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H.R. 560 115th 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: January 13, 2017 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 19 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 8, 2018
Became Public Law No: 115-101.
Jan 8, 2018
Signed by President.
Dec 27, 2017
Presented to President.
Dec 22, 2017
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Dec 21, 2017
Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S8267-8269)
Dec 21, 2017
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.(consideration: CR S8267-8269)
May 9, 2017
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 64.
May 9, 2017
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 115-51.
Mar 30, 2017
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Mar 7, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Jan 31, 2017
Received in the Senate.
Jan 30, 2017
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jan 30, 2017
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H717-718)
Jan 30, 2017
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H717-718)
Jan 30, 2017
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 560.
Jan 30, 2017
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H717-718)
Jan 30, 2017
Mr. McClintock moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Jan 13, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Jan 13, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Latest action January 8, 2018

Became Public Law No: 115-101.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House passed 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, 2021, 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.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 560: 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.. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-560/
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"H.R. 560: 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.." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-560/.
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H.R. 560, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-560/.
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