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Human-Powered Travel in Wilderness Areas Act

USA117th CongressS-1686| Senate 
| Updated: 6/16/2021
Mike Lee

Mike Lee

Republican Senator

Utah

Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee, Energy and Natural Resources Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Human-Powered Travel in Wilderness Areas Act This bill requires the Department of Agriculture and the Department of the Interior to authorize their respective local offices to determine all permissible forms of nonmotorized travel over routes within wilderness areas. Local offices must seek to accommodate all forms of nonmotorized travel to the maximum extent practicable. If a local office fails to make such a determination about a route within two years after this bill's enactment, then any form of nonmotorized travel shall be allowable on that route.
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Bill from Previous Congress

S 116-1695
Human-Powered Travel in Wilderness Areas Act
May 18, 2021
Introduced in Senate
May 18, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Jun 16, 2021
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 116-1695
    Human-Powered Travel in Wilderness Areas Act


  • May 18, 2021
    Introduced in Senate


  • May 18, 2021
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.


  • June 16, 2021
    Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.

Public Lands and Natural Resources

Forests, forestry, treesLand use and conservationParks, recreation areas, trailsWilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Human-Powered Travel in Wilderness Areas Act

USA117th CongressS-1686| Senate 
| Updated: 6/16/2021
Human-Powered Travel in Wilderness Areas Act This bill requires the Department of Agriculture and the Department of the Interior to authorize their respective local offices to determine all permissible forms of nonmotorized travel over routes within wilderness areas. Local offices must seek to accommodate all forms of nonmotorized travel to the maximum extent practicable. If a local office fails to make such a determination about a route within two years after this bill's enactment, then any form of nonmotorized travel shall be allowable on that route.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

S 116-1695
Human-Powered Travel in Wilderness Areas Act
May 18, 2021
Introduced in Senate
May 18, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Jun 16, 2021
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 116-1695
    Human-Powered Travel in Wilderness Areas Act


  • May 18, 2021
    Introduced in Senate


  • May 18, 2021
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.


  • June 16, 2021
    Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.
Mike Lee

Mike Lee

Republican Senator

Utah

Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee, Energy and Natural Resources Committee

Public Lands and Natural Resources

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Forests, forestry, treesLand use and conservationParks, recreation areas, trailsWilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats