River Paddling Protection Act 2014-02-28 Reported to House amended River Paddling Protection Act - Opens the rivers and streams of Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming to hand-propelled vessels. Declares specified regulations to have no force or effect with regard to the closing of rivers and streams of such Parks to such vessels.

Requires the Fish and Wildlife Service to coordinate any recreational use of hand-propelled vessels on the Gros Ventre River within the National Elk Refuge in Wyoming with Grand Teton National Park to ensure that use is consistent with the requirements of the National Wildlife Refuge Administration Act.

]]> 2013-11-14 Introduced in House River Paddling Protection Act - Declares specified regulations regarding vessels on streams and rivers in Yellowstone National Park and on lakes and rivers in Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming to have no force or effect with regard to hand-propelled vessels. Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from issuing substantially similar regulations that apply to such vessels.

Considers the use of hand-propelled vessels on rivers and streams in the National Elk Refuge in Wyoming as a wildlife-dependent recreational use.

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