US SB1695 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on May 23 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-11-18 - Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Requires the Department of Agriculture and the Department of the Interior to authorize their respective local offices to determine all permissible forms of nonmotorized travel over routes within wilderness areas. Local offices must seek to accommodate all forms of nonmotorized travel to the maximum extent practicable. If a local office fails to make such a determination about a route within two years after this bill's enactment, then any form of nonmotorized travel shall be allowable on that route.

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Title

Human-Powered Travel in Wilderness Areas Act

Sponsors

Sen. Mike Lee [R-UT]

History

DateChamberAction
2020-11-18SenateCommittee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.
2019-05-23SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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