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Backcountry Landing Strip Access Act

Introduced: March 15, 2006 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 21, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
Mar 20, 2006
Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
Mar 20, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
Mar 20, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
Mar 16, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Mar 15, 2006
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.
Mar 15, 2006
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Backcountry Landing Strip Access Act - Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture from taking any action that would permanently close, restrict, render or declare as unserviceable any aircraft landing strip located on federal land under their respective jurisdiction, unless: (1) the head of the aviation department of each state in which the aircraft landing strip is located approves the action; (2) notice of the proposed action has been published in the Federal Register; (3) a public comment period on the action has been provided; and (4) the relevant Secretary and the head of the aviation department of each state in which the affected aircraft landing strip is located have taken into consideration any comments received during the comment period.

Directs the Secretaries to: (1) adopt a nationwide policy for governing backcountry 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 air access to an aircraft landing strip located on federal land will not take effect unless certain conditions are met.

What's happening now March 21, 2006

Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.

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 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 7
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Republican 1
REHBERG, DENNY
· Mar 29, 2006
HASTINGS, DOC
· Mar 15, 2006
 R
Simpson, Michael K.
Idaho · Mar 15, 2006
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4970: Backcountry Landing Strip Access Act. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-4970/
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"H.R. 4970: Backcountry Landing Strip Access Act." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-4970/.
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H.R. 4970, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-4970/.
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