[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4002 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4002

To require the Secretary of Agriculture to issue expeditiously special 
   use permits regarding the use of houseboats on Laurel Lake in the 
 Daniel Boone National Forest in the State of Kentucky, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            December 2, 2010

  Mr. Bunning introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Secretary of Agriculture to issue expeditiously special 
   use permits regarding the use of houseboats on Laurel Lake in the 
 Daniel Boone National Forest in the State of Kentucky, and for other 
                               purposes.

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

SECTION 1. ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL USE PERMITS.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Covered owner.--The term ``covered owner'' means an 
        owner of a houseboat--
                    (A) on which is attached a helicopter landing pad 
                that meets each applicable helicopter manufacturer 
                requirement; and
                    (B) that is located on Laurel Lake in the Daniel 
                Boone National Forest in the State of Kentucky.
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Agriculture.
            (3) Special use permit.--The term ``special use permit'' 
        means a nontransferable permit that provides authorization to 
        use a houseboat of a covered owner as a landing pad for 1 or 
        more approved helicopters that are owned by--
                    (A) an approved medical evacuation company; or
                    (B) the covered owner.
    (b) Special Use Permits.--
            (1) Permits received after date of enactment of this act.--
        Not later than 90 days after the date of receipt of an 
        application from a covered owner for a special use permit, the 
        Secretary shall--
                    (A) approve the application; and
                    (B) issue to the covered owner a special use 
                permit.
            (2) Permits received before date of enactment of this 
        act.--If the Secretary has received an application for a 
        special use permit before the date of enactment of this Act, 
        not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
        the Secretary shall--
                    (A) approve the application; and
                    (B) issue to the covered owner a special use 
                permit.
            (3) Effect of failure of secretary.--If the Secretary does 
        not issue a special use permit in accordance with any deadline 
        under this subsection, the covered owner who applied for the 
        special use permit shall be considered to have received the 
        special use permit on the date of the deadline.
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