To require the Forest Service to accommodate, to the extent consistent with the management objectives and limitations applicable to the National Forest System lands at issue, individuals with mobility disabilities who need to use a power-driven mobility device for reasonable access to such lands.
Latest action · Mar 29, 2010 Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
Progress
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- IntroducedDec 8, 2009
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, through the Chief of the Forest Service, to require Forest Service personnel, in the implementation of off-road vehicle management under the Forest Service Travel Management Rule, to endeavor to accommodate individuals with mobility disabilities who would need to use a power-driven mobility device for access to such lands.
Requires Forest Service personnel to provide an individual with mobility disabilities who uses a power-driven mobility device to access specific National Forest System lands, who seeks permission to access such lands, and who is denied such access, with an explanation for the denial of access to such lands.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Dec 8, 2009 |
| Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee | Referred Mar 29, 2010 | |
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Dec 8, 2009 |
| Federal Lands Subcommittee | Referred Dec 9, 2009 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 29, 2010Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
- Dec 9, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
- Dec 8, 2009Introduced in House
- Dec 8, 2009Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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.
- Dec 8, 2009Referred to House Agriculture
- Dec 8, 2009Referred to House Natural Resources
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require the Forest Service to accommodate, to the extent consistent with the management objectives and limitations applicable to the National Forest System lands at issue, individuals with mobility disabilities who need to use a power-driven mobility device for reasonable access to such lands.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 8, 2009Introduced in House
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