S 2970 119th Congress Senate Public Lands and Natural Resources Motor vehicles Parks, recreation areas, trails Roads and highways Utah

A bill to authorize the use of off-highway vehicles in certain areas of the Capitol Reef National Park, Utah.

Introduced: October 3, 2025 Introduced by: Lee, Mike Republican · Utah See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps

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Passed Senate

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Became law

Dec 9, 2025

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.

Oct 3, 2025

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

Oct 3, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill makes the state law of Utah applicable to the use of motor vehicles (including off-highway vehicles) on the portions of each of Burr Trail Road, Cathedral Road, Hartnet Road, Highway 24, Notom Bullfrog Road, Polk Creek Road, Oil Well Bench Road, Baker Ranch Road, South Desert Overlook Road, Temple of the Sun and Moon Road, Gypsum Sinkhole Road, and Sulphur Creek Road that are located within the boundaries of the Capitol Reef National Park in Utah.

What's happening now December 9, 2025

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.

Hearings & markups 1

Hearings to examine S.290, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to upgrade existing emergency communications centers…
Meeting Dec 9, 2025 · 10:00 AM EST · National Parks Subcommittee

Bill text 1 version

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Committees of jurisdiction 2

Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Senate
National Parks Subcommittee
Senate · subcommittee of Energy and Natural Resources Committee

Lobbying activity 2

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION
for NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2025
PORT SIDE STRATEGIES, LLC
for COALITION TO PROTECT AMERICAS NATIONAL PARKS · District of Columbia · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2025

Cosponsors 1

Curtis, John R.

Utah · Oct 3, 2025

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2970: A bill to authorize the use of off-highway vehicles in certain areas of the Capitol Reef National Park, Utah.. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2970/

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"S. 2970: A bill to authorize the use of off-highway vehicles in certain areas of the Capitol Reef National Park, Utah.." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2970/.

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S. 2970, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2970/.

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