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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4622
To require Federal land managers to support, and to communicate, coordi-
nate, and cooperate with, designated gateway communities, to improve
the ability of gateway communities to participate in Federal land manage-
ment planning conducted by the Forest Service and agencies of the
Department of the Interior, and to respond to the impacts of the public
use of the Federal lands administered by these agencies, and for other
purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 30, 2002
Mr. RADANOVICH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agri-
culture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned
A BILL
To require Federal land managers to support, and to commu-
nicate, coordinate, and cooperate with, designated gate-
way communities, to improve the ability of gateway com-
munities to participate in Federal land management
planning conducted by the Forest Service and agencies
of the Department of the Interior, and to respond to
the impacts of the public use of the Federal lands admin-
istered by these agencies, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Gateway Communities
Cooperation Act of 2002’’.
SEC. 2. IMPROVED RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FEDERAL
LAND MANAGERS AND GATEWAY COMMU-
NITIES 
TO 
SUPPORT 
COMPATIBLE 
LAND
MANAGEMENT OF BOTH FEDERAL AND ADJA-
CENT LANDS.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following:
(1) Communities that are adjacent to or near
Federal lands, including units of the National Park
System, units of the National Wildlife Refuge Sys-
tem, units of the National Forest System, and lands
administered by the Bureau of Land Management,
are vitally impacted by the management and public
use of these Federal lands.
(2) These communities, commonly known as
gateway communities, fulfill an integral part in the
mission of the Federal lands by providing necessary
services, such as schools, roads, search and rescue,
emergency, medical, provisioning, logistical support,
living quarters, and drinking water and sanitary sys-
tems, for both visitors to the Federal lands and em-
ployees of Federal land management agencies.
(3) Provision of these vital services by gateway
communities is an essential ingredient for a mean-
ingful and enjoyable experience by visitors to the
Federal lands because Federal land management
agencies are unable to provide, or are prevented
from providing, these services.
(4) Gateway communities serve as an entry
point for persons who visit the Federal lands and
are ideal for establishment of visitor services, includ-
ing lodging, food service, fuel and auto repairs,
emergency services, and visitor information.
(5) Development in these gateway communities
affect the management and protection of these Fed-
eral lands, depending on the extent to which advance
planning for the local development is coordinated be-
tween the communities and Federal land managers.
(6) The planning and management decisions of
Federal land managers can have unintended con-
sequences for gateway communities, when the deci-
sions are not adequately communicated to, or coordi-
nated with, the elected officials and residents of
gateway communities.
(7) Experts in land management planning are
available to Federal land managers, but persons with
technical planning skills are often not readily avail-
able to gateway communities, particularly small
gateway communities.
(8) Gateway communities are often affected by
the policies and actions of several Federal land agen-
cies and both the communities and the agencies
would benefit from greater interagency coordination
of those policies and actions.
(b) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this Act to re-
quire Federal land managers to communicate, coordinate,
and cooperate with gateway communities in order to—
(1) improve the relationships among Federal
land managers, elected officials, and residents of
gateway communities;
(2) enhance the facilities and services in gate-
way communities available to visitors to Federal
lands, when compatible with the management of
these lands; and
(3) result in better local land use planning and
decisions by Federal land managers.
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) GATEWAY COMMUNITY.—The term ‘‘gate-
way community’’ means a county, city, town, village,
or other subdivision of a State that—
(A) is incorporated or recognized in a
county or regional land use plan; and
(B) a Federal land manager (or the head
of the tourism office for the State) determines
is significantly affected economically, socially,
or environmentally by planning and manage-
ment decisions regarding Federal lands admin-
istered by that Federal land manager.
(2) FEDERAL
LAND
AGENCIES.—The term
‘‘Federal land agencies’’ means the National Park
Service, United States Forest Service, United States
Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Bureau of Land
Management.
(3) FEDERAL
LAND
MANAGER.—The term
‘‘Federal land manager’’ means—
(A) the superintendent of a unit of the Na-
tional Park System;
(B) the manager of a national wildlife ref-
uge;
(C) the field office manager of a Bureau of
Land Management area; or
(D) the supervisor of a unit of the Na-
tional Forest System.
(d) PARTICIPATION
IN FEDERAL PLANNING
AND
LAND USE.—
(1) PARTICIPATION IN PLANNING.—The Fed-
eral land agencies shall provide for and accept mean-
ingful public involvement at the earliest possible
time by elected and appointed officials of govern-
(1) GRANTS AUTHORIZED; PURPOSES.—A Fed-
eral land manager may make grants to an eligible
gateway 
community 
to 
enable 
the 
gateway
community—
(A) to participate in Federal land planning
or management processes;
(B) to obtain professional land use or
transportation planning assistance necessary as
a result of Federal action;
(C) to address and resolve public infra-
structure impacts that are identified through
these processes as a likely result of the Federal
land management decisions and for which suffi-
cient funds are not otherwise available; and
(D) to provide public information and in-
terpretive services about the Federal lands ad-
ministered by the Federal land manager and
the gateway community.
(2) ELIGIBLE GATEWAY COMMUNITIES.—To be
eligible for a grant under this subsection, a gateway
community may not have a population in excess of
10,000 persons.
(f) FUNDING SOURCES.—
(1) GENERAL AGENCY FUNDS.—A Federal land
agency may use amounts available for the general
operation of the agency to provide funds to Federal
land managers of that agency to make grants under
subsection (e).
(2) OTHER PLANNING OR PROJECT DEVELOP-
MENT FUNDS.—Funds available to a Federal land
manager for planning, construction, or project devel-
opment may also be used to fund programs under
subsection (d) and make grants under subsection
(e).
(3) COMBINATION
OF
FUNDS.—Federal land
managers from different Federal land agencies may
combine financial resources to make grants under
subsection (e).
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