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HR 3661 113th Congress House Public Lands and Natural Resources Appropriations Executive agency funding and structure Forests, forestry, trees Intergovernmental relations Parks, recreation areas, trails State and local finance State and local government operations Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Public Access to Public Land Guarantee Act

Introduced: December 5, 2013 Introduced by: Gosar, Paul A. Republican · Arizona See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 16, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
Dec 11, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
Dec 11, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
Dec 5, 2013
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.
Dec 5, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Public Access to Public Land Guarantee Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), with respect to land under their respective jurisdictions, pursuant to a state or local government offer, to enter into an agreement under which the United States may accept funds from the state or local government to reopen any unit of the National Park System, the National Wildlife Refuge System, or the National Forest System within the state or local government during any period in which there is a lapse in available funds for that unit as a result of a failure to enact a regular appropriations bill or continuing resolution.

Makes such authority effective only during a period in which the Secretary is unable to operate and manage covered units at normal levels.

Requires the appropriate Secretary to refund to the state or local government all amounts it provided to the United States under such an agreement: (1) upon enactment of an Act retroactively appropriating amounts sufficient to maintain normal operating levels at the reopened covered unit, or (2) on the date on which the state or local government establishes that the Secretary collected entrance or user fees for the covered units during the period in which the agreement was in effect.

Allows the appropriate Secretary, if such refund requirements are not met, to reimburse the state or local government voluntarily for any amounts it provided to the United States under such an agreement.

What's happening now December 16, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1750 Related bill Public Access to Public Land Guarantee Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Republican 1
Franks, Trent
· Dec 5, 2013
JONES, WALTER
· Dec 5, 2013
 R
McClintock, Tom
California · Dec 5, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3661: Public Access to Public Land Guarantee Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-3661/
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