GO Act

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R LaMalfaSponsor

4 cosponsors · 1 D, 3 R

2 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

This bill amends the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to specify the circumstances under which the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) may (1) issue special recreation permits for federal recreational lands and waters, and (2) change a special recreation permit fee.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Jan 8, 2019

Guides and Outfitters Act or the GO Act

Interior and USDA may issue special recreation permits

for specialized individual and group use of federal facilities and federal recreational lands and waters;
to recreation service providers who conduct outfitting, guiding, and other recreation services on federal recreational lands and waters; and
to recreation service providers who conduct recreation or competitive events, which may involve incidental sales on federal recreational lands and waters.

USDA and Interior shall implement a program that authorizes temporary permits for new recreational uses of federal recreational lands and waters managed by the Forest Service or the BLM, respectively.

Interior and USDA shall revise certain

special land use and special recreation permit regulations to streamline the processes for the issuance and renewal of outfitter and guide special use permits, and
cost recovery fee regulations to reduce costs and minimize the burden of cost recovery on small businesses and adverse impacts of cost recovery on jobs in the outfitting and guiding industry and on rural economies.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: GO Act

Also known as: Guides and Outfitters Act

Latest action (Feb 7, 2019): Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources · Origin: House · Introduced: Jan 8, 2019

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.