16 USC § 8545 - Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management temporary special recreation permits for outfitting and guiding

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title: "16 USC § 8545 - Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management temporary special recreation permits for outfitting and guiding"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "8545"
section_name: "Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management temporary special recreation permits for outfitting and guiding"
chapter_number: 103
chapter_name: "EXPANDING PUBLIC LANDS OUTDOOR RECREATION EXPERIENCES"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "SIMPLIFYING OUTDOOR ACCESS FOR RECREATION"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "Modernizing Recreation Permitting"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 118–234, title III, § 316, Jan. 4, 2025, 138 Stat. 2905.)"
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# § 8545. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management temporary special recreation permits for outfitting and guiding

**(a)** **In general** January 4, 2025

Not later than 180 days after , the Secretary concerned shall establish and implement a program to authorize the issuance of temporary special recreation permits for new or additional recreational uses of Federal recreational land and water managed by the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management.

**1** **Term of temporary permits** [^1]

A temporary special recreation permit issued under paragraph (1)  shall be issued for a period of not more than 2 years.

So in original. Probably should be “subsection (a)”.

**(c)** **Conversion to long-term permit** <sup>1</sup><sup>1</sup>

If the Secretary concerned determines that a permittee under paragraph (1)  has completed 2 years of satisfactory operation under the permit proposed to be converted, the Secretary may provide for the conversion of a temporary special recreation permit issued under paragraph (1)  to a long-term special recreation permit.

**2** **Effect** [^2]section 6802 of this title

Nothing in this subsection  alters or affects the authority of the Secretary to issue a special recreation permit under subsection (h)(1) of  (as amended by this title).

So in original. Probably should be “this section”.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 118–234, title III, § 316, Jan. 4, 2025, 138 Stat. 2905.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

As amended by this title, referred to in subsec. (d), means as amended by title III of .