S 2707
106th Congress
Senate
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
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 8, 2000
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Jun 8, 2000
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4850-4851)
Jun 8, 2000
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Backcountry Landing Strip Access Act - Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture from taking any action which would permanently close or render or declare as unserviceable any aircraft landing strip located on Federal land under the administrative jurisdiction of either Secretary unless: (1) the head of the aviation department of each State in which the aircraft landing strip is located has approved the action; and (2) certain notice and comment requirements have been met.
Requires the Secretaries to adopt a nationwide policy, meeting specified requirements, for governing backcountry aviation issues related to the management of Federal land under their jurisdiction of those Secretaries, and require regional managers to adhere to it.
Prescribes requirements for maintenance of such landing strips.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Committees of jurisdiction
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