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US. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
GPO
118TH CONGRESS REPT. 118-921
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1
RESTORING OUR UNOPENED TRAILS FOR ENJOYMENT
AND SAFETY ACT
DECEMBER 18, 2024.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. WESTERMAN, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
together with
DISSENTING VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 6994]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 6994) to require the reopening of covered recreation sites
closed due to a natural disaster, and for other purposes, having
considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment
and recommends that the bill as amended do pass.
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the Restoring Our Unopened Trails for Enjoyment and
Safety Act or the ROUTES Act.
SEC. 2. REOPENING OF COVERED RECREATION SITES CLOSED DUE TO NATURAL DISASTERS.
(a) REOPENING REQUIRED.-In the case of a covered recreation site that is fully
or partially closed due to personal injury or damage caused by a natural disaster,
the Secretary concerned shall-
(1) reopen such covered recreation site not later than 3 years after the date
on which such natural disaster ends, as determined by the Secretary concerned;
and
(2) if the covered recreation site is not reopened on or before the date de-
scribed in paragraph (1), not later than 30 days after such date and every 90
days thereafter during which such site remains closed, submit to Congress a re-
port identifying the barriers to reopening such site.
(b) CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION FOR COVERED RECREATION SITE RESTORATION.-
(1) CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION ESTABLISHED.-Activities described in paragraph
(2) are a category of actions hereby designated as being categorically excluded
from the preparation of an environmental assessment or an environmental im-
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