108TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3247
AN ACT
To provide consistent enforcement authority to the
Bureau of Land Management, the National Park
Service, the United States Fish and Wildlife
Service, and the Forest Service to respond to vio-
lations of regulations regarding the management,
use, and protection of public lands under the ju-
risdiction of these agencies, and for other pur-
poses.
108TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3247
AN ACT
To provide consistent enforcement authority to the Bureau
of Land Management, the National Park Service, the
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Forest
Service to respond to violations of regulations regarding
the management, use, and protection of public lands
under the jurisdiction of 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 ‘‘Trail Responsibility
and Accountability for the Improvement of Lands Act’’ or
‘‘TRAIL Act’’.
SEC. 2. CONSISTENT ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY REGARD-
ING NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM LANDS, NA-
TIONAL FOREST LANDS, AND OTHER PUBLIC
LANDS.
(a) LANDS UNDER JURISDICTION OF BUREAU OF
LAND MANAGEMENT.—Section 303(a) of the Federal
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C.
1733(a)) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(a)’’;
(2) by striking the second sentence; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new
paragraphs:
‘‘(2) Any person who knowingly violates or fails to
comply with any of the provisions of this Act or any regu-
lation issued under this Act shall be guilty of a Class A
misdemeanor, subject to fine as provided in section 3571
of title 18, United States Code, or imprisonment as pro-
vided in section 3581 of that title, or both.
‘‘(3) Any person who otherwise violates or fails to
comply with any of the provisions of this Act or any regu-
lation issued under this Act shall be guilty of a Class B
misdemeanor, subject to fine or imprisonment, or both, as
provided in such sections. A person who violates any such
provision or regulation may also be adjudged to pay all
costs of the proceedings.’’.
(b) NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM LANDS.—
(1) ENFORCEMENT.—Section 3 of the Act of
August 25, 1916 (popularly known as the National
Park Service Organic Act; 16 U.S.C. 3) is
amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘That the Secretary’’ the
first place it appears and inserting ‘‘(a) REGU-
LATIONS FOR USE AND MANAGEMENT OF NA-
TIONAL PARK SYSTEM; ENFORCEMENT.—(1)
The Secretary’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘Service,’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘proceedings.’’ and inserting
‘‘Service.’’; and
(C) by inserting after the first sentence the
following new paragraphs:
‘‘(2) Any person who knowingly violates or fails to
comply with any rule or regulation issued under this sec-
tion shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor, subject to
fine as provided in section 3571 of title 18, United States
Code, or imprisonment as provided in section 3581 of that
title, or both.
‘‘(3) Any person who otherwise violates or fails to
comply with any such rule or regulation shall be guilty
of a Class B misdemeanor, subject to fine or imprison-
ment, or both, as provided in such sections. A person who
violates any such rule or regulation may also be adjudged
to pay all costs of the proceedings.’’.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Such section
is further amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘He may also’’ the first
place it appears and inserting the following:
‘‘(b) SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AUTHORITIES.—The
Secretary of the Interior may’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘He may also’’ the second
place it appears and inserting ‘‘The Secretary
may’’; and
(C) by striking ‘‘No natural,’’ and insert-
ing the following:
‘‘(c) LEASE AND PERMIT AUTHORITIES.—No nat-
ural’’.
(c) NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM LANDS.—
Section 4(f) of the National Wildlife Refuge System Ad-