3.0.0 390 2025-05-27T14:16:44Z 2025-05-27T14:16:44Z Senate S S 2023-02-13 118 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2023-02-13T20:48:48Z 118 873 S 2023-07-26 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 172. Related bill CRS 2023-02-13 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2023-02-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000618 Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] Steve Daines R MT N K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2023-02-13 True Public Lands and Natural Resources Community life and organization 2023-06-12T17:45:21Z Government studies and investigations 2023-06-12T17:45:21Z Intergovernmental relations 2023-06-12T17:45:21Z Outdoor recreation 2023-06-12T17:45:21Z Parks, recreation areas, trails 2023-06-12T17:45:21Z Public-private cooperation 2023-06-12T17:45:21Z State and local government operations 2023-06-12T17:45:21Z Public Lands and Natural Resources 2023-03-16T22:30:19Z

00 2023-02-13 Introduced in Senate 2023-04-10T19:30:40Z <p><strong>Gateway Community and Recreation Enhancement Act</strong></p> <p>This bill directs the Department of the Interior and the Forest Service to carry out activities to enhance recreational opportunities for gateway communities and provides for the establishment of a digital National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass. </p> <p><em>Gateway community </em>means a community that serves as an entry point or is adjacent to a recreation destination at which there is consistently high seasonal or year-round visitation.</p> <p>Specifically, Interior and the Forest Service must collaborate with state and local governments, Indian tribes, and other relevant stakeholders to identify needs and economic impacts in gateway communities, including</p> <ul> <li>housing shortages,</li> <li>demands on existing municipal infrastructure, </li> <li>accommodation and management of sustainable visitation, and</li> <li>the expansion and diversification of visitor experiences by bolstering the visitation at certain nearby underutilized locations or lesser-known recreation sites.</li> </ul> <p>The Rural Business-Cooperative Service shall provide to businesses in gateway communities assistance to establish, operate, or expand infrastructure to accommodate and manage sustainable visitation.</p> <p>Interior and the Forest Service must (1) establish a single visitation data reporting system to report accurate annual visitation data, and (2) carry out a Real-time Data Pilot Program.</p> <p>The bill provides for the establishment, by January 1, 2024, of a digital version of the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass that is able to be stored on a mobile device.</p>

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