This bill requires the Secretary of the Interior, together with the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Army, to enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences within 60 days to study reservation systems for recreational activities on federal land. The study must review the history of systems such as recreation.gov and answer specific questions about benefits and challenges, data needs, user information and demographics, barriers to access, best practices, fee collection and use, odds of securing reservations, data sharing and transparency, technology and cyber risks, and ways to reduce no-shows. The National Academy must submit a report to the appropriate committees of Congress within 18 months after the agreement is entered into.
The study will gather information about how reservation systems work and how they affect visitors to federal lands. It will examine who uses these systems, how fees are charged and used, whether some communities face barriers, and how new technology is used. The immediate result is a report to Congress. No publicly available information about any direct changes or rules beyond the study and report.
The bill sets deadlines for an agreement (60 days) and for the report (18 months). The bill text does not specify funding amounts, a budget, or how the study will be paid. No publicly available information on costs or funding sources.
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