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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Mar 1, 2023
Biking on Long-Distance Trails Act
This bill establishes requirements related to long-distance bike trails.
The Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) shall identify
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not fewer than 10 long-distance bike trails that make use of existing trails and roads, and
not fewer than 10 areas in which there is an opportunity to develop or complete a trail that would qualify as a long-distance bike trail.
Interior and USDA shall
develop a process to allow members of the public to comment regarding the identification of trails and areas; and
consider the identification, development, and completion of long-distance bike trails in a geographically equitable manner.
The Department concerned shall ensure that each identified long-distance bike trail or area does not conflict with
the uses of any trail or road that is part of that long-distance bike trail;
multiple-use areas where biking, hiking, horseback riding, or use by pack and saddle stock are existing uses;
the purposes for which any trail was or is established under the National Trails System Act; and
any area managed under the Wilderness Act.
The Department concerned shall also ensure that each identified long-distance trail or area complies with land use and management plans of the federal recreational lands that are part of that long-distance bike trail.
People & committees
Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2] · D–CO
Legislative record
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Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 742.
Committee on Agriculture discharged.
Committee on Agriculture discharged.
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-907, Part I.
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-907, Part I.
Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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