3.0.0 2706 2023-01-11T13:31:44Z 2023-01-11T13:31:44Z Senate S 2016-03-17 114 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-03-17T16:02:11Z Public Lands Service Corps Act of 2015 114 2167 HR 2016-06-23 Subcommittee Hearings Held. Related bill CRS Public Lands Service Corps Act of 2015 114 1160 S 2015-04-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Related bill CRS Recreation Not Red-Tape Act 114 4790 HR 2016-09-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Identical bill CRS 2016-03-17 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1594) IntroReferral 2016-03-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR N Public Lands and Natural Resources Aging Archaeology and anthropology Building construction Census and government statistics Climate change and greenhouse gases Department of Commerce Department of the Interior Earth sciences Ecology Economic development Economic performance and conditions Elementary and secondary education Employee leave Employment and training programs Executive agency funding and structure Forests, forestry, trees Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government information and archives Government liability Government studies and investigations Government trust funds Health promotion and preventive care Historic sites and heritage areas Historical and cultural resources Hunting and fishing Indian lands and resources rights Indian social and development programs Intergovernmental relations Land use and conservation Licensing and registrations Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Mental health Minority employment Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers National and community service Outdoor recreation Parks, recreation areas, trails Performance measurement Physical fitness and lifestyle Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Sports and recreation facilities State and local government operations Teaching, teachers, curricula Travel and tourism User charges and fees Veterans' organizations and recognition Watersheds Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats Wildlife conservation and habitat protection Youth employment and child labor Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2016-03-17 Introduced in Senate 2016-04-07T21:20:11Z Recreation Not Red-Tape Act

This bill amends the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to require the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Forest Service to adopt a consistent and uniform special recreation permitting process with respect to outfitters and guides.

The Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) shall sell National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Passes entrance and recreation fees through federal websites.

Interior and USDA should:

  • work with the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs to ensure that veterans have access to outdoor programs, and
  • increase programs focused on improving education about and access to outdoor recreation opportunities on public lands for individuals age 55 or older.

Interior and USDA shall make available, free of charge, a certain quantity of America the Beautiful passes for use by specified schools or their students and their families.

Interior and USDA shall study the overall impact that recreation on federal recreational land and water has on the U.S. economy and labor market.

The Forest Service, BLM, and National Park Service may develop respective management plans for extending the recreation season or increasing recreation use during the offseason.

The Forest Service and BLM shall include metrics on recreation use in specified evaluations of lands under their jurisdictions.

The Army Corps of Engineers, the Bureau of Reclamation, and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission shall consider how land and water management decisions can enhance recreation opportunities and the recreation economy.

The bill amends the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to prescribe requirements for deposit, administration, and distribution of revenues collected from rental charges for certain ski area permits issued on National Forest System lands.

The bill establishes: (1) a National Recreation Area System, (2) a private sector volunteer enhancement program, and (3) a priority trail maintenance program.

Interior and USDA shall establish an interagency trail management plan under which federal land management agencies shall coordinate so that trails that cross jurisdictional boundaries between those agencies are uniformly managed and maintained.

The Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 is amended to conform to this Act.

]]> Recreation Not Red-Tape Act Display Title Recreation Not Red-Tape Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to promote innovative approaches to outdoor recreation on Federal land and to open up opportunities for collaboration with non-Federal partners, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Recreation Not Red-Tape Act Introduced in Senate 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2706is/xml/BILLS-114s2706is.xml 2016-03-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1594) 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.