§200104 Federal Interagency Council on Outdoor Recreation

Summary

The Secretary must create the Federal Interagency Council on Outdoor Recreation. It will include representatives from eight federal land, water, and conservation agencies: the National Park Service; Bureau of Land Management; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Bureau of Indian Affairs; Bureau of Reclamation; Forest Service; Army Corps of Engineers; and NOAA. The Secretary can also invite other federal agencies, state and local offices, and outside groups (for example, EPA, DOT including the Federal Highway Administration, Commerce offices, the Tennessee Valley Authority, FERC, health and conservation units). The Secretary should try to make sure States are invited. Leadership will rotate every two years among the main members or as decided with the Secretaries of Agriculture, Defense, and Commerce. The main members may agree to share the Council’s management and operating costs. The Council must meet as often as needed to coordinate on outdoor recreation. Topics include coordinating programs and policies across federal land and water agencies (including work under the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6801 et seq.)); responding to public health or other emergencies that affect recreational lands and waters; guiding recreation investments (including funds under section 40804(b)(7) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (16 U.S.C. 6592a(b)(7))); managing new technologies; doing research such as measuring recreation’s economic impact; sharing recreation information that is easy to find on modern devices; improving access to federal lands and waters; and working with outside partners to promote and help manage recreation. The Council does not change any agency’s existing powers, rules, or policies.