Backcountry Landing Strip Access Act

Bill: 108-hr-2776
Sponsor: Rep. Otter, C. L. (Butch) [R-ID-1]
Introduced: 2003-07-17 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Access to airports
Administrative procedure
Air routes
Airports
Airspace (Law)
Citizen participation
Department of Agriculture
Department of the Interior
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Land transfers
Law
Maintenance and repair
National forests
National parks
Private aviation
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-17
text: 
Backcountry Landing Strip Access Act - Prohibits either the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture from taking any action which would permanently close or render or declare as unserviceable any aircraft landing strip located on Federal land under the respective jurisdiction, unless: (1) the head of the aviation department of each State in which the aircraft landing strip is located has approved such action; (2) notice of the proposed action has been published in the Federal Register; (3) a 90-day public comment period on the action has been provided; and (4) any comments received during the comment period have been taken into consideration by the Secretaries, as the case may be, and the appropriate State aviation department heads.
 
Directs the Secretaries to: (1) adopt a nationwide policy for governing backcountry aviation issues related to the management of Federal land under their jurisdiction; and (2) require regional managers to adhere to it. Declares that a policy affecting air access to an aircraft landing strip located on Federal land (including any national policy required under this Act) shall not take effect unless certain conditions are met, including its statement that the FAA has the sole authority to control aviation and airspace over the United States.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior, USDA.
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2003-07-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2003-07-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2003-07-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-07-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-07-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-07-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-07-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-17
text: Introduced in House