Travel and Resource Access Including Local Stakeholders Act

Travel and Resource Access Including Local Stakeholders Act - Requires the Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), as a condition on the preparation of an environmental impact statement or environmental assessment under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) for a proposed access travel management action, to consult with affected counties for the purpose of incorporating their needs, uses, and input. Prohibits the Secretary from implementing such an action until the Secretary: (1) complies with such consultation requirement, and (2) obtains the concurrence of each affected county.

Defines an "access travel management action" as a BLM action that will alter public access to public lands, including any change in access to mining claims or access using motorized vehicles or nonmotorized means resulting from the decommissioning of a road or trail, a change in the status of a road as open or closed, or a change in road densities.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5598 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5598

  To require the Bureau of Land Management to incorporate the needs, 
uses, and input of affected communities, and to obtain the concurrence 
  of affected communities, before taking any travel management action 
affecting access to public lands, including access to mining claims or 
 access using motorized vehicles or nonmotorized means, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 18, 2014

 Mr. Gosar (for himself, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. Ribble, Mr. Jones, 
 and Mr. Salmon) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                   the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require the Bureau of Land Management to incorporate the needs, 
uses, and input of affected communities, and to obtain the concurrence 
  of affected communities, before taking any travel management action 
affecting access to public lands, including access to mining claims or 
 access using motorized vehicles or nonmotorized means, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Travel and Resource Access Including 
Local Stakeholders Act''.

SEC. 2. CONDITIONS ON BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT ACCESS TRAVEL 
              MANAGEMENT ACTIONS FOR UNITS OF THE BUREAU OF LAND 
              MANAGEMENT DERIVED FROM THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Access travel management action.--The term ``access 
        travel management action'' means any Bureau of Land Management 
        action regarding public lands that--
                    (A) will, or can reasonably be expected to, alter 
                public access to public lands, including any change in 
                access to mining claims or access using motorized 
                vehicles or nonmotorized means resulting from--
                            (i) the decommissioning in whole or in part 
                        of a road, trail, or combination road and trail 
                        system;
                            (ii) a change in the status of a road as 
                        open or closed; or
                            (iii) a change in road densities; and
                    (B) requires the preparation of an environmental 
                impact statement or environmental assessment under the 
                National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 
                4331 et seq.).
            (2) Affected county.--The term ``affected county'' means--
                    (A) a political subdivision whose boundaries 
                contain public lands affected by an access travel 
                management action; or
                    (B) a political subdivision adjacent to a political 
                subdivision described in subparagraph (A).
            (3) Political subdivision.--The term ``political 
        subdivision'' means any county, municipality, city, town, or 
        township created pursuant to State law.
            (4) Public lands.--The term ``public lands'' has the 
        meaning given that term in section 103(e) of the Federal Land 
        Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702).
            (5) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of 
        Land Management.
    (b) Consultation With Affected Counties Required.--As a condition 
on the preparation of an environmental impact statement or 
environmental assessment under the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969 (42 U.S.C. 4331 et seq.) for a proposed access travel management 
action, the Secretary shall consult with each affected county for the 
purpose of incorporating the needs, uses, and input of affected 
counties.
    (c) Concurrence of Affected Counties Required.--The Secretary may 
not implement an access travel management action unless and until the 
Secretary--
            (1) complies with the consultation requirement imposed by 
        subsection (b); and
            (2) obtains the concurrence of each affected county for 
        implementation of the access travel management action.
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