US Congress House Bill 4886 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 17-11)
Status: Introduced on June 18 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-07-07 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

National Forest System Trails Stewardship Act of 2014 - Directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to publish a national strategy to significantly increase the role of volunteers and partners in trail maintenance. Requires the strategy to: (1) augment and support the capabilities of federal employees to carry out or contribute to trail maintenance; (2) provide opportunities for volunteers and partners to carry out trail maintenance in each region of the Forest Service; (3) address the barriers to increased volunteerism and partnerships; (4) prioritize increased volunteerism and partnerships in those regions with the most severe trail maintenance needs, and where backlogs are jeopardizing access to national forest lands; and (5) aim to increase trail maintenance by volunteers and partners by 100% within 5 years. Directs USDA to study opportunities to improve trail maintenance by addressing opportunities to use fire crews in trail maintenance activities. Deems a volunteer with a partner organization to be considered a federal employee for the purposes of civil claims relating to damage to, or loss of, personal property of a volunteer incident to volunteer services. Sets forth provisions for the selection of priority areas for increased trail maintenance accomplishments. Directs USDA to establish a pilot program to offset all or part of the land use fee for outfitting and guiding permits.

National Forest System Trails Stewardship Act of 2014

Sen. Cynthia Lummis [R-WY]	Rep. Garland Barr [R-KY]	Rep. Susan Brooks [R-IN]	Rep. Paul Broun [R-GA]
Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Eric Crawford [R-AR]	Sen. Steve Daines [R-MT]
Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Bob Gibbs [R-OH]	Rep. Phil Gingrey [R-GA]
Rep. Bob Goodlatte [R-VA]	Rep. Tom Graves [R-GA]	Rep. Jack Kingston [R-GA]	Rep. Raul Labrador [R-ID]
Rep. Doug Lamborn [R-CO]	Rep. Tom McClintock [R-CA]	Rep. Mike McIntyre [D-NC]	Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]
Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]	Rep. Stevan Pearce [R-NM]	Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]
Rep. Reid Ribble [R-WI]	Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]	Rep. Chris Stewart [R-UT]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-07-07	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
2014-06-24	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
2014-06-18	House	Referred to House Natural Resources
2014-06-18	House	Referred to House Agriculture
2014-06-18	House	Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/4886/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr4886/BILLS-113hr4886ih.pdf