Federal Land Recreational Visitor Protection Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-931
Sponsor: Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK]
Introduced: 2003-04-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Ammunition
Armed Forces and National Security
Artillery
Avalanches
Camping
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Explosives
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Military and naval supplies
Military weapons
National parks
Ordnance
Outdoor recreation
Recreation
Research and development
Science, Technology, Communications
Skiing
Sports and Recreation
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation safety

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-29
text: Federal Land Recreational Visitor Protection Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish an avalanche protection program to: (1) provide early identification of the potential for avalanches that could endanger the safety of visitors to units of the National Park System (NPS) and recreational users of public land; and (2) reduce the risks and mitigate the effects of avalanches on visitors, recreational users, neighboring communities, and transportation corridors.
Requires the Secretary and the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) use the resources of the National Avalanche Center of the Forest Service to carry out this Act; and (2) establish an advisory committee to assist in the development and implementation of the program.
Directs such Secretaries and the Secretary of the Army to establish a central depository for weapons, ammunition, and parts for avalanche control purposes, including an inventory that can be made available to Federal and non-Federal entities. 
Authorizes the Secretaries of Interior and Agriculture to make grants to carry out projects and activities under the program to: (1) assist in the prevention, forecasting, detection, and mitigation of avalanches; (2) maintain essential transportation and communications; (3) assist avalanche artillery users to ensure the availability of adequate supplies of artillery and other explosives required for avalanche control in or affecting NPS units, other Federal land used for recreation, and adjacent communities, and essential transportation corridors; and (4) assist research and development activities for alternatives to minimize reliance on military weapons for avalanche control.
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: 
Federal Land Recreational Visitor Protection Act of 2004 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish an avalanche protection program to: (1) provide early identification of the potential for avalanches that could endanger the safety of recreational users of public land and visitors to units of the National Park System (NPS); and (2) reduce the risks and mitigate the effects of avalanches on visitors, recreational users, neighboring communities, and transportation corridors.
 
Requires the Secretary and the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) use the resources of the National Avalanche Center of the Forest Service to carry out this Act; and (2) establish an advisory committee to assist in the development and implementation of the program. 
Directs such Secretaries and the Secretary of the Army to establish a central depository for weapons, ammunition, and parts for avalanche control purposes, including an inventory that can be made available to Federal and non-Federal entities. 
Authorizes the Secretaries of Interior and Agriculture to make grants to carry out projects and activities under the program to: (1) assist in the prevention, forecasting, detection, and mitigation of avalanches; (2) maintain essential transportation and communications; (3) assist avalanche artillery users to ensure the availability of adequate supplies of artillery and other explosives required for avalanche control in or affecting NPS units, other Federal land used for recreation, and adjacent communities, and essential transportation corridors; and (4) assist research and development activities for alternatives to minimize reliance on military weapons for avalanche control. 
Authorizes appropriations.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and the Census.
action_date: 2004-09-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2004-09-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2004-09-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Government Reform, 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: 2004-09-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Government Reform, 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: 2004-09-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Government Reform, 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: 2004-09-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Government Reform, 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: 2004-09-17
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2004-09-17
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S9349-9350; text as passed Senate: CR S9349-9350)
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S9349-9350; text as passed Senate: CR S9349-9350)
action_date: 2004-08-25
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 676.
action_date: 2004-08-25
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Domenici under authority of the order of the Senate of 07/22/04 with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 108-320.
action_date: 2004-08-25
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Domenici under authority of the order of the Senate of 07/22/04 with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 108-320.
action_date: 2004-07-14
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2004-06-08
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 108-638.
action_date: 2003-04-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2003-04-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5486)
action_date: 2003-04-29
text: Introduced in Senate