HR7979-119

In Committee

Public Lands Access Restoration Act

119th Congress Introduced Mar 18, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Public Lands Access Restoration Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting transportation operators and travelers. The main policy domain is Transportation, Environment, Government Operations.

Who Benefits and How

transportation operators and travelers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, transportation operators and travelers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HEC89837BA4634C6C810CA89158FC65CC: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Public Lands Access Restoration Act.
  • Section H03D84E7D6A094393A1C3EB4028521CAB: 2. Restoration of Historic Access Policy Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act— a covered road or trail shall be presumed to be...
  • Section H0058461BFB8647FB8BE0C63454716756: 3. Public nomination of trails The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, and the Secretary of Agriculture,...
  • Section H936C009615544B5AAC03FB9A359A9C9E: 4. Rule of construction Nothing in this Act shall be construed, with respect to a covered road or trail, to restrict or otherwise limit— public access (except...
  • Section HA29336BAB5A74AD781AC8708E2917C6A: 5. Definitions In this Act: Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the term covered road or trail means a road or trail designated for motorized use that is...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Public Lands Access Restoration Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting transportation operators and travelers.

Key Policy Areas

Transportation, Environment, Government Operations

Primary Purpose

This bill, Public Lands Access Restoration Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting transportation operators and travelers.

Policy Domains

Transportation Environment Government Operations

Whole bill

Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • transportation operators and travelers
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Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • federal implementing agencies
  • transportation operators and travelers
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Mar 26, 2026

Subcommittee Hearings Held

Mar 19, 2026

Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

Mar 18, 2026

Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition …

Mar 18, 2026

Introduced in House

Mar 18, 2026

Mr. Crank (for himself and Mr. Kennedy of Utah) introduced …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Transportation Environment Government Operations
Actor Mappings
"secretary_of_agriculture"
→ Secretary of Agriculture

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"covered road or trail" §HA29336BAB5A74AD781AC8708E2917C6A

a road or trail designated for motorized use that is a— a National Forest System road

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