Preserving Access to Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area Act

Bill: 113-hr-819
Sponsor: Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2013-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of the Interior
Endangered and threatened species
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Motor vehicles
North Carolina
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Pedestrians and bicycling
Seashores and lakeshores
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-26
text: 
 Preserving Access to Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area Act - Requires the Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area in North Carolina to be managed in accordance with the Interim Protected Species Management Strategy/Environmental Assessment issued by the National Park Service (NPS) on June 13, 2007, for the Recreational Area until the Secretary of the Interior issues a new final rule that meets the additional restrictions specified below. Bars the imposition of any additional restrictions on pedestrian or motorized vehicular access to any part of the Recreation Area for species protection beyond those in the Interim Management Strategy, other than as specifically authorized pursuant to this Act. 
 
Allows the Secretary if, based on peer-reviewed science and after public comment, it is determined that additional restrictions on access to a part of the Recreation Area are necessary to protect endangered species, to only restrict pedestrian and vehicular access for recreational activities for the shortest possible time and on the smallest possible portions of such area. 
 
Prohibits the final rule titled &quot;Special Regulations, Areas of the National Park System, Cape Hatteras National Seashore--Off-Road Vehicle Management&quot; from having any force or effect.
 
Invalidates the April 30, 2008, consent decree filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina regarding off-road vehicle use at the Seashore.

action_date: 2013-07-09
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
 Preserving Access to Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area Act - Requires the Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area in North Carolina to be managed in accordance with the Interim Protected Species Management Strategy/Environmental Assessment issued by the National Park Service (NPS) on June 13, 2007, for the Recreational Area until the Secretary of the Interior issues a new final rule that meets the additional restrictions specified below. Bars the imposition of any additional restrictions on pedestrian or motorized vehicular access to any part of the Recreation Area for species protection beyond those in the Interim Management Strategy, other than as specifically authorized pursuant to this Act. 
 
Allows the Secretary if, based on peer-reviewed science and after public comment, it is determined that additional restrictions on access to a part of the Recreation Area are necessary to protect endangered species, to only restrict pedestrian and vehicular access for recreational activities for the shortest possible time and on the smallest possible portions of such area. 
 
Prohibits the final rule titled &quot;Special Regulations, Areas of the National Park System, Cape Hatteras National Seashore--Off-Road Vehicle Management&quot; from having any force or effect.
 
Invalidates the April 30, 2008, consent decree filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina regarding off-road vehicle use at the Seashore.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-09
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 106.
action_date: 2013-07-09
text: Committee on Judiciary discharged.
action_date: 2013-07-09
text: Committee on Judiciary discharged.
action_date: 2013-07-09
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-146, Part I.
action_date: 2013-07-09
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-146, Part I.
action_date: 2013-05-15
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 24 - 17.
action_date: 2013-05-15
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2013-05-15
text: Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation Discharged.
action_date: 2013-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-03-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-02-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2013-02-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2013-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-26
text: Introduced in House