S 1686 United States Senate · 117th Congress

Human-Powered Travel in Wilderness Areas Act

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.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
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May 2021
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Introduced May 18, 2021 Last action Jun 16, 2021
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Jun 16, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.
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May 18, 2021
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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May 18, 2021
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Mike Lee
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