Title: LOTTERY Act
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
Letting Outdoor Tourism Thrive for Every Recreation Yearly Act or the LOTTERY Act
This bill requires the Department of Agriculture, beginning on January 1, 2020, to

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1475 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1475

 To create a publicly available lottery system for permits for the use 
 of motorized or nonmotorized boats in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area 
                  Wilderness, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 28, 2019

  Mr. Stauber (for himself, Mr. LaHood, and Mr. Emmer) introduced the 
    following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 
                               Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To create a publicly available lottery system for permits for the use 
 of motorized or nonmotorized boats in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area 
                  Wilderness, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Letting Outdoor Tourism Thrive for 
Every Recreation Yearly Act'' or the ``LOTTERY Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Before the 2019 season, outfitters, cooperators, and 
        visitors used a lottery system to obtain permits for the use of 
        motorized or nonmotorized boats in the Boundary Waters Canoe 
        Area Wilderness.
            (2) The lottery system described in paragraph (1) was 
        publicly available on a recreational website of the Federal 
        Government.
            (3) The lottery system described in paragraph (1) is widely 
        supported and accepted by cooperators.
            (4) With respect to the 2019 season, the Forest Service 
        changed the lottery system to obtain permits for the use of 
        motorized or nonmotorized boats in the Boundary Waters Canoe 
        Area Wilderness.
            (5) The system described in paragraph (4) was not effective 
        or successful.
            (6) The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is an 
        international destination for boating and outdoor recreation, 
        boasts world class fishing, camping, and excursion 
        opportunities, and is a tremendous asset to the local economies 
        in the region.

SEC. 3. PERMITS IN THE BOUNDARY WATERS CANOE AREA WILDERNESS.

    Beginning January 1, 2020, the Secretary of Agriculture shall--
            (1) carry out a lottery system to issue permits for the use 
        of motorized or nonmotorized boats in the Boundary Waters Canoe 
        Area Wilderness established under Public Law 95-495 (92 Stat. 
        1648); and
            (2) make such lottery system publicly available on a 
        recreation website of the Federal Government.
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