Law Enforcement Officer Recreation Pass Act

Bill: 117-hr-3206
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-4]
Introduced: 2021-05-13
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Law enforcement officers

Outdoor recreation

Parks, recreation areas, trails

User charges and fees
Latest action: action_date: 2021-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-05-13
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Law Enforcement Officer Recreation Pass Act</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Department of Agriculture and the Department of the Interior to make the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass available, without charge and for the lifetime of the passholder, to law enforcement officers.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3206 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 13, 2021 Mr. McClintock (for himself, Mr. Carl , Mr. LaMalfa , Mr. Calvert , Ms. Herrell , Mr. Stauber , and Mr. Young ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources , and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture , 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 A BILL To amend the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to provide for a lifetime National Recreational Pass for law enforcement officers.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Law Enforcement Officer Recreation Pass Act . 2. National recreational passes for law enforcement officers Section 805(b) of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act ( 16 U.S.C. 6804(b) ) is amended by inserting after paragraph (2) the following: (3) Law enforcement officer discount The Secretary shall make the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass available, without charge and for the lifetime of the passholder, to any law enforcement officer. For the purposes of this paragraph, the term law enforcement officer means any officer, agent, or employee of the Federal Government, a State, a unit of local government, or an Indian Tribe, authorized by law or by a government agency to engage in or supervise the prevention, detection, or investigation of any violation of criminal law, or authorized by law to supervise sentenced criminal offenders. .