118th Congress Public Lands and Natural Resources
H.R. 6994: ROUTES Act
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Summary
Restoring Our Unopened Trails for Enjoyment and Safety Act or the ROUTES Act
This bill requires the reopening of certain recreation sites closed due to a natural disaster.
In the case of a recreation site that is fully or partially closed due to damage caused by a natural disaster (including certain standing trees that present a visible hazard), the Department of the Interior (with respect to Interior recreational lands) or the Department of Agriculture (with respect to National Forest System lands) must reopen the site not later than two years after the date on which the disaster ends.
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The bill categorically excludes specified activities from the preparation of an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement where the primary purpose of the activity is, consistent with the applicable management plan, to
- repair and restore recreation sites damaged by a natural disaster,
- remove hazard trees for the purpose of public safety or improving access,
- mitigate and reduce soil erosion impacting a recreation site,
- restore drainage patterns to support a recreation site, or
- any combination of these purposes.
The bill provides for emergency hazard tree removal.
Interior or Agriculture must report to Congress and make the report publicly available.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Doug LaMalfa R-CAOriginal
- Thomas Tiffany R-WIOriginal
- Michael Lawler R-NY
Who scored on this bill
- 1Young Kim SponsorIntroduced, marked up, reported, discharged4 events+56
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History
- Introduced in the House by Young Kim.
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- Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-921, Part I.
- Committee on Agriculture discharged.
- Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 753.
- Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged
- Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote.
- Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry.
- Subcommittee Hearings Held
- Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
- Introduced in House
- Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.