Central Idaho Economic Development and Recreation Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-5343
Sponsor: Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2]
Introduced: 2004-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Agricultural research
Agriculture and Food
Air routes
Airspace (Law)
All terrain vehicles
Animals
Architecture and the disabled
Bears
Bikeways
Bridges
Camping
Collection of accounts
Commerce
Compensation (Law)
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Environmental Protection
Federal-Indian relations
Fire prevention
Fishing
Forest conservation
Forest fires
Forest health
Forest management
Forest products
Forest roads
Goats
Government Operations and Politics
Government aircraft
Governmental investigations
Grants-in-aid
Grazing
Habitat conservation
Horses
Hunting
Idaho
Infrastructure
Insect control
Land transfers
Land use
Landscape protection
Law
Licenses
Logging
Lumber trade
Maintenance and repair
Maps
Military aviation
Mining claims
Minorities
Motor vehicles
Motorcycles
National forests
National recreation areas
Native Americans
Nature conservation
Outdoor recreation
Pedestrians
Planning
Recreation areas
Restoration ecology
Risk
Road construction
Science, Technology, Communications
Sheep
Snowmobiles
Soil conservation
Sports and Recreation
State laws
State parks
Sustainable development
Tourism
Trails
Transportation and Public Works
Trapping
Tree diseases
User charges
Water Resources Development
Water conservation
Water rights
Wilderness areas
Wildlife conservation
Wildlife management
Wolves

Summary:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: 
Central Idaho Economic Development and Recreation Act of 2004 - Requires the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, and the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), to convey specified parcels of Federal land to certain counties and cities in central Idaho.
 
Authorizes the conveyance of specified National Forest System land or public land to Custer County or the State of Idaho for public campgrounds, tourism and recreation, and access to trails in or near the Boulder-White Cloud Management Area (BWCMA) established by this Act.
 
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the State of Idaho specified parcels of BLM land for motorized recreation parks.
 
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to construct a trail for use by pedestrians and non-motorized vehicles and as a snowmobile route.
 
Addresses the extension of guide and outfitter operating permits authorizing activities in the BWCMA or wilderness areas designated under this Act.
 
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to submit to Congress a specified study addressing fire risk mitigation measures in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area (SNRA).
 
Establishes the BWCMA on Federal lands in the Challis National Forest, SNRA, and Challis District of the BLM. Limits activities within the BWCMA.
 
Authorizes appropriations for a grant to Idaho's Off Road Motor Vehicle Program.
 
Designates specified parcels of Federal land in Idaho as wilderness areas and components of the National Wilderness Preservation System (NWPS).
 
Repeals existing law requiring review of portions of the SNRA for possible inclusion in the NWPS.
 
Establishes a voluntary grazing permit waiver program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-11-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2004-11-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House