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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1554 

To direct the heads of Federal public land management agencies to prepare 

reports on the availability of public access and egress to Federal public 

land for hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes, to amend 

the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to provide funding 

for recreational public access to Federal land, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013 

Mr. HEINRICH introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To direct the heads of Federal public land management 

agencies to prepare reports on the availability of public 

access and egress to Federal public land for hunting, 

fishing, and other recreational purposes, to amend the 

Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to 

provide funding for recreational public access to Federal 

land, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Hunt Unrestricted on 

5 National Treasures Act’’ or the ‘‘HUNT Act’’. 

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1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) FEDERAL PUBLIC LAND MANAGEMENT

4 AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Federal public land manage5 ment agency’’ means any of the National Park Serv6 ice, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the 

7 Forest Service, and the Bureau of Land Manage8 ment. 

9 (2) TRAVEL MANAGEMENT PLAN.—The term 

10 ‘‘travel management plan’’ means a plan for the 

11 management of travel— 

12 (A) with respect to land under the jurisdic13 tion of the National Park Service, on park 

14 roads and designated routes under section 4.10 

15 of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations (or suc16 cessor regulations); 

17 (B) with respect to land under the jurisdic18 tion of the United States Fish and Wildlife 

19 Service, on the land under a comprehensive con20 servation plan prepared under section 4(e) of 

21 the National Wildlife Refuge System Adminis22 tration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd(e)); 

23 (C) with respect to land under the jurisdic24 tion of the Forest Service, on National Forest 

25 System land under part 212 of title 36, Code 

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1 of Federal Regulations (or successor regula2 tions); and 

3 (D) with respect to land under the jurisdic4 tion of the Bureau of Land Management, under 

5 a resource management plan developed under 

6 the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 

7 of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.). 

8 SEC. 3. REPORT ON PUBLIC ACCESS AND EGRESS TO FED9 ERAL PUBLIC LAND. 

10 (a) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

11 of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, each 

12 head of a Federal public land management agency shall 

13 make available to the public on the website of the Federal 

14 public land management agency a report that includes— 

15 (1) a list of the location and acreage of land 

16 more than 640 acres in size under the jurisdiction 

17 of the Federal public land management agency on 

18 which the public is allowed, under Federal or State 

19 law, to hunt, fish, or use the land for other rec20 reational purposes— 

21 (A) to which there is no public access or 

22 egress; or 

23 (B) to which public access or egress to the 

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1 stricted (as determined by the head of the Fed2 eral public land management agency); 

3 (2) with respect to land described in paragraph 

4 (1), a list of the locations and acreage on the land 

5 that the head of the Federal public land manage6 ment agency determines have significant potential 

7 for use for hunting, fishing, and other recreational 

8 purposes; and 

9 (3) with respect to land described in paragraph 

10 (2), a plan developed by the Federal public land 

11 management agency that— 

12 (A) identifies how public access and egress 

13 could reasonably be provided to the legal bound14 aries of the land in a manner that minimizes 

15 the impact on wildlife habitat and water qual16 ity; 

17 (B) specifies the actions recommended to 

18 secure the access and egress, including acquir19 ing an easement, right-of-way, or fee title from 

20 a willing owner of any land that abuts the land 

21 or the need to coordinate with State land man22 agement agencies or other Federal or State gov23 ernmental entities to allow for such access and 

24 egress; and 

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1 (C) is consistent with the travel manage2 ment plan in effect on the land. 

3 (b) LIST OF PUBLIC ACCESS ROUTES FOR CERTAIN

4 LAND.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 

5 of this Act, each head of a Federal public land manage6 ment agency shall make available to the public on the 

7 website of the Federal public land management agency, 

8 and thereafter revise as the head of the Federal public 

9 land management agency determines appropriate, a list of 

10 roads or trails that provide the primary public access and 

11 egress to the legal boundaries of contiguous parcels of land 

12 equal to more than 640 acres in size under the jurisdiction 

13 of the Federal public land management agency on which 

14 the public is allowed, under Federal or State law, to hunt, 

15 fish, or use the land for other recreational purposes. 

16 (c) MEANS OF PUBLIC ACCESS AND EGRESS IN17 CLUDED.—In considering public access and egress under 

18 subsections (a) and (b), the head of the applicable Federal 

19 public land management agency shall consider public ac20 cess and egress to the legal boundaries of the land de21 scribed in those subsections, including access and egress— 

22 (1) by motorized or non-motorized vehicles; and 

23 (2) on foot or horseback. 

24 (d) EFFECT.— 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—This Act shall have no effect 

2 on whether a particular recreational use shall be al3 lowed on the land described in paragraphs (1) and 

4 (2) of subsection (a). 

5 (2) EFFECT OF ALLOWABLE USES ON AGENCY

6 CONSIDERATION.—In preparing the plan under sub7 section (a)(3), the head of the applicable Federal 

8 public land management agency shall only consider 

9 recreational uses that are allowed on the land at the 

10 time that the plan is prepared. 

11 SEC. 4. FUNDS FOR PUBLIC ACCESS TO FEDERAL LAND 

12 FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES. 

13 Section 7(a)(1) of the Land and Water Conservation 

14 Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–9) is amended by add15 ing at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘RECREATIONAL PUBLIC ACCESS TO FEDERAL

17 LAND.—In an amount not less than 1.5 percent of 

18 such moneys, for projects that secure public access 

19 to Federal land for hunting, fishing, and other rec20 reational purposes through easements, rights-of-way, 

21 or fee title acquisitions from willing sellers.’’. 

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