S. 1686 · 117th Congress · Senate

Human-Powered Travel in Wilderness Areas Act

Active· Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.
Introduced
May 18, 21
Passed Senate
Pending
Passed House
Pending
Sent to President
Pending
Signed into Law
Pending

Executive Summary

Human-Powered Travel in Wilderness Areas Act

This bill requires the Department of Agriculture and the Department of the Interior to authorize their respective local offices to determine all permissible forms of nonmotorized travel over routes within wilderness areas.

Local offices must seek to accommodate all forms of nonmotorized travel to the maximum extent practicable. If a local office fails to make such a determination about a route within two years after this bill's enactment, then any form of nonmotorized travel shall be allowable on that route.

Action Timeline

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  1. JUN 16, 2021Committee

    Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.

  2. MAY 18, 2021IntroReferral

    Introduced in Senate

  3. MAY 18, 2021IntroReferral

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

Committees

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Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee

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Referred: Jun 16, 2021

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Energy and Natural Resources Committee

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Referred: May 18, 2021

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