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S 3205 114th Congress Senate Public Lands and Natural Resources Forests, forestry, trees Land use and conservation Parks, recreation areas, trails Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Human-Powered Travel in Wilderness Areas Act

Introduced: July 13, 2016 Introduced by: Lee, Mike Republican · Utah See on congress.gov
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Jul 13, 2016
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Human-Powered Travel in Wilderness Areas Act

This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (with respect to National Forest System land) and the Department of the Interior (with respect to public land) to authorize relevant local officials to determine all permissible forms of recreational use by nonmotorized transportation methods over any permitted routes within their jurisdictions.

The bill defines "local officials" as officers or employees who are the heads of units or jurisdictions of the Bureau of Land Management, the National Park Service, the Forest Service, or the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

If a local official fails to make such a determination about a permitted route more than two years after this bill's enactment, then any form of recreational use by nonmotorized transportation methods shall be allowable on that route.

What's happening now July 13, 2016

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3205: Human-Powered Travel in Wilderness Areas Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-3205/
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