1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ski Area Fee Retention Act . 2. Establishment of Ski Area Fee Retention Account (a) In general Section 701 of division I of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 ( 16 U.S.C. 497c ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (k) Ski Area Fee Retention Account (1) Definitions In this subsection: (A) Account The term Account means the Ski Area Fee Retention Account established under paragraph (2). (B) Covered unit The term covered unit means a National Forest which collects a rental charge under this section. (C) Region The term Region means a Forest Service Region. (D) Rental charge The term rental charge means a permit rental charge that is charged under subsection (a). (E) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of Agriculture. (2) Establishment The Secretary of the Treasury shall establish in the Treasury a special account, to be known as the Ski Area Fee Retention Account , into which there shall be deposited— (A) in the case of a covered unit at which not less than $15,000,000 is collected by the covered unit from rental charges in a fiscal year, an amount equal to 50 percent of the rental charges collected at the covered unit in the fiscal year