To provide that the Secretary of the Interior may not use COVID-19 as a basis for restricting or limiting outdoor recreational use of land or water administered by the National Park Service, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-2330
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. McClain, Lisa C. [R-MI-10]
Introduced: 2021-04-01
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health

Disability and health-based discrimination

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Infectious and parasitic diseases

Land use and conservation

Outdoor recreation

Parks, recreation areas, trails
Latest action: action_date: 2021-06-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-04-01
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill prohibits the Department of the Interior, during 2021, from using the COVID-19 pandemic or any issue related to the pandemic as a basis for restricting or limiting outdoor recreational use of land or water administered by the National Park Service.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2330 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 1, 2021 Mrs. McClain (for herself, Ms. Herrell , Mrs. Hinson , Mr. Good of Virginia , Mr. McClintock , Mr. Banks , Mr. Tiffany , and Mr. Donalds ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To provide that the Secretary of the Interior may not use COVID–19 as a basis for restricting or limiting outdoor recreational use of land or water administered by the National Park Service, and for other purposes.

1. COVID–19 limits on outdoor recreational use of NPS lands prohibited During the year 2021, the Secretary of the Interior may not use COVID–19 (or any issue related to the COVID–19 pandemic) as a basis for restricting or limiting outdoor recreational use of land, water, or interests in land or water, administered by the National Park Service.