As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on April 3, 2014
S. 2055 would authorize the Corps of Engineers to enter into cooperative agreements with nonfederal entities to jointly manage parks and recreational facilities currently managed by the Corps. Under current law, all fees charged and collected by the Corps for public access to those sites are required to be deposited in the Treasury. Under the bill, the agreements would allow nonfederal entities, instead of the Corps, to charge fees for the use of those parks and facilities. Those nonfederal entities would retain the proceeds for operation and maintenance expenses at those sites.
Based on information from the Corps, CBO estimates that enacting S. 2055 would increase direct spending (by reducing offsetting receipts) by $20 million over the 2015-2024 period. Because the legislation would affect direct spending, pay-as-you-go procedures apply. Enacting S. 2055 would not affect revenues.
S. 2055 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act.
