US Congress House Bill 6155 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on September 22 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-10-19 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Pending: House Conservation and Forestry Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Ensuring Safety of Federal Wilderness Areas Act of 2016 This bill amends the Wilderness Act to prohibit the Department of Agriculture (for wilderness areas under the jurisdiction of the Forest Service) and the Department of the Interior (for wilderness areas under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management) from adopting, amending, or enforcing, any regulations, policies, or guidance that would delay federal, state, or local emergency response personnel from entering into a wilderness area or wilderness study area to respond to an emergency. Any entrance by federal, state, or local emergency response personnel into a wilderness area or wilderness study area in response to an emergency shall be reported to the appropriate Department within 24 hours of the time at which such personnel first entered such area.

Ensuring Safety of Federal Wilderness Areas Act of 2016

Rep. Mark Meadows [R-NC]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-10-19	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
2016-10-03	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
2016-09-22	House	Referred to House Agriculture
2016-09-22	House	Referred to House Natural Resources
2016-09-22	House	Referred 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.
2016-09-22	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/6155/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr6155/BILLS-114hr6155ih.pdf