[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 36, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 36CFR71.13]

[Page 380-381]
 
              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
      CHAPTER I--NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 71_RECREATION FEES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 71.13  Exceptions, exclusions, and exemptions.

    In the application of the provisions of this part, the following 
exceptions, exclusions, and exemptions shall apply:
    (a) Nothing contained herein shall authorize Federal hunting or 
fishing licenses or fees;
    (b) No entrance fee shall be charged for travel by private 
noncommercial vehicle over any National Parkway, or any road or highway 
established as part of the National Federal-Aid System, which is 
commonly used by the public as a means of travel between two places, 
either or both of which are outside the Designated Entrance Fee Area;
    (c) No entrance fee shall be charged for travel by private 
noncommercial vehicle over any road or highway to any land in which such 
person has any property right if such land is within any Designated 
Entrance Fee Area.
    (d) No Federal recreation fee shall be charged for commercial or 
other activities not related to recreation, including, but not limited 
to, organized tours or outings conducted for educational or scientific 
purposes related to the resources of the area visited by bona fide 
institutions established for these purposes. Applicants for waiver of 
fees on this basis will be required to provide documentation of their 
official recognition as educational or scientific institutions by 
Federal, State or local government bodies and will also be required to 
provide a statement as to the purposes of the visit proposed. The use of 
any recreation facilities for which a

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fee waiver is requested must relate directly to scientific or 
educational purposes of the visit and may not be primarily for 
recreational purposes. No Federal recreation fee shall be charged any 
hospital inmate actively involved in medical treatment or therapy in the 
area visited.
    (e) No entrance fee shall be charged any person conducting State, 
local, or Federal government business.
    (f) No entrance fee shall be charged at any entrance to Great Smoky 
Mountains National Park unless such fees are charged at main highway and 
thoroughfare entrances.
    (g) No entrance fees shall be charged for persons who have not 
reached their 16th birthday.
    (h) Until July 12, 1975, no entrance fee shall be charged a foreign 
visitor to the United States seeking admission to any Designated 
Entrance Fee Area upon presentation of a valid passport.
    (i) No entrance fees shall be charged persons having a right of 
access to lands or waters within a Designated Entrance Fee Area for 
hunting or fishing privileges under a specific provision of law or 
treaty.

[39 FR 33217, Sept. 16, 1974; 39 FR 36114, Oct. 8, 1974. Redesignated at 
44 FR 7143, Feb. 6, 1979, and 46 FR 34329, July 1, 1981, and correctly 
redesignated at 46 FR 43045, Aug. 26, 1981]