I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7665 
To provide for conservation and recreation enhancement for Mount Hood 
and the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 6, 2022 
Mr. BLUMENAUER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for conservation and recreation enhancement for 
Mount Hood and the Columbia River Gorge National 
Scenic Area, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Mt. Hood and Columbia River Gorge Recreation En-
hancement and Conservation Act of 2022’’ or the ‘‘REC 
Act of 2022’’. 
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(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—HONORING TRIBAL TREATY RIGHTS 
Sec. 101. Indian Treaty Resources Emphasis Zones, Mount Hood National 
Forest. 
TITLE II—ENHANCING SUSTAINABLE OUTDOOR RECREATION 
Sec. 201. Enhancing recreation management on the Mount Hood National For-
est. 
Sec. 202. Enhancing recreation management in the Columbia River Gorge Na-
tional Scenic Area. 
Sec. 203. Establishing recreation centers for excellence. 
Sec. 204. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE III—WILDFIRE PLANNING, MITIGATION, AND 
REHABILITATION 
Sec. 301. Wildfire assessment and mitigation planning. 
Sec. 302. Rehabilitating recreational infrastructure post wildfire. 
Sec. 303. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE IV—PROTECTION OF SPECIAL PLACES 
Sec. 401. Preservation of wilderness. 
Sec. 402. Preservation of wild and scenic rivers. 
Sec. 403. Enhancement of Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail. 
Sec. 404. Honoring Nancy Russell. 
Sec. 405. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE V—MODERNIZING TRANSIT AND TRANSPORTATION 
Sec. 501. Establishing a Columbia River Gorge Access Committee. 
Sec. 502. Establishing a Mount Hood Access Committee. 
Sec. 503. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE VI—MISCELLANEOUS 
Sec. 601. Improving public safety. 
Sec. 602. Rules of construction. 
TITLE I—HONORING TRIBAL 
TREATY RIGHTS 
SEC. 101. INDIAN TREATY RESOURCES EMPHASIS ZONES, 
MOUNT HOOD NATIONAL FOREST. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle C of title I of the Omni-
bus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (Public Law 
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111–11; 123 Stat. 1007) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘SEC. 1208. INDIAN TREATY RESOURCES EMPHASIS ZONES. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) NATIONAL FOREST.—The term ‘National 
Forest’ means the Mount Hood National Forest in 
the State. 
‘‘(2) RESERVATION.—The term ‘Reservation’ 
means the reservation of the Tribe. 
‘‘(3) TREATY.—The term ‘Treaty’ means the 
Treaty between the United States and the confed-
erated tribes and bands of Indians in Middle Or-
egon, concluded at Wasco June 25, 1855 (12 Stat. 
963). 
‘‘(4) TRIBE.—The term ‘Tribe’ means the Con-
federated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation 
of Oregon. 
‘‘(5) ZONE.—The term ‘Zone’ means an Indian 
Treaty Resources Emphasis Zone established under 
subsection (b)(1). 
‘‘(6) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means 
the Secretary of Agriculture. 
‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established within 
the area of the National Forest described in para-
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graph (3) one or more zones, each of which shall be 
known as an ‘Indian Treaty Resources Emphasis 
Zone’, consisting of any area within the National 
Forest with respect to which the Tribe and the Sec-
retary enter into a memorandum of understanding 
under subsection (c)(1) to protect and enhance 
Treaty resources or to protect the Reservation from 
wildfire. 
‘‘(2) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the Zones 
are— 
‘‘(A) to meet the trust responsibility of the 
United States in protecting the exercise of off- 
Reservation Treaty rights reserved by the Trea-
ty in the National Forest; 
‘‘(B) to ensure that land and resource 
management priorities in the Zones maintain 
and enhance resources, activities, and access re-
served by the Treaty; 
‘‘(C) to protect Treaty rights and re-
sources and the Reservation from wildfire, 
drought, and insect and disease outbreaks in 
the National Forest; 
‘‘(D) to recognize and integrate indigenous 
knowledge 
(including 
traditional 
ecological 
knowledge) as an important part of the best 
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available scientific information that is used in 
forest and resource management areas within 
the Zones; 
‘‘(E) to improve the technical under-
standing of Forest Service employees in the Na-
tional Forest with respect to the trust respon-
sibilities of the Federal Government (including 
the application of those responsibilities to ongo-
ing forest management processes and prac-
tices); and 
‘‘(F) to enable a co-management strategy 
between the Forest Service and the Tribe. 
‘‘(3) SCOPE.—The authority of this section ap-
plies to any area within the boundaries of the Na-
tional Forest in which the Tribe retains Treaty 
rights. 
‘‘(c) MANAGEMENT STRATEGY.— 
‘‘(1) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.—Not 
later than 60 days after the date of enactment of 
this section, the Secretary shall seek to enter into a 
memorandum of understanding with the Tribe— 
‘‘(A) to better fulfill the trust relationship 
between the United States and the Tribe by en-
suring that the Forest Service includes the 
Tribe in the land and resource management de-
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cision-making process in the Zones to avoid ad-
verse effects on Treaty rights and management 
of the resources on which the Treaty rights de-
pend; and 
‘‘(B) to cooperatively develop a manage-
ment strategy for the Zones, including guiding 
documents for the management of the National 
Forest and ecosystems for Treaty rights and re-
sources within the Zones. 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—A memorandum of un-
derstanding entered into under paragraph (1) 
shall— 
‘‘(A) include an assessment of wildfire risk 
to— 
‘‘(i) the Reservation from the Na-
tional Forest; and 
‘‘(ii) Treaty and cultural resources 
within the National Forest; 
‘‘(B) provide that forest restoration and 
management planning within the Zones in-
cludes, and is guided by reserved Treaty rights, 
and the resources on which the Treaty rights 
depend, including by establishing— 
‘‘(i) vegetation treatment objectives; 
‘‘(ii) botanical treatment objectives; 
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‘‘(iii) wildlife habitat restoration treat-
ment objectives; and 
‘‘(iv) objectives for reducing wildfire 
risks to Treaty resources and the Reserva-
tion; 
‘‘(C) 
provide 
project 
planning 
maps, 
timelines, and goals for Zones to further the 
purposes of the Zones described in subsection 
(b)(2), including— 
‘‘(i) targets for acres treated to effec-
tively reduce fire risks in the Zones; and 
‘‘(ii) targets for acres restored for 
deer and elk habitat (including cover and 
forage), habitat for cultural plant commu-
nities, and other Treaty resources in the 
Zones; 
‘‘(D)(i) address the planning, implementa-
tion, monitoring, and adaptive management of 
forest projects and management activities in the 
Zones; and 
‘‘(ii) provide for reporting on the activities 
described in clause (i); and 
‘‘(E) include requirements that no roads, 
temporary or permanent, shall be constructed 
within a Zone except as necessary— 
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‘‘(i) to meet the requirements for the 
administration of a Zone; 
‘‘(ii) to protect public health and safe-
ty; 
‘‘(iii) to respond to an emergency; and 
‘‘(iv) for the control of fire, insects, or 
diseases, subject to such terms and condi-
tions as the Secretary determines to be ap-
propriate. 
‘‘(3) ROAD MAINTENANCE.—Subject to appro-
priations, the Secretary shall maintain existing roads 
determined by the Secretary, in consultation with 
the Tribe, to be necessary for authorized existing 
uses and the administration of a Zone. The require-
ment under this paragraph shall continue and be in-
cluded in any memorandum of understanding en-
tered into under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(4) VALID EXISTING RIGHTS.—The designa-
tion of a Zone shall be subject to valid existing 
rights. 
‘‘(5) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing 
rights, all public land within a Zone, and all land 
and interests in land acquired by the United States 
within a Zone, shall be withdrawn from— 
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‘‘(A) all forms of entry, appropriation, or 
disposal under the public land laws; 
‘‘(B) location, entry, and patent under the 
mining laws; and 
‘‘(C) operation of the mineral leasing, min-
eral materials, and geothermal leasing laws. 
‘‘(6) DEADLINES.—To the maximum extent 
practicable, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) not later than the date that is 180 
days after the date of enactment of this section, 
ratify a memorandum of understanding under 
paragraph (1); and 
‘‘(B) not later than the date that is 2 
years and 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this section, complete a management strategy 
for the Zones. 
‘‘(d) REQUIREMENTS
FOR IMPLEMENTATION.—In 
carrying out this section, the Secretary shall, to the max-
imum extent practicable— 
‘‘(1) use all existing authorities available to the 
Secretary, including, as applicable— 
‘‘(A) the Tribal Forest Protection Act of 
2004 (25 U.S.C. 3115a et seq.); 
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‘‘(B) the good neighbor authority under 
section 8206 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 
(16 U.S.C. 2113a); 
‘‘(C) title XXVI of the Energy Policy Act 
of 1992 (25 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.); 
‘‘(D) stewardship end result contracting 
authority under section 604 of the Healthy For-
ests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 
6591c); 
‘‘(E) section 102 of the Indian Self-Deter-
mination and Education Assistance Act (25 
U.S.C. 5321); and 
‘‘(F) the authority to enter into contracts 
with the Tribe to expedite projects, on request 
by the Tribe, under section 8703 of the Agri-
culture Improvement Act of 2018 (25 U.S.C. 
3115b); 
‘‘(2) develop a programmatic analysis for inte-
grating the management strategy for the Zones 
under the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); and 
‘‘(3) pursue a programmatic biological assess-
ment to implement the actions analyzed under para-
graph (2) under section 7 of the Endangered Species 
Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1536). 
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‘‘(e) REVIEW OF MOU.—No later than every 5 years 
following the completion of a memorandum of under-
standing entered into under subsection (c)(1), the Sec-
retary shall, in coordination with the Tribe, review the ac-
complishments of the memorandum of understanding to 
determine if the memorandum of understanding shall be 
extended or modified. 
‘‘(f) FUNDING AGREEMENT.—The Secretary shall de-
velop a funding agreement with the Tribe, including the 
use of appropriated funding, to ensure that the Tribe, in 
partnership with the Forest Service, has the capacity to 
participate in designing, implementing, and monitoring 
projects within the Zones. 
‘‘(g) MONITORING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall enter 
into an agreement with the Tribe under which the 
Tribe may, at the discretion of the Tribe— 
‘‘(A) review and provide comments on any 
land management prescriptions developed by 
the Secretary for the Zones; 
‘‘(B) monitor— 
‘‘(i) the long-term effectiveness of res-
toration and management treatments of 
actions carried out in the Zones; and 
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‘‘(ii) any other action or lack of action 
that is detrimental to the purposes of the 
Zones; and 
‘‘(C) share any other information with the 
Forest Service that the Tribe determines to be 
necessary to further the purposes of the Zones. 
‘‘(h) MANAGEMENT OF CULTURAL FOODS OBLIGA-
TIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If section 1207(c) of Public 
Law 111–11 has not been completed as of the date 
of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall 
complete a management plan in accordance with 
that paragraph within 180 days of enactment of this 
section. 
‘‘(2) DEFINITION OF CULTURAL FOODS.—For 
purposes of a management plan for cultural foods 
obligations for the National Forest completed under 
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall ensure that the 
definition of the term ‘cultural foods’ shall be de-
fined by the Tribe. 
‘‘(3) INCLUSION.—On completion, the manage-
ment plan for cultural food obligations for the Na-
tional Forest may be included in the management 
strategy for the Zones developed under subsection 
(c). 
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‘‘(i) FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANS.—To the max-
imum extent practicable, any revisions to the National 
Forest management plan applicable to the National Forest 
under the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources 
Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.) shall— 
‘‘(1) be made in consultation with the Tribe; 
‘‘(2) be consistent with the management strat-
egy for the Zones; and 
‘‘(3) protect Treaty rights, and allow manage-
ment of the resources on which the Treaty rights de-
pend, for purposes of considering any changes to the 
applicable management plan or land allocation under 
the applicable management plan. 
‘‘(j) FUNDING.— 
‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this section $3,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 
through 2027. 
‘‘(2) AUTHORITY TO USE OTHER FUNDS.—The 
Secretary may use existing funds of the Forest Serv-
ice and Forest Service program revenue generated 
from forest restoration activities to carry out the 
management plan for the Zone. 
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‘‘(k) EFFECT.—Nothing in this section enlarges, es-
tablishes, or diminishes the rights of any Indian Tribe, 
including— 
‘‘(1) the exercise of hunting, fishing, gathering, 
and pasturing of livestock rights in usual and accus-
tomed areas; or 
‘‘(2) Indian hunting, fishing, or gathering ac-
tivities conducted under an agreement with the 
State.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 
(Public Law 111–11; 123 Stat. 991) is amended by insert-
ing after the matter relating to section 1207 the following: 
‘‘1208. Indian Treaty Resources Emphasis Zones.’’. 
TITLE II—ENHANCING SUSTAIN-
ABLE OUTDOOR RECREATION 
SEC. 201. ENHANCING RECREATION MANAGEMENT ON THE 
MOUNT HOOD NATIONAL FOREST. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1204 of the Omnibus 
Public Land Management Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 
460uuu) is amended— 
(1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(a) DESIGNATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—There is established the 
Mount Hood National Recreation Area within the 
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Mount Hood National Forest (in this section re-
ferred to as the ‘Area’). 
‘‘(2) PURPOSES.—The purposes of establishing 
the Mount Hood National Recreation Area under 
paragraph (1) include providing for the protection, 
preservation, and enhancement of— 
‘‘(A) outdoor recreational values, includ-
ing— 
‘‘(i) equitable access to a diversity of 
high-quality, environmentally sustainable 
outdoor recreation opportunities in such 
Area; and 
‘‘(ii) the natural resources that sup-
port recreation in such Area; and 
‘‘(B) other values with respect to such 
Area, including Tribal treaty rights, cultural, 
spiritual, ecological, scenic, historical, geologi-
cal, climate, carbon storage and sequestration, 
scientific, and native fish and wildlife values.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘34,550 
acres’’ and all that follows through the period at the 
end and inserting ‘‘349,877 acres, as generally de-
picted on the map entitled ‘Proposed and Existing 
National Recreation Areas’.’’; 
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(3) by amending subsection (c) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(c) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— 
‘‘(1) SUBMISSION OF MAP.—As soon as prac-
ticable after the date of the enactment of the REC 
Act of 2022, the Secretary of Agriculture, in coordi-
nation with the Secretary of the Interior, shall— 
‘‘(A) make the map entitled ‘Proposed and 
Existing National Recreation Areas’, available 
for public inspection and download on the pub-
licly available website of each of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture and the Department of the 
Interior; and 
‘‘(B) file such map with— 
‘‘(i) the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources of the Senate; and 
‘‘(ii) the Committee on Natural Re-
sources of the House of Representatives. 
‘‘(2) FORCE
OF
LAW.—The map filed under 
paragraph (1) shall have the same force and effect 
as if included in the REC Act of 2022, except that 
the Secretary may correct typographical errors in 
the map. 
‘‘(3) PUBLIC
AVAILABILITY.—The map filed 
under paragraph (1) shall be on file and available 
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for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the 
Forest Service and the Department of the Interior.’’; 
(4) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, in co-
ordination with the Secretary of the Interior as 
appropriate,’’ after the word ‘‘Secretary’’; and 
(B) by amending paragraph (2) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(2) APPLICABLE LAW.— 
‘‘(A) WILDERNESS.—Any portion of a wil-
derness area that is located within the Area 
shall be administered in accordance with the 
Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.). 
‘‘(B) WILD
AND
SCENIC
RIVERS.—Any 
portion of a wild and scenic river that is located 
within the Area shall be administered in accord-
ance with the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 
U.S.C. 1271 et seq.), except to the extent that 
such Act requires a legal description to be filed 
with respect to such portion. 
‘‘(C) 
NATIONAL
SCENIC
&
HISTORIC 
TRAILS.—Any portion of a national scenic trail 
or historic trail that is located within the Area 
shall be administer in accordance with the Na-
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tional Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1241 et 
seq.).’’; 
(5) by amending subsection (e) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(e) TIMBER.—The cutting, sale, or removal of tim-
ber within the Area may be permitted— 
‘‘(1) to the extent necessary to improve forest 
health in a manner that— 
‘‘(A) maximizes the retention of large 
trees— 
‘‘(i) as appropriate to the forest type; 
and 
‘‘(ii) to the extent that the trees pro-
mote stands that are fire-resilient and 
healthy; 
‘‘(B) improves the habitats of threatened, 
endangered, or sensitive species, such as by re-
storing wildlife connectivity; 
‘‘(C) maintains or restores the composition 
and structure of the ecosystem by reducing the 
risk of uncharacteristic wildfire; 
‘‘(D) improves watershed conditions; 
‘‘(E) improves scenic character; or 
‘‘(F) increases carbon storage and seques-
tration wherever possible; 
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‘‘(2) to accomplish an approved management 
activity in furtherance of the purposes described in 
subsection (a) if the cutting, sale, or removal of tim-
ber is incidental to the management activity; 
‘‘(3) for de minimus personal or administrative 
use within the Area, so long as such use does not 
impair a purpose described in subsection (a); 
‘‘(4) for purposes of maintaining reliability or 
wildfire resiliency of utility infrastructure (as defined 
in section 201(f) of the REC Act of 2022) and re-
ducing fire risk to such infrastructure; or 
‘‘(5) to implement activities under the wildfire 
mitigation and adaptation plan described in section 
301 of the REC Act of 2022.’’; and 
(6) in subsection (f)— 
(A) in the matter before paragraph (1), by 
inserting ‘‘system’’ after ‘‘new’’; 
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘or’’; 
(C) in paragraph (5), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) to address wildfires, consistent with the 
purposes in subsection (a), except a temporary 
road— 
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‘‘(A) may not be located in an area des-
ignated as a unit of the National Wilderness 
Preservation System; and 
‘‘(B) shall be administered in accordance 
with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et 
seq.).’’. 
(b) COMPREHENSIVE
SUSTAINABLE
RECREATION 
MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agri-
culture, in consultation with the Secretary of the In-
terior where appropriate, shall complete and publish 
a comprehensive sustainable recreation management 
plan for the Mount Hood National Recreation Area 
(in this section referred to as the ‘‘Area’’) des-
ignated under subsection (a) of section 1204 of the 
Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (16 
U.S.C. 460uuu). 
(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the manage-
ment plan required under this section is to ensure 
sustainable management of the Area with consider-
ations for existing uses and resources, future uses 
and limitations, and opportunities to increase the so-
cial, ecological, and economic sustainability in recre-
ation management and infrastructure. 
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(3) TIMELINE.—The plan required under para-
graph (1) shall be completed and published not later 
than 5 years after the date of the enactment of this 
Act and updated every 10 years thereafter. 
(4) PUBLIC REVIEW AND COMMUNITY INVOLVE-
MENT.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall— 
(A) make a draft of the plan required 
under paragraph (1) available for public com-
ment for a period of not less than 90 days; and 
(B) provide other opportunities for public 
engagement, including, with respect to such 
plan, consideration of the analysis and com-
ments of relevant experts, State and local agen-
cies, community partners, and other relevant in-
terested parties, and consultation with affected 
Indian Tribes. 
(5) CONTENT.—The Secretary of Agriculture 
shall ensure that the plan required under paragraph 
(1)— 
(A) is consistent with the purposes de-
scribed in subsection (a) of section 1204 of the 
Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 
(16 U.S.C. 460uuu); 
(B) identifies and addresses issues related 
to equity (as such term is defined in section 2 
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of Executive Order 13985 (86 Fed. Reg. 7009)) 
and inclusion; and 
(C) uses the best available science. 
(6) CONSULTATION.—In developing and car-
rying out the plan required under paragraph (1), the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall consult with the Con-
federated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation 
of Oregon to ensure that the plan does not conflict 
with section 1208 of subtitle C of title I of the Om-
nibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (Public 
Law 111–11; 123 Stat. 1007), as added by this Act. 
(7) OTHER
REQUIREMENTS.—The plan re-
quired under paragraph (1) shall— 
(A) be developed in accordance with appli-
cable law and regulations, including the Na-
tional Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); and 
(B) include the following elements: 
(i) RECREATION.—A comprehensive 
assessment of the recreation program with-
in the Area, including— 
(I) existing recreation infrastruc-
ture and recreation use, including 
recreation user experience; 
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(II) the efficacy of existing man-
agement strategies to enhance recre-
ation user experiences, reduce recre-
ation-related conflicts, ensure equi-
table access to high-quality recreation 
opportunities, and improve recreation 
infrastructure; and 
(III) a plan for more effective 
management and recreation enhance-
ment to meet existing and future 
recreation needs. 
(ii) 
TRANSPORTATION.—A 
com-
prehensive assessment of recreation access 
issues related to National Forest System 
roads and road-related infrastructure in 
the Area, including— 
(I) existing infrastructure and 
recreation user experience on National 
Forest System roads; 
(II) an analysis of issues related 
to access, traffic, and parking; and 
(III) a plan for more effective 
management and recreation enhance-
ment on National Forest System 
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roads to meet existing and future 
transportation needs. 
(iii) PUBLIC SAFETY.—A comprehen-
sive assessment of public safety manage-
ment with respect to recreation in the 
Area, including— 
(I) existing public safety re-
sources and recreation user experience 
with respect to public safety; 
(II) an analysis of deficiencies 
and risk; and 
(III) a plan to enhance public 
safety and meet existing and future 
public safety needs. 
(iv) NATURAL RESOURCE PROTECTION 
AND
ENHANCEMENT.—A comprehensive 
assessment of ecological carrying capacity 
for recreation within the Area, in accord-
ance with existing laws and regulations, in-
cluding— 
(I) existing resources for natural 
resource protection and enhancement; 
(II) an analysis of ecological im-
pacts and risks, including risks from 
climate change and wildfire; and 
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(III) a plan to ensure that nat-
ural resources are enhanced and pro-
tected in managing the Area. 
(v) PERMITS AND LEASES.—A com-
prehensive assessment of permits and 
leases in effect on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act within the Area and how 
such permits and leases shall be permitted 
to continue— 
(I) subject to such reasonable 
regulations, policies, and practices as 
the Secretary of Agriculture consider 
necessary; 
(II) subject to applicable law; 
and 
(III) in a manner compatible 
with the purposes and values de-
scribed in subsection (a) of section 
1204 of the Omnibus Public Land 
Management Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 
460uuu), as amended by this Act. 
(c) CONVERSION OF A PORTION OF ABBOT ROAD.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, 
the Secretary of Agriculture shall— 
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(A) convert a portion of Abbot Road, part 
of Forest Service Road 4610 to a non-motor-
ized trail; 
(B) close Abbot Road to motorized use by 
gate, barrier, or other effective means, as deter-
mined by the Secretary of Agriculture; and 
(C) locate the— 
(i) west end of the closure required 
under subparagraph (B) in the NE1/4 of 
section 13, T4S, R6E, WM; and 
(ii) east end of the closure required 
under subparagraph (B) at the intersection 
of Forest Service Road 4610 and Forest 
Service Road 4610–220. 
(2) MONITORING
AND
MAINTENANCE.—The 
Secretary of Agriculture shall assess and manage ex-
isting use of the non-motorized trail converted under 
paragraph (1), including unauthorized use, to limit 
disturbance to native wildlife and protect wilderness 
character, in accordance with the best available 
science. 
(d) COMPLIANCE WITH INDIAN TREATY RESOURCE 
EMPHASIS ZONES.—The plan required under subsection 
(b)(1), and activities carried out under the plan, may not 
conflict section 1208 of subtitle C of title I of the Omnibus 
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Public Land Management Act of 2009 (Public Law 111– 
11; 123 Stat. 1007), as added by this Act. 
(e) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.— 
(1) LEASES APPLICABLE TO THE AREA.—Noth-
ing in this section affects the lease or management 
of recreation residences within the Area. 
(2) CRYSTAL
SPRINGS
WATERSHED
SPECIAL 
RESOURCES MANAGEMENT UNIT.—Nothing in this 
section affects the Crystal Springs Watershed Spe-
cial Resources Management Unit established under 
section 1205(a) of the Omnibus Public Land Man-
agement Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 539n). 
(3) MANAGEMENT
GUIDELINES.—Nothing in 
this section affects the management guidelines with-
in the Special Use Permit area boundaries for ski 
areas, campgrounds, resorts, or related recreation 
permit holders in effect on the date of the enactment 
of this Act in the Area. 
(f) DEFINITION OF UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘utility infrastructure’’ means infra-
structure related to power lines, poles, structures, commu-
nications, or equipment, both overhead and underground, 
including appurtenances, used to support energy genera-
tion, transmission, or distribution. 
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SEC. 202. ENHANCING RECREATION MANAGEMENT IN THE 
COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE NATIONAL SCENIC 
AREA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall 
complete and publish a comprehensive plan for sustainable 
recreation management within the Columbia River Gorge 
National Scenic Area (in this section referred to as the 
‘‘Scenic Area’’). 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the plan required 
under subsection (a) is to increase the social, ecological, 
and economic sustainability of recreation management and 
infrastructure in the Scenic Area. 
(c) TIMELINE.—The plan required under subsection 
(a) shall be published not later than 5 years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act and updated every 10 years 
thereafter. 
(d) PUBLIC REVIEW
AND COMMUNITY INVOLVE-
MENT.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall— 
(1) make a draft of the plan required under 
subsection (a) available for public comment for a pe-
riod of not less than 90 days; and 
(2) provide opportunities in addition to para-
graph (1) for public engagement, including, with re-
spect to such plan, consideration of the analysis and 
comments of relevant experts, State and local agen-
cies, community partners, and other relevant inter-
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ested parties, as determined by the Secretary, and 
consultation with affected Indian Tribes. 
(e) CONTENT.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall 
ensure that the plan required under subsection (a)— 
(1) considers outdoor recreational values, in-
cluding— 
(A) equitable access to a diversity of high- 
quality, environmentally sustainable outdoor 
recreation opportunities in the Scenic Area; 
(B) the natural features that support 
recreation in the Scenic Area; and 
(C) other values with respect to the Scenic 
Area, including Tribal treaty rights, cultural, 
spiritual, ecological, scenic, historical, geologi-
cal, climate, carbon storage and sequestration, 
scientific, and native fish and wildlife values; 
(2) identifies and addresses issues related to eq-
uity (as such term is defined in section 2 of Execu-
tive Order 13985 (86 Fed. Reg. 7009)) and inclu-
sion; and 
(3) uses the best available science. 
(f) OTHER
REQUIREMENTS.—The plan required 
under subsection (a) shall— 
(1) be developed in accordance with applicable 
law and regulations, including the National Environ-
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mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); 
and 
(2) include the following elements— 
(A) a description of recreation infrastruc-
ture and resources across jurisdictional bound-
aries in the Columbia River Gorge National 
Scenic Area that exist on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act; 
(B) a description of management strategies 
and resources for sustainable recreation in the 
Scenic Area that exist on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act; 
(C) an analysis of ecological impacts and 
risks of current and future recreation use, in-
cluding wildfire risk; 
(D) a plan for more effective management, 
including recreation and natural resource en-
hancement; and 
(E) a comprehensive assessment of— 
(i) permits and leases in effect on the 
date of the enactment of this Act within 
the Area; and 
(ii) how such permits and leases shall 
be permitted to continue, subject to appli-
cable law. 
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