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H.R. 3620 114th Congress House

To amend the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Improvement Act to provide access to certain vehicles serving residents of municipalities adjacent to the Delaware Water Gap National…

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Official title: To amend the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Improvement Act to provide access to certain vehicles serving residents of municipalities adjacent to the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 28, 2015 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 20 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 6, 2016
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 610.
Sep 6, 2016
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 114-339.
Jul 13, 2016
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Jun 15, 2016
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 114-502.
Feb 25, 2016
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Feb 24, 2016
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Feb 24, 2016
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H886)
Feb 24, 2016
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H886)
Feb 24, 2016
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3620.
Feb 24, 2016
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H886-887)
Feb 24, 2016
Mr. McClintock moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Feb 24, 2016
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 332.
Feb 24, 2016
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 114-435.
Feb 3, 2016
Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
Feb 3, 2016
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Feb 2, 2016
Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
Feb 2, 2016
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Oct 16, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Sep 28, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Sep 28, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 6, 2016

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 610.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on February 24, 2016. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

(Sec. 1) This bill amends the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Improvement Act with respect to the prohibition against the use of Highway 209, a federally owned road within the boundaries of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area in Pennsylvania, by certain commercial vehicles except as they serve businesses located within or in the vicinity of the Recreation Area.

The local business use exception to the prohibition is revised to permit, until September 30, 2020, the use of commercial vehicles with four or fewer axles that are: (1) owned and operated by a business located in the Recreation Area or one or more adjacent municipalities, or (2) necessary to provide services to businesses or persons located in the Recreation Area or one or more such municipalities.

The adjacent municipalities referred to are Delaware Township, Dingman Township, Lehman Township, Matamoras Borough, Middle Smithfield Township, Milford Borough, Milford Township, Smithfield Township, and Westfall Township in Pennsylvania.

The Department of the Interior shall establish a fee and permit program for the use of Highway 209 by commercial vehicles, including an annual fee of up to $200 per vehicle. All fees received shall be set aside in a special account and be available for the administration and enforcement of the program, including registering vehicles, issuing permits and vehicle identification stickers, and personnel costs.

The following vehicles may use Highway 209 without a fee or permit requirement:

  • local school buses;
  • fire, ambulance, and other safety and emergency vehicles; and
  • commercial vehicles along specified segments of the highway.
 Related & companion bills 2
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  • S 2012 Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3620: To amend the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Improvement Act to provide access to certain vehicles serving residents of municipalities adjacent to the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, and for other purposes.. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-3620/
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"H.R. 3620: To amend the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Improvement Act to provide access to certain vehicles serving residents of municipalities adjacent to the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, and for other purposes.." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-3620/.
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H.R. 3620, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-3620/.
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[H.R. 3620: To amend the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Improvement Act to provide access to certain vehicles serving residents of municipalities adjacent to the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-3620/)
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