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.

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Bill Number

HR 848

Introduced

Mar 1, 2011

Latest Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.

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Disability and paralysis Forests, forestry, trees Government information and archives Motor vehicles Public Lands and Natural Resources

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Summary

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), 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.

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Mar 9, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
Mar 3, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
Mar 1, 2011

Referred 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.
Mar 1, 2011

Introduced in House

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