[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3492 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3492

    To provide for the use of hand-propelled vessels in Yellowstone 
National Park, Grand Teton National Park, and the National Elk Refuge, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 14, 2013

    Mrs. Lummis (for herself and Mr. Bishop of Utah) introduced the 
    following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 
                               Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
    To provide for the use of hand-propelled vessels in Yellowstone 
National Park, Grand Teton National Park, and the National Elk Refuge, 
                        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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``River Paddling Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. REGULATIONS SUPERSEDED.

    (a) In General.--The following regulations shall have no force or 
effect with regard to hand-propelled vessels and the Secretary of the 
Interior may not issue substantially similar regulations that apply to 
hand-propelled vessels:
            (1) Section 7.13(d)(4)(ii) of title 36, Code of Federal 
        Regulations, regarding vessels on streams and rivers in 
        Yellowstone National Park.
            (2) Section 7.22(e)(3) of title 36, Code of Federal 
        Regulations, regarding vessels on lakes and rivers in Grand 
        Teton National Park.
    (b) Wildlife-Dependent Recreational Use.--Notwithstanding section 
25.21(a) of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, regarding National 
Elk Refuge, the use of hand-propelled vessels on rivers and streams in 
the National Elk Refuge shall be considered a ``wildlife-dependent 
recreational use'' as that term is defined in section 5(2) of Public 
Law 89-669 (16 U.S.C. 668ee(2)).
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