HR 3670 United States House · 117th Congress

SOAR Act

Summary

Simplifying Outdoor Access for Recreation Act or the SOAR Act This bill addresses access to public lands for outdoor recreation, including through special recreation permits and annual entrance passes. The bill sets forth and revises provisions regarding special recreation permits for use by individuals and groups to engage in recreational activities on federal recreational lands and waters. The bill requires the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture to sell online the America the Beautiful-the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass. The Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management shall (1) enhance private-sector volunteer programs; (2) actively promote private-sector volunteer opportunities; and (3) provide outreach to, and coordinate with, the private sector for such purposes.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jun 2021

Committee Review

Floor Vote

President

Introduced Jun 1, 2021 Last action Dec 14, 2022

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Dec 14, 2022

Lower · Passed

Committee on Agriculture discharged.

lower

Dec 14, 2022

Lower · Passed

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-637, Part I.

lower

Oct 13, 2021

Introduced

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.

lower

Oct 13, 2021

Lower · Passed

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

lower

Oct 13, 2021

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Discharged.

lower

Jul 7, 2021

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

lower

Jun 8, 2021

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

lower

Jun 7, 2021

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.

lower

Jun 1, 2021

Committee

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.

lower

Jun 1, 2021

Introduced

Introduced in House

lower

1 primary · 5 co-sponsors