RESERVE Federal Land Act
Latest action · Dec 20, 2024 Held at the desk.
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.
- IntroducedJun 4, 2024
- Passed SenateDec 19, 2024
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Review and Evaluation of Strategies for Equitable Reservations for Visitor Experiences Federal Land Act or the RESERVE Federal Land Act
This bill requires the Departments of Agriculture and the Interior and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to jointly enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study of federal reservation systems used to book or permit recreational activities on federal land.
Under the bill, federal land generally includes National Forest System land, units of the National Park System or the National Wildlife Refuge System, sites administered by the Bureau of Reclamation or the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and other land owned by the United States and administered by the Bureau of Land Management. Federal reservation systems are platforms used by managers of federal land to manage the quantity, type, distribution, and timing of recreational activities, including permitting, pricing, and lottery systems.
The study must review the history of federal reservation systems, including a review of the considerations that led to the establishment of such systems, iterations of such systems over time, and visitor feedback. The study must also address
- the benefits and challenges of implementing federal reservation systems to achieve management goals for federal land,
- the availability of data on the demand for recreation on federal land,
- how fees have been collected over time to meet agency needs, and
- how federal reservation systems can be improved to reduce missed reservations and increase use in periods of high demand.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred Jun 4, 2024Markup Nov 19, 2024Reported Nov 21, 2024 |
| Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee | Hearings Jun 12, 2024 |
Actions 10
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 20, 2024Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Dec 20, 2024Received in the House.
- Dec 20, 2024Held at the desk.
- Dec 19, 2024Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7218; text: CR S7218-7219)
- Nov 21, 2024Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- Nov 21, 2024Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 626.
- Nov 19, 2024Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Jun 12, 2024Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-394.
- Jun 4, 2024Introduced in Senate
- Jun 4, 2024Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S7218, S7220Text printed S7218Amendments S7218 | Lisa Murkowski R-AK | Dec 19, 2024 |
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 118-394 | PENDING LEGISLATION1,049 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Jun 12, 2024 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| IF12778 | Recreation.gov: Overview and Issues for Congress | Resource | May 12, 2025 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 10162 | RESERVE Federal Land Act | Related bill | Nov 22, 2024 |
Titles 7
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences to carry out a study on reservation systems for Federal land.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- RESERVE Federal Land Act
- Review and Evaluation of Strategies for Equal Reservations for Visitor Experiences Federal Land Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- Review and Evaluation of Strategies for Equitable Reservations for Visitor Experiences Federal Land Act
- RESERVE Federal Land Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed Senate
- RESERVE Federal Land Act
- Review and Evaluation of Strategies for Equitable Reservations for Visitor Experiences Federal Land Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 19, 2024Engrossed in Senate
- Nov 21, 2024Reported to Senate
- Jun 4, 2024Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
