Bill to Improve Recreation at the Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area Passes House of Representatives

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 3324, a bipartisan bill to extend the authority of the Shasta-Trinity National Forest to collect Shasta-Trinity Marina fees through fiscal year 2029. This bill was co-led by Congressmen Doug LaMalfa (R-CA) and Jared Huffman (D-CA), whose districts include parts of the Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area. The authority to collect and retain fees is critical for the Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area, which manages 212,000 acres, including 48,480 lake surface areas and 12 highly developed commercial marinas. The marina fees retained by United States Forest Service are spent on recreation enhancement projects such as boat ramp improvements, lake cleanup efforts, maintaining recreational facilities, and educational programs. This bill would not increase or otherwise affect the price of the current marina fees. The authority to collect and retain these fees expired in 2019 but has been temporarily extended through appropriations legislation.

“The Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area is important to residents, visitors, and our rural economy. It’s common sense that existing marina fees should be used to improve recreation for all those who visit the Recreation Area. I have worked across the aisle to includelanguage in previous appropriations bills to extend the fee retention authority after it previously expired, but as Nor Cal’s prosperous outdoor recreation sector continues to grow, we need a more permanent solution,”said Congressman LaMalfa.

“Bipartisan bills can sometimes seem like a rare occurrence on Capitol Hill these days, which is why I was so pleased to see H.R. 3324 advance through the Natural Resources Committee this summer and now pass the House. This is a commonsense, bipartisan bill that will benefit all who wish to access the Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area, a place that holds tremendous significance for many residents of California. Representative LaMalfa has been a champion on this issue and I look forward to working with him on further legislative solutions to the issues facing his constituents,”said House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman.

Congressman Doug LaMalfa is a lifelong farmer representing California’s First Congressional District, including Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Shasta, Siskiyou, Sutter, Tehama and Yuba Counties.

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