§1262 National Recreational Trails Advisory Committee

Summary

Creates a 12-member National Recreational Trails Advisory Committee. The Secretary appoints eight members from trail user groups (one each for hiking, cross-country skiing, off‑highway motorcycling, snowmobiling, horseback riding, all‑terrain vehicle riding, bicycling, and four‑wheel driving), one member for people with disabilities, one government official with a science or natural resources background (this official is the chair and does not vote), one from water trail user groups, and one from hunting and fishing enthusiast groups. Any committee action needs support from at least five of the eight user representatives. Secretary appointees serve three‑year terms, but five of the eleven appointee positions start with two‑year terms and then go to three years. The committee must meet at least twice a year to review how States use funds, set and review rules for trailhead and trailside facilities that can get funding, and recommend policy changes to the Secretary. It gives the Secretary an annual report. Nongovernmental members are unpaid but may be reimbursed for travel and other necessary expenses if money is available under section 1261(d)(1)(B). Not later than 4 years after December 18, 1991, the Secretary must send a study to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure summarizing the committee’s annual reports, describing how the money was allocated and used, and offering policy recommendations. The committee ends on September 30, 2000.