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Backcountry Landing Strip Access Act

Introduced: April 22, 2009 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 8 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 22, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
Apr 27, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
Apr 23, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Apr 22, 2009
Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
Apr 22, 2009
Referred to House Agriculture
Apr 22, 2009
Referred to House Natural Resources
Apr 22, 2009
Referred to the Committee on Natural 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.
Apr 22, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Backcountry Landing Strip Access Act - Prohibits the Secretaries of the Interior or Agriculture from taking any action that would permanently close, restrict, or render or declare unserviceable any aircraft landing strip located on land under their jurisdiction unless: (1) the action has been approved by the head of the aviation department of the state in which the landing strip is located; (2) the Secretary publishes notice of the proposed action and provides for a 90-day public comment thereafter; and (3) the Secretary and appropriate state aviation department head have taken into consideration any comments received.

Requires the Secretaries to: (1) establish a nationwide policy for governing backcountry aviation issues relating to the management of federal land under the jurisdiction of the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture; and (2) require officials with jurisdiction over such land to adhere to such policy.

Requires private and publicly-owned aircraft landing strips acquired by the government to be made available to the public for unrestricted use.

What's happening now June 22, 2010

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 6
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
R
Simpson, Michael K.
Idaho · Apr 22, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2025: Backcountry Landing Strip Access Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2025/
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"H.R. 2025: Backcountry Landing Strip Access Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2025/.
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H.R. 2025, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2025/.
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