Outdoor Americans with Disabilities Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill defines disability-accessible land, off-road vehicles, public land, and the responsible federal secretaries for the Act's access rules, requires the Forest Service and Interior Department to preserve minimum levels of motorized-road access for disability-accessible land and follow hearings, replacement-road, and closure-limitation rules before reducing, and creates clarifies that the Act does not itself create new roads or trails and does not open wilderness, roadless areas, primitive areas, or most national park units to motorized use. It relies on definition changes, compliance mandates, and savings clause. The main policy areas are Public Lands and Social Welfare.
Who Benefits and How
People with disabilities who rely on motorized access to public lands for recreation could face fewer barriers and Motorized and off-road recreation users on covered federal lands could face fewer barriers.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Forest Service and Interior Department land managers responsible for road-closure decisions would take on compliance duties.
Key Provisions
- Defines disability-accessible land, off-road vehicles, public land, and the responsible federal secretaries for the Act's access rules.
- Requires the Forest Service and Interior Department to preserve minimum levels of motorized-road access for disability-accessible land and follow hearings, replacement-road, and closure-limitation rules before reducing...
- Creates clarifies that the Act does not itself create new roads or trails and does not open wilderness, roadless areas, primitive areas, or most national park units to motorized use.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill defines disability-accessible land, off-road vehicles, public land, and the responsible federal secretaries for the Act's access rules, requires the Forest Service and Interior Department to preserve minimum levels of motorized-road access for disability-accessible land and follow hearings, replacement-road, and closure-limitation rules before reducing, and creates clarifies that the Act does not itself create new roads or trails and does not open wilderness, roadless areas, primitive areas, or most national park units to motorized use.
Key Policy Areas
Public Lands, Social Welfare
Primary Purpose
The bill defines disability-accessible land, off-road vehicles, public land, and the responsible federal secretaries for the Act's access rules, requires the Forest Service and Interior Department to preserve minimum levels of motorized-road access for disability-accessible land and follow hearings, replacement-road, and closure-limitation rules before reducing, and creates clarifies that the Act does not itself create new roads or trails and does not open wilderness, roadless areas, primitive areas, or most national park units to motorized use.
Policy Domains
Sections 2, 4, and 5 - Disability-accessible road access on public lands
Identified Gains
- People with disabilities who rely on motorized access to public lands for recreation
- Motorized and off-road recreation users on covered federal lands
Identified Costs
- Forest Service and Interior Department land managers responsible for road-closure decisions
Sponsors
Mike Lee
R-UT | Primary Sponsor
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeCommittee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, …
Mr. Lee (for himself and Mr. Curtis) introduced the following …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and …
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
People with disabilities who rely on motorized access to public lands for recreation
Motorized and off-road recreation users on covered federal lands
Forest Service and Interior Department land managers responsible for road-closure decisions
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary_concerned"
- → Secretary of Agriculture or Secretary of the Interior, depending on land jurisdiction
- "the_secretary_of_agriculture"
- → Secretary of Agriculture acting through the Chief of the Forest Service
- "the_secretary_of_the_interior"
- → Secretary of the Interior
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
A motorized vehicle capable of travel on land, water, or other natural terrain.
A square mile of public land that has at least 2.5 miles of authorized roads accessible to motorized or off-road vehicles as of enactment.
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