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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 affect-
ing 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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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 MANAGE-
MENT 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 environ-
mental impact statement or environmental as-
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sessment 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 bound-
aries contain public lands affected by an access 
travel management action; or 
(B) a political subdivision adjacent to a po-
litical subdivision described in subparagraph 
(A). 
(3) POLITICAL SUBDIVISION.—The term ‘‘polit-
ical 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 Di-
rector of the Bureau of Land Management. 
(b) CONSULTATION WITH AFFECTED COUNTIES RE-
QUIRED.—As a condition on the preparation of an envi-
ronmental impact statement or environmental assessment 
under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
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U.S.C. 4331 et seq.) for a proposed access travel manage-
ment 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 RE-
QUIRED.—The Secretary may not implement an access 
travel management action unless and until the Sec-
retary— 
(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 man-
agement action. 
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