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[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 8 (Tuesday, January 16, 2024)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]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]
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Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee
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Federal Lands Subcommittee
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H. Rept. 118-921
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Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 753.
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Committee on Agriculture discharged.
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Committee on Agriculture discharged.
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Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-921, Part I.
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Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-921, Part I.
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Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote.
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Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
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Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry.
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
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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.
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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.
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Rep. Kim, Young [R-CA-40]
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Kim
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CA
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Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1]
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CA
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2024-01-16
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Rep. Tiffany, Thomas P. [R-WI-7]
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2024-01-16
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Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17]
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NY
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2024-08-23
False
Public Lands and Natural Resources
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- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
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- Natural disasters
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- Parks, recreation areas, trails
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Public Lands and Natural Resources
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Introduced in House
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Restoring Our Unopened Trails for Enjoyment and Safety Act or the ROUTES Act
This bill requires the reopening of certain recreation sites closed due to a natural disaster.
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.
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
- repair and restore recreation sites damaged by a natural disaster,
- remove hazard trees for the purpose of public safety or improving access,
- mitigate and reduce soil erosion impacting a recreation site,
- restore drainage patterns to support a recreation site, or
- any combination of these purposes.
The bill provides for emergency hazard tree removal.
Interior or Agriculture must report to Congress and make the report publicly available.

ROUTES Act
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ROUTES Act
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Restoring Our Unopened Trails for Enjoyment and Safety Act
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ROUTES Act
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Restoring Our Unopened Trails for Enjoyment and Safety Act
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Introduced in House
IH
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101

ROUTES Act
2024-05-24T13:34:36Z
Introduced in House
IH
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To require the reopening of covered recreation sites closed due to a natural disaster, and for other purposes.
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Introduced in House
IH
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2024-12-18T05:00:00Z
  - https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118hr6994rh/xml/BILLS-118hr6994rh.xml
- Introduced in House
2024-01-16T05:00:00Z
  - https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118hr6994ih/xml/BILLS-118hr6994ih.xml
2024-12-18
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 753.
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