US HB1989 | 2013-2014 | 113th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on May 15 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-05-22 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on May 15 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-05-22 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), through the Chief of the Forest Service, to require Forest Service personnel, in the implementation of off-road vehicle management under the Forest Service Travel Management Rule, to endeavor to accommodate individuals with mobility disabilities who would need to use a power-driven mobility device for access to such lands.
Title
To require the Forest Service to accommodate, to the extent consistent with the management objectives and limitations applicable to the National Forest System lands at issue, individuals with mobility disabilities who need to use a power-driven mobility device for reasonable access to such lands.
Sponsors
| Rep. Rodney Alexander [R-LA] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2013-05-22 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry. |
| 2013-05-21 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation. |
| 2013-05-15 | House | Referred to House Natural Resources |
| 2013-05-15 | House | Referred to House Agriculture |
| 2013-05-15 | 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. |
Subjects
Disability and paralysis
Forests, forestry, trees
Government information and archives
Motor vehicles
Public lands and natural resources
Forests, forestry, trees
Government information and archives
Motor vehicles
Public lands and natural resources
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/1989/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr1989/BILLS-113hr1989ih.pdf |
