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S 784 118th Congress Senate Public Lands and Natural Resources

A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to complete an interagency report on the effects of special recreation permits on environmental justice communities, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 14, 2023 Introduced by: Cortez Masto, Catherine Democratic · Nevada See on congress.gov
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Mar 14, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Mar 14, 2023
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill requires the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture to complete an interagency report on the use of special recreation permits by recreation service providers serving environmental justice communities.

The bill defines an environmental justice community as a community with significant representation of communities of color, low-income communities, or tribal and indigenous communities, that experiences, or is at risk of experiencing, higher or more adverse human health or environmental effects than other communities.

Interior and USDA (1) shall contact all existing or prospective special recreation service providers to request a voluntary estimate of the number of user days used by, or, in the case of a prospective recreation service provider, expected to be used by, individuals from environmental justice communities; (2) shall request from recreation service providers and interested members of the public any other information required for the report; and (3) shall not use participation or the provision of information to Interior and USDA by a recreation service provider as a condition of a special recreation permit.

What's happening now March 14, 2023

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

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