A bill to amend the Act of June 4, 1897, to increase a penalty for the unauthorized landing of certain aircraft on wilderness areas of the National Forest System.

3.0.0 4028 2023-01-11T13:46:11Z 2023-01-11T13:46:11Z Senate S 2020-06-22 116 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-06-22T22:20:56Z 2020-06-22 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2020-06-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000618 Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] Steve Daines R MT N Public Lands and Natural Resources Aviation and airports Crimes against animals and natural resources Forests, forestry, trees Transportation safety and security Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats Public Lands and Natural Resources

00 2020-06-22 Introduced in Senate 2020-10-17T18:48:45Z This bill prohibits any person from knowingly landing aircraft on a wilderness area in the National Forest System, unless the landing is an emergency landing or is otherwise authorized by laws applicable to the National Forest System or the National Wilderness Preservation System. Any person who is in violation of this prohibition shall be fined not more than $20,000, imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.

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A bill to amend the Act of June 4, 1897, to increase a penalty for the unauthorized landing of certain aircraft on wilderness areas of the National Forest System. Display Title A bill to amend the Act of June 4, 1897, to increase a penalty for the unauthorized landing of certain aircraft on wilderness areas of the National Forest System. Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Act of June 4, 1897, to increase a penalty for the unauthorized landing of certain aircraft on wilderness areas of the National Forest System. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4028is/xml/BILLS-116s4028is.xml 2020-06-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. 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.