“Congress finds that—“(1) the sale and distribution of general public information about the use of public land and water areas for recreation, fish, wildlife, and other purposes serve significant public benefits;
“(2) publications and other materials educate the public and provide general information about Bureau of Reclamation programs and projects;
“(3) in 1997, more than 1,000,000 visitors, including 300,000 from foreign countries, toured the Hoover Dam;
“(4) hundreds of thousands of additional visitors stopped to view the dam;
“(5) visitors often ask to purchase maps, publications, and other items to enhance their experience or serve educational purposes;
“(6) in many cases the Bureau of Reclamation is the sole source of those items;
“(7) the Bureau is in a unique position to fulfill public requests for those items; and
“(8) as a public agency, the Bureau should be responsive to the public by having appropriate items available for sale.
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