[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 36, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 36CFR71.5]

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              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
      CHAPTER I--NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 71--RECREATION FEES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 71.5  Golden Eagle Passport.

    (a) The Golden Eagle Passport is an annual permit, valid on a 
calendar-year basis, for admission to any Designated Entrance Fee Area. 
The charge for the Golden Eagle Passport shall be $10. The annual Golden 
Eagle Passport shall be nontransferable and the unlawful use thereof 
shall be punishable in the manner described in Sec. 71.12 of this part.
    (b) The Golden Eagle Passport shall admit the permittee and any 
persons accompany him in a single, private, noncommercial vehicle, or 
alternatively, the permittee and his spouse, children, and parents 
accompanying him where entry to the area is by any means other than 
private, noncommercial vehicle, to Designated Entrance Fee Areas. Golden 
Eagle Passport coverage does not include a permittee and his spouse, 
children, or parents entering a Designated Entrance Fee Area in two 
separate, private, noncommercial vehicles. In this case, only the 
vehicle with the permittee shall be covered by the Passport. The persons 
in the second vehicle shall be subject to the single-visit entrance fee 
requirement.
    (1) ``Private, noncommercial vehicle,'' for the purpose of this 
part, shall include any passenger car, station wagon, pickup camper 
truck, motorcycle, or other motor vehicle which is used for private 
recreation purposes.
    (2) ``Accompanying,'' for the purpose of this section, shall be 
defined as coming immediately with (at the same time) and entering 
together with (in physical proximity).
    (c) The annual Golden Eagle Passport does not authorize the use of 
any Designated Recreation Use Facility for which a recreation use fee is 
charged or any Special Recreation Permit Use for which a special 
recreation permit fee is charged.
    (d) The annual Golden Eagle Passport shall be for sale at all 
Designated Entrance Fee Areas of the National Park Service, at the 
National Park Service headquarters, Washington, D.C., and at the Park 
Service field offices.