Yellowstone and Grand Teton Paddling Act

Bill: 114-hr-974
Sponsor: Rep. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of the Interior
Lakes and rivers
Marine and inland water transportation
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wyoming

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: 

Yellowstone and Grand Teton Paddling Act

 
Directs the Department of the Interior to promulgate regulations to allow the use of hand-propelled vessels on certain rivers and streams within: (1) the Yellowstone National Park in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming; and (2) the Grand Teton National Park and the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway in Wyoming. 
 
Makes the regulations promulgated under this Act inapplicable to waters that are: (1) open to use by hand-propelled vessels on the day before enactment of this Act; and (2) within the Teton Range in Grand Teton National Park as specified. 
 
States that the regulations issued under this Act shall not consider any expansion of commercial use of hand-propelled vessels in the Parks. 
 
Preempts existing regulations governing vessels in Yellowstone National Park and in Grand Teton National Park. 
 
Authorizes Interior to recover all costs associated with monitoring the use of hand-propelled vessels, including the cost of inspecting and decontaminating vessels to prevent the introduction or spread of invasive or injurious species in such National Parks and the Memorial Parkway. 

action_date: 2015-12-08
text: 

Yellowstone and Grand Teton Paddling Act

 
(Sec. 3) This bill directs the Department of the Interior to promulgate regulations to allow the use of hand-propelled vessels on certain rivers and streams within: (1) the Yellowstone National Park in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming; and (2) the Grand Teton National Park and the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway in Wyoming. 
 
The regulations issued under this Act shall not consider any expansion of commercial use of hand-propelled vessels in the Parks. 
 
When promulgating such regulations, the Department of the Interior shall consult with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Park Service to help ensure that the regulations make recreational use of hand-propelled vessels on the Gros Ventre River within the National Elk Refuge in Wyoming adjacent to Grand Teton National Park consistent with the requirements of the National Refuge System Administration Act of 1966. 
 
Upon the issuance of final regulations, existing regulations prohibiting hand-propelled vessels on streams and rivers in Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park shall no longer have any force or effect.
 
Interior is authorized to recover all costs associated with monitoring the use of hand-propelled vessels, including the cost of inspecting and decontaminating vessels to prevent the introduction or spread of invasive or injurious species in such National Parks and the Memorial Parkway. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-12-08
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 285.
action_date: 2015-12-08
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 114-373.
action_date: 2015-12-08
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 114-373.
action_date: 2015-10-08
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 15.
action_date: 2015-10-08
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-10-08
text: Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans Discharged.
action_date: 2015-10-08
text: Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
action_date: 2015-10-07
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2015-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: Introduced in House