# 115-hr-1349: 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.

115-hr-1349, 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., is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-5] (R-CA); status Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 805. (as of 2025-10-28).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-1349
- Congress: 115
- Title: 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.
- Status: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 805.
- Introduced: 2017-03-02
- Sponsor: Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-5] (R-CA)
- Cosponsors: 5
- Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-10-28

## Summary

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.

## Cosponsors (5)

- Rep. Hunter, Duncan D. [R-CA-50] (R-CA), 2017-03-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4] (R-AR), 2017-03-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2] (R-NM), 2017-03-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] (R-ND), 2017-06-07T00:00:00.000Z
- DANA ROHRABACHER (R-CA), 2017-06-07T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [115-hr-1349 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1349)

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- [115-hr-2519: The American Legion 100th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-2519)
- [115-hr-2315: To posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to each of Glen Doherty, Tyr…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-2315)
- [115-hr-38: Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-38)
- [115-hr-24: Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2017](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-24)
- [115-hr-184: Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-184)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-1349 (as of 2025-10-28).