S 1110 114th Congress Senate Public Lands and Natural Resources Forests, forestry, trees Licensing and registrations Parks, recreation areas, trails Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations User charges and fees

National Forest System Trails Stewardship Act

Introduced: April 28, 2015 See on congress.gov

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Jul 16, 2015

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-154.

Apr 28, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Apr 28, 2015

Introduced in Senate

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

National Forest System Trails Stewardship Act

Directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to publish a national strategy to significantly increase the role of volunteers and partners in trail maintenance.

Requires the strategy to: (1) augment and support the capabilities of federal employees to carry out or contribute to trail maintenance; (2) provide opportunities for volunteers and partners to carry out trail maintenance in each region of the Forest Service; (3) address the barriers to increased volunteerism and partnerships; (4) prioritize increased volunteerism and partnerships in those regions with the most severe trail maintenance needs, and where backlogs are jeopardizing access to national forest lands; and (5) aim to increase trail maintenance by volunteers and partners by 100% within 5 years.

Directs USDA to study opportunities to improve trail maintenance by addressing opportunities to use fire crews in trail maintenance activities.

Deems a volunteer with a partner organization to be considered a federal employee for the purposes of civil claims relating to damage to, or loss of, personal property of a volunteer incident to volunteer services.

Sets forth provisions for the selection of priority areas for increased trail maintenance accomplishments.

Directs USDA to establish a pilot program to offset all or part of the land use fee for outfitting and guiding permits.

What's happening now July 16, 2015

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-154.

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