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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 781 

To preserve the use and access of pack and saddle stock animals on land 

administered by the National Park Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, or the Forest Service 

on which there is a historical tradition of the use of pack and saddle 

stock animals, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 14, 2005 

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

to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL

To preserve the use and access of pack and saddle stock 

animals on land administered by the National Park Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the United States 

Fish and Wildlife Service, or the Forest Service on which 

there is a historical tradition of the use of pack and 

saddle stock animals, 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 ‘‘Right-to-Ride Live5 stock on Federal Land Act of 2005’’. 
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1 SEC. 2. USE AND ACCESS OF PACK AND SADDLE ANIMALS 

2 ON PUBLIC LAND. 

3 (a) NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM LAND.—Section 12 of 

4 Public Law 91–383 (16 U.S.C. 1a–7) is amended by add5 ing at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(c) USE AND ACCESS OF PACK AND SADDLE ANI7 MALS.— 

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Inte9 rior shall manage National Park System land in a 

10 manner that preserves and facilitates the continued 

11 use and access of pack and saddle stock animals on 

12 National Park System land (including national 

13 monuments and other specifically designated areas) 

14 on which there is a historical tradition of the use of 

15 pack and saddle stock animals. 

16 ‘‘(2) USE.— 

17 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

18 subparagraph (B), the National Park System 

19 land described in paragraph (1) shall remain 

20 open and accessible to the use of pack and sad21 dle stock animals. 

22 ‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—The Secretary may 

23 implement a proposed reduction in the use and 

24 access of pack and saddle stock animals on the 

25 National Park System land described in para26 graph (1) after complying with the full review 
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1 process required under the National Environ2 mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et 

3 seq.). 

4 ‘‘(3) EFFECT.—Nothing in this subsection— 

5 ‘‘(A) authorizes the Secretary of the Inte6 rior to refuse to issue a permit for a new use 

7 of pack and saddle stock animals, including use 

8 by a commercial outfitter or guide, without 

9 complying with applicable resource management 

10 plans and planning processes required under 

11 this Act or any other Federal law; 

12 ‘‘(B) limits the authority of the Secretary 

13 of the Interior to— 

14 ‘‘(i) impose a temporary emergency 

15 closure of a trail, route, or area to pack 

16 and saddle stock animals; or 

17 ‘‘(ii) issue special permits; or 

18 ‘‘(C) creates a preference for 1 recreational 

19 use for any unit of the National Park System, 

20 without consideration of the stated purpose of 

21 the unit.’’. 

22 (b) BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT LAND.—Sec23 tion 302 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 

24 of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1732) is amended by adding at the 

25 end the following: 
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1 ‘‘(e) USE AND ACCESS OF PACK AND SADDLE ANI2 MALS.— 

3 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall man4 age Bureau of Land Management land in a manner 

5 that preserves and facilitates the continued use and 

6 access of pack and saddle stock animals on Bureau 

7 of Land Management land on which there is a his8 torical tradition of the use of pack and saddle stock 

9 animals. 

10 ‘‘(2) USE.— 

11 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

12 subparagraph (B), the Bureau of Land Man13 agement land described in paragraph (1) shall 

14 remain open and accessible to the use of pack 

15 and saddle stock animals. 

16 ‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—The Secretary may 

17 implement a proposed reduction in the use and 

18 access of pack and saddle stock animals on the 

19 Bureau of Land Management land described in 

20 paragraph (1) after complying with the full re21 view process required under the National Envi22 ronmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 

23 et seq.). 

24 ‘‘(3) EFFECT.—Nothing in this subsection— 
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1 ‘‘(A) authorizes the Secretary to refuse to 

2 issue a permit for a new use of pack and saddle 

3 stock animals, including use by a commercial 

4 outfitter or guide, without complying with appli5 cable resource management plans and planning 

6 processes required under this Act or any other 

7 Federal law; 

8 ‘‘(B) limits the authority of the Secretary 

9 to— 

10 ‘‘(i) impose a temporary emergency 

11 closure of a trail, route, or area to pack 

12 and saddle stock animals; or 

13 ‘‘(ii) issue special permits; or 

14 ‘‘(C) creates a preference for 1 recreational 

15 use for any area of the Bureau of Land Man16 agement land, without consideration of the stat17 ed purpose of the area.’’. 

18 (c) NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM LAND.—

19 Section 4(d) of the National Wildlife Refuge System Ad20 ministration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd(d)) is amend21 ed by adding at the end the following: 

22 ‘‘(5) USE AND ACCESS OF PACK AND SADDLE

23 ANIMALS.— 

24 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

25 manage System land in a manner that pre-
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1 serves and facilitates the continued use and ac2 cess of pack and saddle stock animals on Sys3 tem land on which there is a historical tradition 

4 of the use of pack and saddle stock animals. 

5 ‘‘(B) USE.— 

6 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as pro7 vided in clause (ii), the System land de8 scribed in subparagraph (A) shall remain 

9 open and accessible to the use of pack and 

10 saddle stock animals. 

11 ‘‘(ii) LIMITATION.—The Secretary 

12 may implement a proposed reduction in the 

13 use and access of pack and saddle stock 

14 animals on the System land described in 

15 subparagraph (A) after complying with the 

16 full review process required under the Na17 tional Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

18 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). 

19 ‘‘(C) EFFECT.—Nothing in this para20 graph— 

21 ‘‘(i) authorizes the Secretary to refuse 

22 to issue a permit for a new use of pack 

23 and saddle stock animals, including use by 

24 a commercial outfitter or guide, without 

25 complying with applicable resource man-
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1 agement plans and planning processes re2 quired under this Act or any other Federal 

3 law; 

4 ‘‘(ii) limits the authority of the Sec5 retary to— 

6 ‘‘(I) impose a temporary emer7 gency closure of a trail, route, or area 

8 to pack and saddle stock animals; or 

9 ‘‘(II) issue special permits; or 

10 ‘‘(iii) creates a preference for 1 rec11 reational use for any unit of the System, 

12 without consideration of the stated purpose 

13 of the unit.’’. 

14 (d) NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LAND.—The Forest 

15 and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 

16 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.) is amended— 

17 (1) by redesignating section 16 as section 17; 

18 and 

19 (2) by inserting after section 15 the following: 

20 ‘‘SEC. 16. USE AND ACCESS OF PACK AND SADDLE ANIMALS. 

21 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agriculture 

22 shall manage National Forest System land in a manner 

23 that preserves and facilitates the continued use and access 

24 of pack and saddle stock animals on National Forest Sys25 tem land (including wilderness areas, national monu-
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1 ments, and other specifically designated areas) on which 

2 there is a historical tradition of the use of pack and saddle 

3 stock animals. 

4 ‘‘(b) USE.— 

5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para6 graph (2), the National Park System land described 

7 in subsection (a) shall remain open and accessible to 

8 the use of pack and saddle stock animals. 

9 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The Secretary may imple10 ment a proposed reduction in the use and access of 

11 pack and saddle stock animals on the National Park 

12 System land described in subsection (a) after com13 plying with the full review process required under 

14 the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

15 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). 

16 ‘‘(c) EFFECT.—Nothing in this section— 

17 ‘‘(1) authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to 

18 refuse to issue a permit for a new use of pack and 

19 saddle stock animals, including use by a commercial 

20 outfitter or guide, without complying with applicable 

21 resource management plans and planning processes 

22 required under this Act or any other Federal law; 

23 ‘‘(2) limits the authority of the Secretary of Ag24 riculture to— 
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1 ‘‘(A) impose a temporary emergency clo2 sure of a trail, route, or area to pack and sad3 dle stock animals; or 

4 ‘‘(B) issue special permits; or 

5 ‘‘(3) creates a preference for 1 recreational use 

6 for any unit of the National Forest System, without 

7 consideration of the stated purpose of the unit.’’. 

8 (e) ISSUANCE OF RULES.—Not later than 120 days 

9 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

10 of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall issue 

11 final rules to define the term ‘‘historical tradition of the 

12 use of pack and saddle stock animals’’ for purposes of the 

13 amendments made by this section.

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