[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 712 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 712

 To prohibit commercial air tour operations over Yellowstone National 
                  Park and Grand Teton National Park.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 5, 2001

  Mr. Thomas introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit commercial air tour operations over Yellowstone National 
                  Park and Grand Teton National Park.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Yellowstone and Teton Scenic 
Overflight Exclusion Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF COMMERCIAL AIR TOUR OPERATIONS OVER YELLOWSTONE 
              NATIONAL PARK AND GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK.

    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.--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, or within 1 mile of the 
        boundary of, Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National 
        Park.''.
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