16 USC 3197 - Revenue-producing visitor services

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§ 3197.

Revenue-producing visitor services

(a)

Continuation of existing visitor services

(b)

Preference

Notwithstanding provisions of law other than those contained in subsection (a), in selecting persons to provide (and in contracting for the provision of) any type of visitor service for any conservation system unit, except sport fishing and hunting guiding activities, the Secretary—

(1)

shall give preference to the Native Corporations which the Secretary determines are most directly affected by the establishment or expansion of such unit by or under the provisions of this Act;

(2)

shall give preference to persons whom he determines, by rule, are local residents; and

(3)

shall, consistent with the provisions of this section, offer to Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated, in cooperation with Village Corporations within the Cook Inlet Region when appropriate, the right of first refusal to provide new revenue producing visitor services within the Kenai National Moose Range or that portion of the Lake Clark National Park and Preserve within the boundaries of the Cook Inlet Region that right to remain open for a period of ninety days as agreed to in paragraph VIII of the document referred to in section 12 of the Act of January 2, 1976 (Public Law 94–204).

(c)

“Visitor service” defined

(Pub. L. 96–487, title XIII, § 1307, Dec. 2, 1980, 94 Stat. 2479; Pub. L. 105–333, § 10, Oct. 31, 1998, 112 Stat. 3134.)

cite as: 16 USC 3197