US HB1349 | 2017-2018 | 115th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: Introduced on March 2 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2018-11-16 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 805.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

To amend the Wilderness Act to ensure that the use of bicycles, wheelchairs, strollers, and game carts is not prohibited in Wilderness Areas, and for other purposes. This bill amends the Wilderness Act to declare that provisions of such Act prohibiting the use of motorized vehicles, aircraft, or other forms of mechanical transport shall not prohibit the use of motorized wheelchairs, non-motorized wheelchairs, non-motorized bicycles, strollers, wheelbarrows, survey wheels, or game carts within any wilderness areas.

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Title

To amend the Wilderness Act to ensure that the use of bicycles, wheelchairs, strollers, and game carts is not prohibited in Wilderness Areas, and for other purposes.

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History

DateChamberAction
2018-11-16HousePlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 805.
2018-11-16HouseReported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-1032.
2017-12-13HouseOrdered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 18.
2017-12-13HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2017-12-12HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2017-12-12HouseSubcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
2017-12-07HouseSubcommittee Hearings Held.
2017-03-15HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
2017-03-02HouseReferred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
2017-03-02HouseIntroduced in House

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