Increasing Access and Multiple Use Act of 2020
Latest action · Feb 13, 2020 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
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.
- IntroducedJan 29, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Increasing Access and Multiple Use Act of 2020
This bill revises permit requirements under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA). It prohibits the Department of the Interior from requiring a permit holder, without the consent of the holder, to adopt any new minimization, mitigation, or other measure for any species adequately covered by the permit during its term, except to meet circumstances that have changed subsequent to the issuance of the permit.
The bill provides that (1) a critical habitat designation or listing of a species under the ESA shall not result in a net loss of acreage, permits, or leases within grazing allotments or other multiple use activities; and (2) the presence of a critical habitat or a species listed under the ESA shall not result in the denial of any federal permit, lease, or expansion of multiple use activities based on the presence of the species or habitat.
This bill requires federal public land management officials to facilitate the use of, and access to, federal public lands for fishing, sport hunting, and recreational shooting with specified exceptions.
The bill prohibits Interior and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) from establishing policies or regulations that (1) restrict hunting or recreational fishing on lands within the National Forest System or Wildlife Refuge System that are otherwise open to those activities; or (2) restrict public access to public lands under certain conditions.
Interior and USDA must make vacant grazing allotments available to a holder of a grazing permit or lease if it is determined that the land covered by such permit or lease are unusable because of a natural disaster, court-issued injunction, or a conflict with wildlife.
Cosponsors 8
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 29, 2020 to Feb 6, 2020, with 7 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-WA | Dan Newhouse | Original | Jan 29, 2020 |
| R-AR | Eric A. "Rick" Crawford | Original | Jan 29, 2020 |
| R-MT | Greg Gianforte | Original | Jan 29, 2020 |
| R-ND | Kelly Armstrong | Original | Jan 29, 2020 |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | Original | Jan 29, 2020 |
| R-SC | Ralph Norman | Original | Jan 29, 2020 |
| R-CA | Tom McClintock | Original | Jan 29, 2020 |
| R-AZ | Debbie Lesko | Feb 6, 2020 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 13, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
- Feb 3, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
- Jan 29, 2020Introduced in House
- Jan 29, 2020Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
- Congressional oversight
- Endangered and threatened species
- Firearms and explosives
- Forests, forestry, trees
- Government information and archives
- Hunting and fishing
- Intergovernmental relations
- Land use and conservation
- Licensing and registrations
- Livestock
- Outdoor recreation
- Parks, recreation areas, trails
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Roads and highways
- Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
- State and local government operations
- Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
- Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 29, 2020Introduced in House
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