3.0.0 6994 2025-05-27T14:12:13Z 2025-05-27T14:12:13Z House H HR 2024-01-16 118 <pre>[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 8 (Tuesday, January 16, 2024)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mrs. KIM of California:H.R. 6994.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8.The single subject of this legislation is:To require the reopening of covered recreation sites closeddue to a natural disaster, and for other purposes.[Page H148]</pre> hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag15 Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee Referred to 2024-08-29T14:35:08Z Discharged From 2024-12-19T00:37:30Z Referred To 2024-01-16T17:00:35Z hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee Hearings By (subcommittee) 2024-01-31T19:38:12Z Referred to 2024-01-30T17:57:56Z Reported By 2024-12-19T00:37:14Z Markup By 2024-11-20T19:33:53Z Discharged from 2024-11-20T19:33:21Z Referred To 2024-01-16T17:00:30Z H. Rept. 118-921 2024-12-18 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 753. Calendars H12410 2 House floor actions 2024-12-18 Committee on Agriculture discharged. Discharge H12300 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2024-12-18 Committee on Agriculture discharged. Committee 5500 9 Library of Congress hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2024-12-18 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-921, Part I. Committee H12200 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2024-12-18 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-921, Part I. Committee 5000 9 Library of Congress hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2024-11-20 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 1 House committee actions Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote. Committee 2024-11-20 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held Committee 2024-11-20 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged Committee 2024-08-29 hsag15 Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry. Committee 2024-01-31 hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Hearings Held Committee 2024-01-30 hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. Committee 2024-01-16 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2024-01-16 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2024-01-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2024-01-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress K000397 Rep. Kim, Young [R-CA-40] Young Kim R CA 40 N L000578 Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1] Doug LaMalfa R CA 1 2024-01-16 True T000165 Rep. Tiffany, Thomas P. [R-WI-7] Thomas Tiffany R WI P. 7 2024-01-16 True L000599 Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17] Michael Lawler R NY 17 2024-08-23 False Public Lands and Natural Resources Congressional oversight 2024-11-12T14:23:18Z Environmental assessment, monitoring, research 2024-11-12T14:23:31Z Forests, forestry, trees 2024-11-12T14:23:35Z Government information and archives 2024-11-12T14:23:25Z Natural disasters 2024-11-12T14:23:12Z Parks, recreation areas, trails 2024-11-12T14:23:07Z Public Lands and Natural Resources 2024-01-22T12:45:15Z

00 2024-01-16 Introduced in House 2024-05-18T01:20:59Z <html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><p><strong>Restoring Our Unopened Trails for Enjoyment and Safety Act or the ROUTES Act</strong></p> <p>This bill requires the reopening of certain recreation sites closed due to a natural disaster.</p> <p>In the case of a recreation site that is fully or partially closed due to damage caused by a natural disaster (including certain standing trees that present a visible hazard), the Department of the Interior (with respect to Interior recreational lands) or the Department of Agriculture (with respect to National Forest System lands) must reopen the site not later than two years after the date on which the disaster ends.</p> <p>The bill categorically excludes specified activities from the preparation of an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement where the primary purpose of the activity is, consistent with the applicable management plan, to</p> <ul> <li>repair and restore recreation sites damaged by a natural disaster,</li> <li>remove hazard trees for the purpose of public safety or improving access,</li> <li>mitigate and reduce soil erosion impacting a recreation site,</li> <li>restore drainage patterns to support a recreation site, or</li> <li>any combination of these purposes.</li> </ul> <p>The bill provides for emergency hazard tree removal. </p> <p>Interior or Agriculture must report to Congress and make the report publicly available.</p></body></html>

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