HR 3492 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

River Paddling Protection Act

Introduced Nov 14, 2013 Originated House Sponsor Cynthia M. Lummis R-WY

Latest action · Feb 28, 2014 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 275.

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.

IntroducedNov 14, 2013
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

River Paddling Protection Act - Opens the rivers and streams of Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming to hand-propelled vessels. Declares specified regulations to have no force or effect with regard to the closing of rivers and streams of such Parks to such vessels.

Requires the Fish and Wildlife Service to coordinate any recreational use of hand-propelled vessels on the Gros Ventre River within the National Elk Refuge in Wyoming with Grand Teton National Park to ensure that use is consistent with the requirements of the National Wildlife Refuge Administration Act.

Cosponsors 1

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Nov 14, 2013.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-UT	Rob Bishop	Original	Nov 14, 2013

Committees 1

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

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Natural Resources Committee	Referred Nov 14, 2013Markup Jan 28, 2014Reported Feb 28, 2014
	Federal Lands Subcommittee	Referred Nov 14, 2013Hearings Nov 21, 2013Discharged Jan 28, 2014
	Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Subcommittee	Referred Nov 14, 2013Discharged Jan 28, 2014

Actions 11

Everything that happened, newest first.

Feb 28, 2014Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-369.
Feb 28, 2014Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 275.
Jan 28, 2014Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation Discharged.
Jan 28, 2014Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Discharged.
Jan 28, 2014Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jan 28, 2014Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Nov 21, 2013Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Nov 14, 2013Introduced in House
Nov 14, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Nov 14, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
Nov 14, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.

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

H. Rept. 113-369

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

Feb 7, 2014H.R. 3492, River Paddling Protection ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on January 28, 2014

Constitutional authority

[Pages H7110-H7111] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] By Mrs. LUMMIS: H.R. 3492. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2: ``The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to prejudice any claims of the United States, or of any particular state.''

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H7111.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 113-52	H.R. 3286, PROTECTING STATES OPENING NATIONAL PARKS ACT; H.R. 3294, STATE-RUN FEDERAL LANDS ACT; H.R. 3311, PROVIDE ACCESS AND RETAIN CONTINUITY (PARC) ACT; H.R. 3492, RIVER PADDLING PROTECTION ACT; AND H.R. 915, THE PEACE CORPS COMMEMORATION ACT74 pages	Natural Resources Committee	Nov 21, 2013

Related bills 2

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 2018	River Paddling Protection Act	Related bill	Feb 12, 2014
HR 2954	Public Access and Lands Improvement Act	Related bill	Feb 10, 2014

Titles 3

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

Official Title as Introduced: To provide for the use of hand-propelled vessels in Yellowstone National Park, Grand Teton National Park, and the National Elk Refuge, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: River Paddling Protection Act
Short Titles as Reported to House: River Paddling Protection Act

Subjects

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

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Feb 28, 2014Reported in House
Nov 14, 2013Introduced in House

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