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HR 1380 118th Congress House Public Lands and Natural Resources Land use and conservation Outdoor recreation Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Protecting America’s Rock Climbing Act

Introduced: October 25, 2023 Introduced by: Curtis, John R. Republican · Utah See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 12 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 19, 2024
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 774.
Dec 19, 2024
Committee on Agriculture discharged.
Nov 18, 2024
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-749, Part I.
Nov 18, 2024
House Committee on Agriculture Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Dec. 19, 2024.
Jun 21, 2023
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 21, 2023
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Jun 21, 2023
Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
Apr 4, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry.
Mar 28, 2023
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Mar 22, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Mar 7, 2023
Introduced in House
Mar 7, 2023
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Protecting America's Rock Climbing Act

This bill requires the Department of Agriculture and the Department of the Interior to issue guidance on managing recreational climbing in designated wilderness areas.

Specifically, such departments must issue guidance not later than 18 months after this bill's enactment.

No significant management action may be taken without notice to the public and an opportunity to comment on the proposed action, with an exception for limited emergency action (time sensitive action necessary to protect natural resources or public health and safety).

What's happening now December 19, 2024

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 774.

 Bill text 2 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 4 Republican 2
R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · May 1, 2024
 D
Lieu, Ted
California · Nov 30, 2023
 R
Edwards, Chuck
North Carolina · Nov 17, 2023
 D
Lee, Susie
Nevada · Oct 25, 2023
 D
Stansbury, Melanie A.
New Mexico · Jun 23, 2023
 D
Neguse, Joe
Colorado · Mar 7, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1380: Protecting America’s Rock Climbing Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-1380/
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"H.R. 1380: Protecting America’s Rock Climbing Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-1380/.
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H.R. 1380, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-1380/.
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