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119-s-90119th Congress

Historic Roadways Protection Act

Sponsored By: Senator Lee, Mike [R-UT]

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Summary

Pauses federal funding for travel-management actions in specified Utah public lands until the listed RS 2477 land-rights cases are resolved. This bill would stop the Interior Department from using federal money to finalize or implement certain travel plans in those areas during the applicable period.

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  • Would prohibit the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, from obligating or spending federal funds to finalize or implement a new travel management plan for land inside Utah's boundaries during the applicable period.
  • Would apply to ten named travel management areas and would bar implementing the Indian Creek (Canyon Rims), San Rafael Desert, San Rafael Swell, and Labyrinth/Gemini Bridges travel management plans.
  • Federal funding could resume only after the Secretary certifies to Congress that each of the enumerated RS 2477 cases has been adjudicated.

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Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

Blocks BLM travel plans in Utah

If enacted, this bill would stop the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the BLM Director, from using federal money to finalize or implement certain travel management plans in Utah. The ban would apply to new travel plans for ten named Utah areas: The Henry Mountains and Fremont Gorge; The Dinosaur (North); Book Cliffs (Vernal FO); Nine Mile Canyon (Vernal FO); San Rafael Swell; Nine Mile Canyon (Price FO); Book Cliffs (Moab FO); Dolores River; Trail Canyon; and Paunsaugunt. It would also bar implementing these four named plans in Utah: Indian Creek (Canyon Rims), San Rafael Desert, San Rafael Swell, and Labyrinth/Gemini Bridges. The rule would apply only to land inside Utah. The restriction would last from enactment until the Secretary certifies to Congress that each listed R.S. 2477 case has been adjudicated.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Lee, Mike [R-UT]

UT • R

Cosponsors

  • Sen. Curtis, John R. [R-UT]

    UT • R

    Sponsored 1/14/2025

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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