S 225 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

Federal Land Recreational Visitor Protection Act of 2005

Introduced Feb 1, 2005 Originated Senate Sponsor Ted Stevens R-AK

Latest action · Jul 27, 2006 Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedFeb 1, 2005
Passed SenateJul 26, 2005
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on February 23, 2005. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Federal Land Recreational Visitor Protection Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish an avalanche protection program to: (1) provide early identification of the potential for avalanches that could endanger the safety of recreational users of public land and visitors to units of the National Park System (NPS); and (2) reduce the risks and mitigate the effects of avalanches on visitors, recreational users, neighboring communities, and transportation corridors.

Requires the Secretary and the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) use the resources of the National Avalanche Center of the Forest Service to carry out this Act; and (2) establish an advisory committee to assist in the development and implementation of the program.

Directs such Secretaries and the Secretary of the Army to establish a central depository for weapons, ammunition, and parts for avalanche control purposes, including an inventory that can be made available to federal and non-federal entities.

Authorizes the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior to make grants to carry out projects and activities under the program to: (1) assist in the prevention, forecasting, detection, and mitigation of avalanches; (2) maintain essential transportation and communications; (3) assist avalanche artillery users to ensure the availability of adequate supplies of artillery and other explosives required for avalanche control in or affecting NPS units, other federal land used for recreation, and adjacent communities, and essential transportation corridors; and (4) assist research and development activities for alternatives to minimize reliance on military weapons for avalanche control.

Authorizes appropriations.

Cosponsors 2

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Feb 1, 2005.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-HI	Daniel K. Inouye	Original	Feb 1, 2005
R-AK	Lisa Murkowski	Original	Feb 1, 2005

Committees 4

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
Senate	Energy and Natural Resources Committee	Referred Feb 1, 2005Markup Feb 9, 2005Reported Feb 23, 2005
House	Natural Resources Committee	Referred Jul 28, 2005
	Federal Lands Subcommittee	Referred Aug 2, 2005
	Forests and Forest Health Subcommittee	Referred Aug 2, 2005Hearings Jul 27, 2006
House	Agriculture Committee	Referred Jul 28, 2005
	Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee	Referred Aug 3, 2005
House	Oversight and Government Reform Committee	Referred Jul 28, 2005

Actions 14

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jul 27, 2006Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Aug 3, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
Aug 2, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
Aug 2, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
Jul 27, 2005Received in the House.
Jul 27, 2005Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Jul 27, 2005Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Government Reform, 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.
Jul 26, 2005Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S9018-9052; text as passed Senate: CR S9020-9021)
Feb 23, 2005Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Domenici under authority of the order of the Senate of 02/17/05 with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 109-11.
Feb 23, 2005Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 22.
Feb 9, 2005Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Feb 1, 2005Introduced in Senate
Feb 1, 2005Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S741)
Feb 1, 2005Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

In the Congressional Record 2

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Senate	Debate and remarks S9020Text printed S9020	—	Jul 26, 2005
Senate	Debate and remarks S741	Ted Stevens R-AK	Feb 1, 2005

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Committee report

S. Rept. 109-11

Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2

Feb 11, 2005S. 225, Federal Land Recreational Visitor Protection Act of 2005<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on February 9, 2005</p>
Feb 11, 2005S. 225, Federal Land Recreational Visitor Protection Act of 2005Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on February 9, 2005

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 2039	Federal Land Recreational Visitor Protection Act of 2005	Identical bill	Jul 27, 2006

Titles 5

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to undertake a program to reduce the risks from and mitigate the effects of avalanches on recreational users of public land.
Official Titles as Amended by Senate: A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to undertake a program to reduce the risks from and mitigate the effects of avalanches on recreational users of public land.
Short Titles as Introduced: Federal Land Recreational Visitor Protection Act of 2005
Short Titles as Reported to Senate: Federal Land Recreational Visitor Protection Act of 2005
Short Titles as Passed Senate: Federal Land Recreational Visitor Protection Act of 2005

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.

Text 4

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jul 27, 2005Referred in House
Jul 26, 2005Engrossed in Senate
Feb 23, 2005Reported to Senate
Feb 1, 2005Introduced in Senate

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