[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3053 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3053

 To prohibit commercial air tour operations over national parks within 
      the geographical area of the greater Yellowstone ecosystem.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 14, 2000

  Mr. Thomas introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit commercial air tour operations over national parks within 
      the geographical area of the greater Yellowstone ecosystem.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. TITLE.

    This act shall be known as the ``Yellowstone and Teton Scenic 
Overflight Exclusion Act of 2000''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF COMMERCIAL AIR TOUR OPERATIONS OVER NATIONAL 
              PARKS WITHIN THE GREATER YELLOWSTONE ECOSYSTEM.

    Section 40128(e) of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(e) Lake Mead.--'' and inserting the 
        following: ``(e) Certain Parks.--
            ``(1) Lake mead.--''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) Yellowstone, grand teton, rockefeller parkway.--
        Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, effective 
        beginning on the date of enactment of this paragraph, no 
        commercial air tour operation may be conducted in the airspace 
        over Yellowstone National Park, Grand Teton National Park, or 
        the John D. Rockefeller Memorial Parkway.''.
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