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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Human-Powered Travel in Wilderness
Areas Act''.

SEC. 2. RETURNING HUMAN-POWERED TRAVEL TO WILDERNESS AREAS.

(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Local official.--The term ''local official'' means the
officer or employee who is the head of a unit or jurisdiction
of, as applicable--
(A) the Bureau of Land Management;
(B) the National Park Service;
(C) the Forest Service; or
(D) the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
(2) Nonmotorized.--The term ''nonmotorized'', with respect
to a method of transportation, means that the method does not
use a propulsive internal or external motor with a nonliving
power source.
(3) Permitted route.--The term ''permitted route'' means
any new or existing path, trail, paved or unpaved road, snow,
or ice located within a wilderness area on which one or more
forms of nonmotorized recreational use is permitted under
applicable law (including regulations) on the date on which a
local official makes a determination under subsection (b) or
the date that is 2 years after the date of enactment of this
Act, as applicable in accordance with subsection (b).
(4) Secretary concerned.--The term ''Secretary concerned''
means--
(A) the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to
National Forest System land; and
(B) the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to
public land.
(5) Wilderness area.--The term ''wilderness area'' means a
component of the National Wilderness Preservation System.
(b) Permissible Forms of Recreational Use on Permitted Routes.--
(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law
and except as otherwise provided in this section, the Secretary
concerned shall authorize relevant local officials to
determine, not later than 2 years after the date of enactment
of this Act, all permissible forms of recreational use by
nonmotorized transportation methods over any permitted route
within the jurisdiction of the local official.
(2) Failure to determine.--
(A) In general.--If a local official fails to make
the determination described in paragraph (1) with
respect to a permitted route within the jurisdiction of
the local official by the date that is 2 years after
the date of enactment of this Act, any form of
recreational use by nonmotorized transportation methods
shall be allowable on the permitted route.
(B) Effect of paragraph.--Nothing in this paragraph
limits the authority of a local official to make a
determination described in paragraph (1) relating to a
permitted route described in subparagraph (A) after the
date that is 2 years after the date of enactment of
this Act, in accordance with this section.
(3) Requirement.--In making a determination pursuant to
this section, a local official shall seek to accommodate all
forms of nonmotorized transportation, to the maximum extent
practicable.
(c) Authority.--In making a determination pursuant to this section,
a local official may carry out such activities and promulgate such
regulations as the local official determines to be appropriate to
reduce, eliminate, or prevent environmental impacts or undue conflicts
among members of nonmotorized transportation user groups, including--
(1) restricting, by permit or other means, the number of
individuals allowed on a permitted route or in a wilderness
area;
(2) instructing users to stay on permitted routes;
(3) limiting party size;
(4) educating users regarding best practices;
(5) using volunteer or paid patrollers;
(6) establishing speed limits;
(7) adding features to discourage improper uses of
permitted routes;
(8) designating the direction of travel on a permitted
route; and
(9) separating uses of permitted routes--
(A) by day or time of day; or
(B) seasonally.
(d) Effect of Section.--Nothing in this section requires the
Secretary concerned or any local official--
(1)(A) to open a permitted route or wilderness area to a
public recreational use; or
(B) to maintain a permitted route or wilderness area for
such a use; or
(2) to allow any nonmotorized transport on any portion of
the Appalachian National Scenic Trail that is administered
entirely as a footpath pursuant to section 5(a)(1) of the
National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)(1)).

SEC. 3. WILDERNESS MAINTENANCE.

(a) Prohibition of Certain Uses in Wilderness Areas.--Section 4(c)
of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(c)) is amended--
(1) by striking the subsection heading and all that follows
through ''(c) Except as'' and inserting the following:
''(c) Prohibition of Certain Uses.--
''(1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
''(A) Local official.--The term 'local official'
means the officer or employee who is the head of a unit
or jurisdiction of, as applicable--
''(i) the Bureau of Land Management;
''(ii) the National Park Service;
''(iii) the Forest Service; or
''(iv) the United States Fish and Wildlife
Service.
''(B) Mechanical transport.--
''(i) In general.--The term 'mechanical
transport' means any method of transportation
that--
''(I) travels over ground, snow, or
ice; and
''(II) possesses, or is propelled
by, a nonliving power source.
''(ii) Exclusion.--The term 'mechanical
transport' does not include any form of human-
powered travel, regardless of whether the
travel is mechanically assisted, in which the
sole propulsive power source is one or more
persons.
''(C) Motorized equipment.--
''(i) In general.--The term 'motorized
equipment' means any equipment that is--
''(I) activated by a nonliving
power source; and
''(II) carried by an individual,
other than a Federal officer or
employee (or a designee).
''(ii) Exclusion.--The term 'motorized
equipment' does not include any device that
is--
''(I) small;
''(II) battery-powered; and
''(III) carried by hand.
''(2) Prohibitions.--Except as''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
''(3) Effect of subsection.--
''(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B),
nothing in this subsection requires the Secretary of
Agriculture, the Secretary of the Interior, or any
local official--
''(i) to alter any wilderness area; or
''(ii) to allow in a wilderness area any
use that is likely to change the wilderness
character of the area.
''(B) Presumption.--A form of human-powered travel,
regardless of whether the travel is mechanically
assisted, in which the sole propulsive power source is
one or more persons shall be rebuttably presumed to be
in accordance with the preservation and maintenance of
the wilderness character of a wilderness area.''.
(b) Maintenance.--Section 4 of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
''(e) Maintenance.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any
officer or employee of the Federal Government may use any small-scale
motorized equipment or method of mechanical transport (such as a
chainsaw and wheelbarrow) to construct, improve, or maintain a trail or
to maintain the surroundings, in accordance with the purposes of this
Act and the preservation of the wilderness character of a wilderness
area.''.
Human-Powered Travel in Wilderness Areas Act This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (with respect to National Forest System land) and the Department of the Interior (with respect to public land) to authorize relevant local officials to determine all permissible forms of recreational use by nonmotorized transportation methods over any permitted routes within their jurisdictions. The bill defines "local officials" as officers or employees who are the heads of units or jurisdictions of the Bureau of Land Management, the National Park Service, the Forest Service, or the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. If a local official fails to make such a determination about a permitted route more than two years after this bill's enactment, then any form of recreational use by nonmotorized transportation methods shall be allowable on that route.