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Preserving Access to Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area Act

Introduced: February 26, 2013 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 11 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 9, 2013
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 106.
Jul 9, 2013
Committee on Judiciary discharged.
Jul 9, 2013
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-146, Part I.
May 15, 2013
Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 24 - 17.
May 15, 2013
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
May 15, 2013
Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation Discharged.
Apr 8, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
Mar 14, 2013
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Mar 4, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
Feb 26, 2013
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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 26, 2013
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Preserving Access to Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area Act - Requires the Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area in North Carolina to be managed in accordance with the Interim Protected Species Management Strategy/Environmental Assessment issued by the National Park Service (NPS) on June 13, 2007, for the Recreational Area until the Secretary of the Interior issues a new final rule that meets the additional restrictions specified below. Bars the imposition of any additional restrictions on pedestrian or motorized vehicular access to any part of the Recreation Area for species protection beyond those in the Interim Management Strategy, other than as specifically authorized pursuant to this Act.

Allows the Secretary if, based on peer-reviewed science and after public comment, it is determined that additional restrictions on access to a part of the Recreation Area are necessary to protect endangered species, to only restrict pedestrian and vehicular access for recreational activities for the shortest possible time and on the smallest possible portions of such area.

Prohibits the final rule titled "Special Regulations, Areas of the National Park System, Cape Hatteras National Seashore--Off-Road Vehicle Management" from having any force or effect.

Invalidates the April 30, 2008, consent decree filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina regarding off-road vehicle use at the Seashore.

What's happening now July 9, 2013

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 106.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2