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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
GPO
115TH CONGRESS }REPT. 115-990
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1
SKI AREA FEE RETENTION ACT
OCTOBER 23, 2018.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. BISHOP of Utah, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 5171]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 5171) to amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands
Management Act of 1996 to provide for the establishment of a Ski
Area Fee Retention Account, having considered the same, report fa-
vorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill
do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of H.R. 5171 is to amend the Omnibus Parks and
Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to provide for the establish-
ment of a Ski Area Fee Retention Account.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
Americans enjoy the outdoors, and few outdoor activities have a
more devoted user base than downhill skiing and snowboarding.
Each year U.S. ski resorts receive 50 million visits, with roughly
30 million visits to ski areas on public lands.1 Currently, there are
481 ski areas in operation in the United States, of which 122 oper-
ate on approximately 180,000 acres of National Forest System
lands.2 While ski areas occupy less than one percent of all National
Forest System lands, they receive about one-fifth of all recreation
in our national forests. In fact, downhill skiing is the second-most
Kottke National End of Season Survey 2016/2017. RRC Associates. Accessed July 12, 2018.
http://www.nsaa.org/media/303945/visits.pdf.
2US Forest Service Finalizes Policy to Promote Year-round Recreation on Ski Areas. U.S.
Forest Service. April 15, 2014. Accessed July 12, 2018. https://www.fs.fed.us/news/releases/us-
forest-service-finalizes-policy-promote-year-round-recreation-ski-areas.
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