; and (II) section 46.215 of title 43, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation). (d) Needs assessments Except as required under subsection (c) or (d) of section 4 of the Wilderness Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1133 ), the Secretary concerned shall not conduct a needs assessment as a condition of issuing a special recreation permit under this Act. (e) Online applications The Secretary concerned shall make applications for special recreation permits available to be completed and submitted online unless the Secretary concerned determines that making the applications available for completion and submission online would not improve the efficiency or accessibility of the permitting process. 104. Permit flexibility (a) Voluntary return of surplus service days The Secretary concerned shall establish a program to allow a permittee issued a special recreation permit for a public land unit to voluntarily and temporarily return to the Secretary concerned one or more service days, to be made available to any other existing or potential permittee. (b) Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management temporary special recreation permits (1) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary concerned shall establish and implement a program to authorize the issuance of temporary special recreation permits for new or additional recreational uses of Federal recreational lands and waters managed by the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management. (2) Term of temporary permits A temporary special recreation permit issued under paragraph (1) shall be issued for a period of not more than 2 years. (3) Conversion to long-term permit If the Secretary concerned determines that a permittee under paragraph (1) has completed 2 years of satisfactory operation under the permit proposed to be converted, the Secretary may provide for the conversion of a temporary special recreation permit issued under paragraph (1) to a long-term special recreation permit. (4) Effect Nothing in this subsection alters or