[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 72 (Friday, May 18, 2012)]
[House]
[Pages H3147-H3148]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     SEQUOIA AND KING CANYON NATIONAL PARKS BACKCOUNTRY ACCESS ACT

  Mr. BISHOP of Utah. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to take from 
the Speaker's table the bill (H.R. 4849) to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to issue commercial use authorizations to commercial stock 
operators for operations in designated wilderness within the Sequoia 
and Kings Canyon National Parks, and for other purposes, with a Senate 
amendment thereto, and concur in the Senate amendment.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the Senate amendment.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Senate amendment:
       Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Sequoia and King Canyon 
     National Parks Backcountry Access Act''.

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     SEC. 2. COMMERCIAL SERVICES AUTHORIZATIONS IN WILDERNESS 
                   WITHIN THE SEQUOIA AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL 
                   PARKS.

       (a) Continuation of Authority.--Until the date on which the 
     Secretary of the Interior (referred to in this Act as the 
     ``Secretary'') completes any analysis and determination 
     required under the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), 
     the Secretary shall continue to issue authorizations to 
     provide commercial services for commercial stock operations 
     (including commercial use authorizations and concession 
     contracts) within any area designated as wilderness in the 
     Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (referred to in this 
     section as the ``Parks)'' at use levels determined by the 
     Secretary to be appropriate and subject to any terms and 
     conditions that the Secretary determines to be appropriate.
       (b) Wilderness Stewardship Plan.--Not later than 3 years 
     after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
     complete a wilderness stewardship plan with respect to the 
     Parks.
       (c) Termination of Authority.--The authority of the 
     Secretary to issue authorizations under subsection (a) shall 
     terminate on the earlier of--
       (1) the date on which the Secretary begins to issue 
     authorizations to provide commercial services for commercial 
     stock operations within any areas designated as wilderness in 
     the Parks, as provided in a record of decision issued in 
     accordance with a wilderness stewardship plan completed under 
     subsection (b); or
       (2) the date that is 4 years after the date of enactment of 
     this Act.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the original request 
of the gentleman from Utah?
  There was no objection.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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