[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4028 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4028

    To amend the Act of June 4, 1897, to increase a penalty for the 
  unauthorized landing of certain aircraft on wilderness areas of the 
                        National Forest System.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 22, 2020

  Mr. Daines 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 amend the Act of June 4, 1897, to increase a penalty for the 
  unauthorized landing of certain aircraft on wilderness areas of the 
                        National Forest System.

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

SECTION 1. INCREASED PENALTY FOR UNAUTHORIZED LANDING OF AIRCRAFT ON 
              WILDERNESS AREAS OF THE NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM.

    The eleventh undesignated paragraph under the heading ``surveying 
the public lands'' under the heading ``UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF THE 
INTERIOR'' in the first section of the Act of June 4, 1897 (30 Stat. 
35, chapter 2; 16 U.S.C. 551), is amended by adding at the end the 
following: ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph, it 
shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly land aircraft (within the 
meaning of section 293.17(b) of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations 
(or successor regulations)) on a wilderness area in the National Forest 
System, unless the landing is otherwise authorized by laws (including 
regulations) applicable to the National Forest System or the National 
Wilderness Preservation System or the landing is an emergency landing. 
Notwithstanding section 3571 of title 18, United States Code, any 
person who violates the preceding sentence shall be fined not more than 
$20,000, imprisoned for not more than 6 months, or both.''.
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