To amend the Wilderness Act to ensure that the use of bicycles, wheelchairs, strollers, and game carts is not prohibited in Wilderness Areas, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressHR-1349| House
| Updated: 11/16/2018
Tom McClintock
Republican Representative
California
Cosponsors (5)
Federal Lands Subcommittee, Natural Resources Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
This bill amends the Wilderness Act to declare that provisions of such Act prohibiting the use of motorized vehicles, aircraft, or other forms of mechanical transport shall not prohibit the use of motorized wheelchairs, non-motorized wheelchairs, non-motorized bicycles, strollers, wheelbarrows, survey wheels, or game carts within any wilderness areas.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 18.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 805.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-1032.
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Disability and paralysisHealth technology, devices, suppliesPedestrians and bicyclingWilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
To amend the Wilderness Act to ensure that the use of bicycles, wheelchairs, strollers, and game carts is not prohibited in Wilderness Areas, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressHR-1349| House
| Updated: 11/16/2018
This bill amends the Wilderness Act to declare that provisions of such Act prohibiting the use of motorized vehicles, aircraft, or other forms of mechanical transport shall not prohibit the use of motorized wheelchairs, non-motorized wheelchairs, non-motorized bicycles, strollers, wheelbarrows, survey wheels, or game carts within any wilderness areas.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 18.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 805.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-1032.
Tom McClintock
Republican Representative
California
Cosponsors (5)
Federal Lands Subcommittee, Natural Resources Committee
Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Disability and paralysisHealth technology, devices, suppliesPedestrians and bicyclingWilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats