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title: "16 U.S.C. § 8521"
description: "Increasing youth recreation visits to Federal land"
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title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
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chapter_name: "EXPANDING PUBLIC LANDS OUTDOOR RECREATION EXPERIENCES"
section: "8521"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 8521"
status: "current"
release_point: "119-100"
release_date: "2026-06-26"
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# 16 U.S.C. § 8521 - Increasing youth recreation visits to Federal land

## Text

(a) Strategy Not later than 2 years after January 4, 2025, the Secretaries, acting jointly, shall develop and make public a strategy to increase the number of youth recreation visits to Federal recreational lands and waters.

(b) Requirements A strategy developed under subsection (a)—

(1) shall—

(A) emphasize increased recreation opportunities on Federal recreational lands and waters for underserved youth;

(B) establish objectives and quantifiable targets for increasing youth recreation visits; and

(C) provide the anticipated costs to achieve the objectives and meet the targets established under subparagraph (B); and

(2) shall not establish any preference between similar recreation facilitated by noncommercial or commercial entities.

(c) Update to strategy Not later than 5 years after the date of the publication of the strategy required under subsection (a), and every 5 years thereafter, the Secretaries shall update the strategy and make public the update.

(d) Agreements The Secretaries may enter into contracts or cost-share agreements (including contracts or agreements for the acquisition of vehicles) to carry out this section.

(Pub. L. 118–234, title II, § 231, Jan. 4, 2025, 138 Stat. 2890.)