[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7263 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7263

 To require the Secretary of Agriculture to provide notice in the case 
         of certain ski area closures, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 11, 2018

  Mr. Tipton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural 
 Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
 in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Secretary of Agriculture to provide notice in the case 
         of certain ski area closures, 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 ``Ski Area and Forest Emergency 
Procedures Act of 2018'' or ``SAFE Act of 2018''.

SEC. 2. REQUIRING NOTICE OF INTENT TO CLOSE CERTAIN SKI AREAS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Agriculture may not close a ski 
area located in a National Forest unless--
            (1) at least 14 days before such closure occurs, the 
        Secretary of Agriculture--
                    (A) provides to the general manager of such ski 
                area or the designated representative of such manager a 
                notification of--
                            (i) the intended closure date of such ski 
                        area;
                            (ii) an explanation for the closure that 
                        includes--
                                    (I) uniform standards developed by 
                                the Secretary to be used across the 
                                National Forest System (as defined in 
                                section 11(a) of the Forest and 
                                Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning 
                                Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1609(a)); and
                                    (II) a risk assessment for the 
                                spread of fire to such ski area; and
                            (iii) the opportunity for the general 
                        manager (or designated representative) to 
                        appeal such closure through a meeting with--
                                    (I) the Forest Supervisor of the 
                                National Forest involved in person; and
                                    (II) a representative from the 
                                office of the Secretary, Secretary's 
                                representative in person or through 
                                telephone or other form of remote 
                                conferencing; and
                    (B) makes the information described in clauses (i) 
                and (ii) of subparagraph (A) available to the public; 
                and
            (2) at least 7 days before such closure occurs, the 
        Secretary of Agriculture--
                    (A) provides to the general manager of such ski 
                area a final notice of closure; and
                    (B) makes such final notice available to the 
                public.
    (b) Requirement for Ski Area Operating Plan.--The general manager 
of a ski area located in a National Forest shall submit to the 
Secretary of Agriculture an operating plan for such ski area that 
includes the circumstances under which subsection (a) would not apply 
to the closure of such ski area.
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