S. 1110 · 114th Congress
National Forest System Trails Stewardship Act
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Bennet
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Barrasso
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Daines
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Tester
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Merkley
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Stabenow
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Tillis
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Boozman
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Klobuchar
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Inhofe
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Peters
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Boxer
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Burr
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Baldwin
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Donnelly
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Feinstein
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Franken
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Heller
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Heinrich
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Johnson
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Udall
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Wyden
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Sullivan1 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.
Directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to publish a national strategy to significantly increase the role of volunteers and partners in trail maintenance.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Apr 28, 2015
National Forest System Trails Stewardship Act
Directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to publish a national strategy to significantly increase the role of volunteers and partners in trail maintenance.
Requires the strategy to: (1) augment and support the capabilities of federal employees to carry out or contribute to trail maintenance; (2) provide opportunities for volunteers and partners to carry out trail maintenance in each region of the Forest Service; (3) address the barriers to increased volunteerism and partnerships; (4) prioritize increased volunteerism and partnerships in those regions with the most severe trail maintenance needs, and where backlogs are jeopardizing access to national forest lands; and (5) aim to increase trail maintenance by volunteers and partners by 100% within 5 years.
Directs USDA to study opportunities to improve trail maintenance by addressing opportunities to use fire crews in trail maintenance activities.
Deems a volunteer with a partner organization to be considered a federal employee for the purposes of civil claims relating to damage to, or loss of, personal property of a volunteer incident to volunteer services.
Sets forth provisions for the selection of priority areas for increased trail maintenance accomplishments.
Directs USDA to establish a pilot program to offset all or part of the land use fee for outfitting and guiding permits.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: National Forest System Trails Stewardship Act
Latest action (Jul 16, 2015): Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Hearings held.
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Apr 28, 2015
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.