[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1554 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1554

   To direct the heads of Federal public land management agencies to 
  prepare reports on the availability of public access and egress to 
   Federal public land for hunting, fishing, and other recreational 
purposes, to amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to 
provide funding for recreational public access to Federal land, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 26, 2013

 Mr. Heinrich 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 direct the heads of Federal public land management agencies to 
  prepare reports on the availability of public access and egress to 
   Federal public land for hunting, fishing, and other recreational 
purposes, to amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to 
provide funding for recreational public access to Federal land, 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 ``Hunt Unrestricted on National 
Treasures Act'' or the ``HUNT Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Federal public land management agency.--The term 
        ``Federal public land management agency'' means any of the 
        National Park Service, the United States Fish and Wildlife 
        Service, the Forest Service, and the Bureau of Land Management.
            (2) Travel management plan.--The term ``travel management 
        plan'' means a plan for the management of travel--
                    (A) with respect to land under the jurisdiction of 
                the National Park Service, on park roads and designated 
                routes under section 4.10 of title 36, Code of Federal 
                Regulations (or successor regulations);
                    (B) with respect to land under the jurisdiction of 
                the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, on the 
                land under a comprehensive conservation plan prepared 
                under section 4(e) of the National Wildlife Refuge 
                System Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd(e));
                    (C) with respect to land under the jurisdiction of 
                the Forest Service, on National Forest System land 
                under part 212 of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations 
                (or successor regulations); and
                    (D) with respect to land under the jurisdiction of 
                the Bureau of Land Management, under a resource 
                management plan developed under the Federal Land Policy 
                and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.).

SEC. 3. REPORT ON PUBLIC ACCESS AND EGRESS TO FEDERAL PUBLIC LAND.

    (a) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, and annually thereafter, each head of a Federal public land 
management agency shall make available to the public on the website of 
the Federal public land management agency a report that includes--
            (1) a list of the location and acreage of land more than 
        640 acres in size under the jurisdiction of the Federal public 
        land management agency on which the public is allowed, under 
        Federal or State law, to hunt, fish, or use the land for other 
        recreational purposes--
                    (A) to which there is no public access or egress; 
                or
                    (B) to which public access or egress to the legal 
                boundaries of the land is significantly restricted (as 
                determined by the head of the Federal public land 
                management agency);
            (2) with respect to land described in paragraph (1), a list 
        of the locations and acreage on the land that the head of the 
        Federal public land management agency determines have 
        significant potential for use for hunting, fishing, and other 
        recreational purposes; and
            (3) with respect to land described in paragraph (2), a plan 
        developed by the Federal public land management agency that--
                    (A) identifies how public access and egress could 
                reasonably be provided to the legal boundaries of the 
                land in a manner that minimizes the impact on wildlife 
                habitat and water quality;
                    (B) specifies the actions recommended to secure the 
                access and egress, including acquiring an easement, 
                right-of-way, or fee title from a willing owner of any 
                land that abuts the land or the need to coordinate with 
                State land management agencies or other Federal or 
                State governmental entities to allow for such access 
                and egress; and
                    (C) is consistent with the travel management plan 
                in effect on the land.
    (b) List of Public Access Routes for Certain Land.--Not later than 
1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, each head of a Federal 
public land management agency shall make available to the public on the 
website of the Federal public land management agency, and thereafter 
revise as the head of the Federal public land management agency 
determines appropriate, a list of roads or trails that provide the 
primary public access and egress to the legal boundaries of contiguous 
parcels of land equal to more than 640 acres in size under the 
jurisdiction of the Federal public land management agency on which the 
public is allowed, under Federal or State law, to hunt, fish, or use 
the land for other recreational purposes.
    (c) Means of Public Access and Egress Included.--In considering 
public access and egress under subsections (a) and (b), the head of the 
applicable Federal public land management agency shall consider public 
access and egress to the legal boundaries of the land described in 
those subsections, including access and egress--
            (1) by motorized or non-motorized vehicles; and
            (2) on foot or horseback.
    (d) Effect.--
            (1) In general.--This Act shall have no effect on whether a 
        particular recreational use shall be allowed on the land 
        described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a).
            (2) Effect of allowable uses on agency consideration.--In 
        preparing the plan under subsection (a)(3), the head of the 
        applicable Federal public land management agency shall only 
        consider recreational uses that are allowed on the land at the 
        time that the plan is prepared.

SEC. 4. FUNDS FOR PUBLIC ACCESS TO FEDERAL LAND FOR RECREATIONAL 
              PURPOSES.

    Section 7(a)(1) of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 
(16 U.S.C. 460l-9) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``Recreational public access to federal land.--In an amount 
        not less than 1.5 percent of such moneys, for projects that 
        secure public access to Federal land for hunting, fishing, and 
        other recreational purposes through easements, rights-of-way, 
        or fee title acquisitions from willing sellers.''.
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