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S. 2501: Ski Area Fee Retention Act

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S. 2501: Ski Area Fee Retention Act

115th Congress · introduced 2018-03-06 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2018-03-06 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Ski Area Fee Retention Act

Plain summary

Ski Area Fee Retention Act This bill amends the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to establish the Ski Area Fee Retention Account. A specified portion of rental charges for ski area permits on a Forest Service unit shall be deposited in such account. Amounts in the fund shall be available for expenditure without further appropriation for ski area administration, improvements, and visitor services. Funds may only be reallocated if the rental charges collected exceed the reasonable needs of the unit.

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Official text

Ski Area Fee Retention Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO] · 9 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Michael F. Bennet (D-CO), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), John Barrasso (R-WY)

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Bill
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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-s2501 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115