US SB1241 | 2009-2010 | 111th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: Introduced on June 11 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2010-04-28 - Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on June 11 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2010-04-28 - Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Directs the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture (the Secretary), for any film crew of five persons or fewer, to require a permit and assess an annual fee of $200 for commercial filming activities or similar projects on federal lands and waterways administered by the Secretary. Makes such a permit valid for such activities or projects that occur in areas designated for public use during public hours on all federal lands and waterways administered by the Secretary for a 12-month period. Prohibits the Secretary, for persons holding such a permit, from assessing any additional fee for commercial filming activities and similar projects that occur in those areas during those hours. Bars the Secretary from prohibiting, as a mechanized apparatus or under any other purposes, the use of cameras or related equipment used for commercial filming activities or similar projects in accordance with this Act on federal lands and waterways administered by the Secretary.
Title
A bill to amend Public Law 106-206 to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to require annual permits and assess annual fees for commercial filming activities on Federal land for film crews of 5 persons or fewer.
Sponsors
| Sen. Mike Crapo [R-ID] | Sen. James Inhofe [R-OK] | Sen. James Risch [R-ID] | Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2010-04-28 | Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. | |
| 2009-06-11 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6549) | |
| 2009-06-11 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6548-6549) |
Same As/Similar To
HB2031 (Related) 2010-06-22 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
Subjects
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/1241/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/s1241/BILLS-111s1241is.pdf |
