America's Outdoor Recreation Act of 2022
This bill provides for additional recreation opportunities on public lands and facilitates access to public lands.
Outdoor Recreation Act
This bill provides for additional recreation opportunities and facilitates greater access to federal public lands.
If the public does not need to obtain a permit or reservation to access an existing picnic area, neither the Department of the Interior nor the Department of Agriculture (USDA) may require an outfitter or guide serving fewer than 40 clients to obtain a permit to access that site.
Interior and USDA shall construct and designate shooting ranges on National Forest System land and public land administered by the Bureau of Land Management for the public to use for recreational target shooting.
Interior and the Forest Service shall enter into an agreement with the Rural Utilities Service to install or construct broadband internet infrastructure at recreation sites on federal land.
The Bureau of Reclamation shall establish a competitive grant program to provide grants to conduct inspections and decontamination of watercraft in reservoirs operated and maintained by Interior, including to purchase and operate a watercraft inspection and decontamination station.
Interior and USDA shall establish a pilot program under which Interior or USDA may enter into an agreement with a private entity providing for capital improvements (including the construction of structures and improvements), management, and maintenance by the private entity of a campground on federal land.
Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 117-158.
Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 117-158.
Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.