[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1557 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1557

To reinstate the Interim Management Strategy governing off-road vehicle 
use in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina, pending the 
issuance of a final rule for off-road vehicle use by the National Park 
                                Service.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 3, 2009

   Mr. Burr 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 reinstate the Interim Management Strategy governing off-road vehicle 
use in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina, pending the 
issuance of a final rule for off-road vehicle use by the National Park 
                                Service.

    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 ``Preserving Public Access to Cape 
Hatteras Beaches Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. CAPE HATTERAS NATIONAL SEASHORE, NORTH CAROLINA.

    (a) Reinstatement of Interim Management Strategy.--During the 
period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on the 
date on which the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the 
Director of the National Park Service, issues a special regulation and 
long-term off-road vehicle management plan for the use of Cape Hatteras 
National Seashore, North Carolina (referred to in this section as the 
``Seashore''), the Seashore shall be managed in accordance with the 
Interim Protected Species Management Strategy/Environmental Assessment 
issued by the National Park Service on June 13, 2007.
    (b) Inapplicability of Consent Decree.--The consent decree dated 
April 30, 2008, and filed in the United States District Court for the 
Eastern District of North Carolina regarding off-road vehicle use at 
the Seashore shall not apply after the date of enactment of this Act.
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