To set the fee to be paid by commercial air tour operations over a national park at an amount sufficient to offset all of the costs incurred by the Federal Government to develop air tour management plans for national parks.

SA 3532. Mr. COBURN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 3452 proposed by Mr. Rockefeller to the bill H.R. 1586, to
impose an additional tax on bonuses received from certain TARP
recipients; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 250, strike line 12 and all that follows through
page 251, line 18, and insert the following:
(e) Collection of Fees From Air Tour Operations.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of the Interior shall assess
a fee in an amount determined by the Secretary under
paragraph (2) on a commercial air tour operator conducting
commercial air tour operations over a national park.
(2) Amount of fee.--In determining the amount of the fee
assessed under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall collect
sufficient revenue, in the aggregate, to pay for the expenses
incurred by the Federal Government to develop air tour
management plans for national parks.
(3) Effect of failure to pay fee.--The Administrator of the
Federal Aviation Administration shall revoke the operating
authority of a commercial air tour operator conducting
commercial air tour operations over any national park,
including the Grand Canyon National Park, that has not paid
the fee assessed by the Secretary under paragraph (1) by the
date that is 180 days after the date on which the Secretary
determines the fee shall be paid.
(f) Funding for Air Tour Management Plans.--The Secretary
of the Interior shall use the amounts collected under
subsection (e) to develop air tour management plans under
section 40128(b) of title 49, United States Code, for the
national parks the Secretary determines would most benefit
from such a plan.
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