118 S5430 IS: Blue Ridge Fire Safety Act of 2024 U.S. Senate 2024-12-05 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

II118th CONGRESS2d SessionS. 5430IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESDecember 5, 2024Mr. Kaine (for himself and Mr. Warner) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural ResourcesA BILLTo require the Secretary of the Interior to issue a right-of-way for an emergency exit on certain National Park Service land in the State of Virginia, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Blue Ridge Fire Safety Act of 2024.

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Right-of-way for emergency exit, Blue Ridge Parkway

Section 2 of the Act of June 30, 1936 (49 Stat. 2041, chapter 883; 54 Stat. 250, chapter 277; 16 U.S.C. 460a–3), is amended—(1)by striking Secretary of the Interior may issue and inserting the following: “Secretary of the Interior— (1)may issue; and(2)by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and; and(3)by adding at the end the following: (2)shall issue the right-of-way generally depicted as Proposed Egress on the map entitled Proposed Wintergreen Emergency Egress Near Milepost 9.6, numbered 601/194,694, and dated September 2024, if the Secretary certifies that—(A)an evaluation has been completed of alternatives to the right-of-way for egress that do not cross Federal land that includes evaluating whether existing trails can be converted to roads; (B)an analysis of expected fire ecology behavior in the event of a fire emergency has been completed with respect to the right-of-way; and(C) any required reviews with respect to the right-of-way have been completed in accordance with—(i)the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); and (ii)division A of subtitle III of title 54, United States Code..