREA allows the expenditure of revenues to improve the program’s management and customer service through fee management agreements, reservation services, direct operating, or capital costs. Legislation caps the use of revenues for administration, overhead and indirect costs at 15 percent. By improving efficiencies and monitoring expenses, the NPS has been able to reduce direct collection costs. There is, however, a key relationship between revenue generated and collection cost percentages. Collection expenses are paid for from the recreation fee funds retained at each park. Actual and estimated budgetary resources for FY 2010 through FY 2012 are shown in the following table. FLREA fee receipts are dependent upon a number of factors including visitation, gas prices, economic impacts, tour and travel industry trends, weather, construction, new NPS initiatives and many other park specific variables. The NPS continued to offer fee free days in 2011 as a good will gesture to the public during the economic downturn. The publicity and positive public response prompted NPS Managers to continue to offer additional fee free days in 2012. The dates chosen for 2012 include: Martin Luther King holiday weekend January 14-16, National Park Week April 21-29, Get Outdoors Day June 9, National Public Lands Day September 29 and Veterans Day Weekend Nov 10-12. Additionally the NPS expects to keep its fee moratorium in place on new entrance fee increases in 2012 with only a few case by case exceptions as approved the NPS Director.
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