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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. 

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 

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. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Travel and Resource 

3 Access Including Local Stakeholders Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. CONDITIONS ON BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT 

5 ACCESS TRAVEL MANAGEMENT ACTIONS FOR 

6 UNITS OF THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGE7 MENT DERIVED FROM THE PUBLIC DOMAIN. 

8 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

9 (1) ACCESS TRAVEL MANAGEMENT ACTION.— 

10 The term ‘‘access travel management action’’ means 

11 any Bureau of Land Management action regarding 

12 public lands that— 

13 (A) will, or can reasonably be expected to, 

14 alter public access to public lands, including 

15 any change in access to mining claims or access 

16 using motorized vehicles or nonmotorized means 

17 resulting from— 

18 (i) the decommissioning in whole or in 

19 part of a road, trail, or combination road 

20 and trail system; 

21 (ii) a change in the status of a road 

22 as open or closed; or 

23 (iii) a change in road densities; and 

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1 sessment under the National Environmental 

2 Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4331 et seq.). 

3 (2) AFFECTED COUNTY.—The term ‘‘affected 

4 county’’ means— 

5 (A) a political subdivision whose bound6 aries contain public lands affected by an access 

7 travel management action; or 

8 (B) a political subdivision adjacent to a po9 litical subdivision described in subparagraph 

10 (A). 

11 (3) POLITICAL SUBDIVISION.—The term ‘‘polit12 ical subdivision’’ means any county, municipality, 

13 city, town, or township created pursuant to State 

14 law. 

15 (4) PUBLIC LANDS.—The term ‘‘public lands’’ 

16 has the meaning given that term in section 103(e) 

17 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 

18 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702). 

19 (5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

20 the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Di21 rector of the Bureau of Land Management. 

22 (b) CONSULTATION WITH AFFECTED COUNTIES RE23 QUIRED.—As a condition on the preparation of an envi24 ronmental impact statement or environmental assessment 

25 under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 


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1 U.S.C. 4331 et seq.) for a proposed access travel manage2 ment action, the Secretary shall consult with each affected 

3 county for the purpose of incorporating the needs, uses, 

4 and input of affected counties. 

5 (c) CONCURRENCE OF AFFECTED COUNTIES RE6 QUIRED.—The Secretary may not implement an access 

7 travel management action unless and until the Sec8 retary— 

9 (1) complies with the consultation requirement 

10 imposed by subsection (b); and 

11 (2) obtains the concurrence of each affected 

12 county for implementation of the access travel man13 agement action. 

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