A bill to amend Public Law 106-206 to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to require annual permits and assess annual fees for commercial filming activities on Federal land for film crews of 5 persons or fewer.
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What it doesSummary introduced in senate (Jun 11, 2009)
Directs the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture (the Secretary), for any film crew of five persons or fewer, to require a permit and assess an annual fee of $200 for commercial filming activities or similar projects on federal lands and waterways administered by the Secretary. Makes such a permit valid for such activities or projects that occur in areas designated for public use during public hours on all federal lands and waterways administered by the Secretary for a 12-month period.
Prohibits the Secretary, for persons holding such a permit, from assessing any additional fee for commercial filming activities and similar projects that occur in those areas during those hours.
Bars the Secretary from prohibiting, as a mechanized apparatus or under any other purposes, the use of cameras or related equipment used for commercial filming activities or similar projects in accordance with this Act on federal lands and waterways administered by the Secretary.
What just happenedApr 28, 2010
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in SenateJun 11, 2009
- Apr 28, 2010Committee
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held.
Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee - Apr 28, 2010Committee
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 111-744.
Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee - Jun 11, 2009IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6549)
Energy and Natural Resources Committee - Jun 11, 2009IntroReferralB00100
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6548-6549)
- Jun 11, 2009IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate