To amend the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Improvement Act to extend the exception to the closure of certain roads within the Recreation Area for local businesses, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-9617
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8]
Introduced: 2022-12-20
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Latest action: action_date: 2022-12-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-12-20
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill extends to September 30, 2026, a program that allows owners of certain locally owned and operated commercial vehicles to buy permits to use Highway 209 in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9617 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 20, 2022 Mr. Cartwright introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To amend the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Improvement Act to extend the exception to the closure of certain roads within the Recreation Area for local businesses, and for other purposes.

1. Use of certain roads within the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Section 4(b) of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Improvement Act ( Public Law 109–156 ; 119 Stat. 2948; 131 Stat. 2246) is amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking Until and all that follows through subsection (a) and inserting Until September 30, 2026, subsection (a) .