3.0.0 2025 2023-01-11T13:19:32Z 2023-01-11T13:19:32Z House H HR 2009-04-22 111 hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag22 Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee Referred to 2010-06-22T18:46:00Z Referred to 2009-04-22T14:04:46Z hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee Referred to 2009-04-27T18:39:56Z Referred to 2009-04-22T14:04:45Z hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee House Standing hspw05 Aviation Subcommittee Referred to 2009-04-23T17:18:42Z Referred to 2009-04-22T14:04:47Z Backcountry Landing Strip Access Act 111 452 S 2009-02-23 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Identical bill CRS Text similarities House 2010-06-22 hsag22 Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry. Committee 2009-04-27 hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands. Committee 2009-04-23 hspw05 Aviation Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. Committee 2009-04-22 Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 2009-04-22 Referred to House Agriculture IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2009-04-22 Referred to House Natural Resources IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2009-04-22 Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2009-04-22 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-04-22 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M001175 Rep. Minnick, Walter [D-ID-1] Walter Minnick D ID 1 N S001148 Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2] MICHAEL SIMPSON R ID K. 2 2009-04-22 True Public Lands and Natural Resources Administrative law and regulatory procedures Aviation and airports Department of Agriculture Department of the Interior Forests, forestry, trees Land transfers Land use and conservation Parks, recreation areas, trails Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2009-04-22 Introduced in House 2009-05-29T16:07:48Z Backcountry Landing Strip Access Act - Prohibits the Secretaries of the Interior or Agriculture from taking any action that would permanently close, restrict, or render or declare unserviceable any aircraft landing strip located on land under their jurisdiction unless: (1) the action has been approved by the head of the aviation department of the state in which the landing strip is located; (2) the Secretary publishes notice of the proposed action and provides for a 90-day public comment thereafter; and (3) the Secretary and appropriate state aviation department head have taken into consideration any comments received.

Requires the Secretaries to: (1) establish a nationwide policy for governing backcountry aviation issues relating to the management of federal land under the jurisdiction of the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture; and (2) require officials with jurisdiction over such land to adhere to such policy.

Requires private and publicly-owned aircraft landing strips acquired by the government to be made available to the public for unrestricted use.

]]> Backcountry Landing Strip Access Act Display Title Backcountry Landing Strip Access Act Official Title as Introduced To ensure public access to Federal land and to the airspace over Federal land. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Backcountry Landing Strip Access Act Introduced in House 2009-04-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr2025ih/xml/BILLS-111hr2025ih.xml 2010-06-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.