[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 242 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 242

   To clarify the implementation and enforcement of Subpart B of the 
  Travel Management Rule (36 CFR 212), relating to the designation of 
roads, trails, and areas for motor vehicle use, in administrative units 
  of the National Forest System in California, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 7, 2011

 Mr. Herger (for himself, Mr. McClintock, Mr. McCarthy of California, 
and Mr. Daniel E. Lungren of California) introduced the following bill; 
        which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
   To clarify the implementation and enforcement of Subpart B of the 
  Travel Management Rule (36 CFR 212), relating to the designation of 
roads, trails, and areas for motor vehicle use, in administrative units 
  of the National Forest System in California, 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. IMPLEMENTATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF SUBPART B OF THE TRAVEL 
              MANAGEMENT RULE ON NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LAND IN 
              CALIFORNIA.

    (a) Consideration of Routes Not Previously Considered.--No funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available to the Secretary of 
Agriculture may be used to implement or enforce Subpart B of the Travel 
Management Rule (subpart B of part 212 of title 36, Code of Federal 
Regulations), relating to the designation of roads, trails, and areas 
for motor vehicle use, in an administrative unit of the National Forest 
System in California unless the Secretary has completed post-Subpart B 
Project Level Trail Planning of unauthorized routes in the unit not 
considered in subpart B.
    (b) Treatment of Maintenance-Level 3 Roads.--In implementing 
Subpart B of the Travel Management Rule in an administrative unit of 
the National Forest System in California, the Secretary of Agriculture 
may not treat a maintenance-level 3 road (as defined in the Forest 
Service Handbook) as a ``highway'' for purposes of determining 
applicability of division 16.5 of the California Vehicle Code (section 
38000 et seq.), relating to off-highway motor vehicles.
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