HR 3661
106th Congress
House
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Access to airports
Administrative procedure
Air routes
Airports
Airspace (Law)
Citizen participation
Department of Agriculture
Department of Transportation
Department of the Interior
Federal-state relations
General aviation aircraft
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Land transfers
Law
Maintenance and repair
National forests
National parks
Private aviation
Backcountry Landing Strip Access Act
Introduced: February 15, 2000
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18 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 12, 2000
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 498.
Sep 12, 2000
House Committee on Transportation Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Sept. 12, 2000.
Sep 12, 2000
Committee on Transportation discharged.
Sep 12, 2000
Committee on Agriculture discharged.
Sep 12, 2000
House Committee on Agriculture Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Sept. 12, 2000.
Sep 12, 2000
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 106-841, Part I.
Jun 20, 2000
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Jun 20, 2000
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
May 18, 2000
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 6 - 5.
May 18, 2000
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Apr 6, 2000
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Feb 18, 2000
Executive Comment Requested from Interior, USDA.
Feb 18, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
Feb 18, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands.
Feb 17, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
Feb 16, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Feb 15, 2000
Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Feb 15, 2000
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
General Aviation Access Act - Prohibits the Secretaries of the Interior or of Agriculture from taking any action or inaction, including neglect, which would permanently close or render or declare as unserviceable any aircraft landing strip, unless: (1) the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the head of the aviation department of each State in which the aircraft landing strip is located have approved such action; (2) notice of the proposed action has been published in the Federal Register; (3) a 90-day public comment period on the action has been provided; and (4) any comments received during the comment period have been taken into consideration by the Secretaries, as the case may be, the FAA Administrator, and the head of the aviation department of each State in which the affected aircraft landing strip is located.
Directs the Secretaries to: (1) adopt a nationwide policy in accordance with this Act for governing general aviation issues related to the management of Federal land under their jurisdiction; and (2) require regional managers to adhere to it. Declares that a policy affecting access to an aircraft landing strip located on Federal land (including any national policy required under this Act) shall not take effect unless certain conditions are met, including that the FAA has the sole authority to control aviation and airspace over the United States.
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Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 498.