HOUSE 1349115th CongressPlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 805.

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.

Last Action: 11/16/2018

Actions

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

CRS Summary

As of 2017-03-02 (00)

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.

Cosponsors (5)

Duncan Hunter (R-CA)
Bruce Westerman (R-AR)
Stevan Pearce (R-NM)
Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
DANA ROHRABACHER (R-CA)

Subjects

Disability and paralysis
Health technology, devices, supplies
Pedestrians and bicycling
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

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