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HR 974 114th Congress House Public Lands and Natural Resources Administrative law and regulatory procedures Department of the Interior Lakes and rivers Marine and inland water transportation Outdoor recreation Parks, recreation areas, trails Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats Wyoming

Yellowstone and Grand Teton Paddling Act

Introduced: February 13, 2015 Introduced by: Lummis, Cynthia M. Republican · Wyoming 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
Dec 8, 2015
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 285.
Dec 8, 2015
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 114-373.
Oct 8, 2015
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 15.
Oct 8, 2015
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Oct 8, 2015
Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans Discharged.
Oct 8, 2015
Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
Oct 7, 2015
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Mar 16, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
Mar 16, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Feb 13, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Feb 13, 2015
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Yellowstone and Grand Teton Paddling Act

(Sec. 3) This bill directs the Department of the Interior to promulgate regulations to allow the use of hand-propelled vessels on certain rivers and streams within: (1) the Yellowstone National Park in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming; and (2) the Grand Teton National Park and the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway in Wyoming.

The regulations issued under this Act shall not consider any expansion of commercial use of hand-propelled vessels in the Parks.

When promulgating such regulations, the Department of the Interior shall consult with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Park Service to help ensure that the regulations make recreational use of hand-propelled vessels on the Gros Ventre River within the National Elk Refuge in Wyoming adjacent to Grand Teton National Park consistent with the requirements of the National Refuge System Administration Act of 1966.

Upon the issuance of final regulations, existing regulations prohibiting hand-propelled vessels on streams and rivers in Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park shall no longer have any force or effect.

Interior is authorized to recover all costs associated with monitoring the use of hand-propelled vessels, including the cost of inspecting and decontaminating vessels to prevent the introduction or spread of invasive or injurious species in such National Parks and the Memorial Parkway.

What's happening now December 8, 2015

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 285.

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