HR 5665 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Promoting Accessibility on Federal Lands Act of 2024

Introduced Sep 21, 2023 Originated House Sponsor Melanie A. Stansbury D-NM

Latest action · Dec 19, 2024 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 776.

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.

IntroducedSep 21, 2023
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors 8

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 21, 2023 to Jun 28, 2024; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Sep 21, 2023
D-TX	Jasmine Crockett	Original	Sep 21, 2023
R-AZ	Juan Ciscomani	Original	Sep 21, 2023
D-AK	Mary Sattler Peltola	Original	Sep 21, 2023
D-CA	Jared Huffman		Sep 27, 2023
D-HI	Jill N. Tokuda		Sep 29, 2023
D-NV	Dina Titus		Nov 14, 2023
D-CA	Katie Porter		Jun 28, 2024

Committees 2

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 Sep 21, 2023Discharged Mar 12, 2024Markup Mar 12, 2024Reported Nov 18, 2024
	Federal Lands Subcommittee	Referred Nov 9, 2023Hearings Nov 14, 2023
House	Agriculture Committee	Referred Sep 21, 2023 Nov 18, 2024Discharged Dec 19, 2024
	Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee	Referred Jan 11, 2024

Actions 12

Everything that happened, newest first.

Dec 19, 2024Committee on Agriculture discharged.
Dec 19, 2024Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 776.
Nov 18, 2024Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-751, Part I.
Nov 18, 2024House Committee on Agriculture Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Dec. 19, 2024.
Mar 12, 2024Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged
Mar 12, 2024Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Mar 12, 2024Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Unanimous Consent.
Jan 11, 2024Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry.
Nov 14, 2023Subcommittee Hearings Held
Nov 9, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Sep 21, 2023Introduced in House
Sep 21, 2023Referred 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.

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. 118-751

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8. The single subject of this legislation is: To require a comprehensive assessment of certain Federal trails, campsites, boat docks, and outdoor recreation facilities to determine the accessibility options for individuals with disabilities, and for other purposes.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 153, September 21, 2023, page H4459.

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. 118-77	LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON H.R. 4235, TO DIRECT THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE AND THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR TO ESTABLISH A WILDFIRE TECHNOLOGY TESTBED PILOT PROGRAM, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, "WILDFIRE TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION, EVALUATION, MODERNIZATION, AND OPTIMIZATION ACT" OR "WILDFIRE TECHNOLOGY DEMO ACT"; H.R. 4353, TO AMEND PUBLIC LAW 91-378 TO AUTHORIZE ACTIVITIES RELATING TO CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CENTERS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, "CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CENTER ENHANCEMENT ACT OF 2023"; H.R. 4717, TO AMEND THE HEALTHY FORESTS RESTORATION ACT OF 2003 WITH RESPECT TO THIRD-PARTY CONTRACTS FOR WILDFIRE HAZARD FUEL REMOVAL, TO AMEND THE NATIONAL FOREST MANAGEMENT ACT WITH RESPECT TO THE THRESHOLD FOR ADVERTISED TIMBER SALES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, "LOCALLY LED RESTORATION ACT OF 2023"; H.R. 5582, TO PROVIDE FOR WHITE OAK RESTORATION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, "WHITE OAK RESILIENCE ACT"; H.R. 5665, TO REQUIRE A COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF CERTAIN FEDERAL TRAILS, CAMPSITES, BOAT DOCKS, AND72 pages	Natural Resources Committee	Nov 14, 2023

Titles 3

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

Official Title as Introduced: To require a comprehensive assessment of certain Federal trails, campsites, boat docks, and outdoor recreation facilities to determine the accessibility options for individuals with disabilities, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Promoting Accessibility on Federal Lands Act of 2023
Short Title(s) as Reported to House: Promoting Accessibility on Federal Lands Act of 2024

Subjects

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

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Dec 19, 2024Reported in House
Sep 21, 2023Introduced in House

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