[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3148 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 3148
To prohibit the use of funds by the Secretary of the Interior to
finalize and implement certain travel management plans in the State of
Utah.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
October 26, 2023
Mr. Lee introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
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A BILL
To prohibit the use of funds by the Secretary of the Interior to
finalize and implement certain travel management plans in the State of
Utah.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Historic Roadways Protection Act''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON USE OF USE OF FUNDS TO FINALIZE AND IMPLEMENT
CERTAIN TRAVEL MANAGEMENT PLANS IN THE STATE OF UTAH.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Applicable period.--The term ``applicable period''
means the period that begins on the date of enactment of this
Act and ends on the date on which the Secretary certifies to
Congress that each of the R.S. 2477 cases has been adjudicated.
(2) Covered travel management area.--The term ``covered
travel management area'' means any of the following travel
management areas in the State of Utah:
(A) The Henry Mountains and Fremont Gorge Travel
Management Area.
(B) The Dinosaur (North) Travel Management Area.
(C) The Book Cliffs Travel Management Area (Vernal
Field Office).
(D) The Nine Mile Canyon Travel Management Area
(Vernal Field Office).
(E) The San Rafael Swell Travel Management Area.
(F) The Nine Mile Canyon Travel Management Area
(Price Field Office).
(G) The Book Cliffs Travel Management Area (Moab
Field Office).
(H) The Dolores River Travel Management Area.
(I) The Trail Canyon Travel Management Area.
(J) The Paunsaugunt Travel Management Area.
(3) R.S. 2477 case.--The term ``R.S. 2477 case'' means each
of--
(A) Beaver County and State of Utah v. United
States (Case No. 2:12-cv-423-CW);
(B) Box Elder County and State of Utah v. United
States (Case No. 1:12-cv-105-DB);
(C) Carbon County and State of Utah v. United
States (Case No. 2:12-cv-427-DB);
(D) Daggett County and State of Utah v. United
States (Case No. 2:12-cv-447-RJS);
(E) Duchesne County and State of Utah v. United
States (Case No. 2:12-cv-425-CW);
(F) Emery County and State of Utah v. United States
(Case No. 2:12-cv-429-CW);
(G) Garfield County and State of Utah v. United
States (Case No. 2:12-cv-478-TC);
(H) Grand County and State of Utah v. United States
(Case No. 2:12-cv-466-DN);
(I) Iron County and State of Utah v. United States
(Case No. 2:12-cv-472-BSJ);
(J) Juab County and State of Utah v. United States
(Case No. 2:12-cv-462-DB);
(K) Kane County and State of Utah v. United States
(Case No. 2:12-cv-1073-CW) (consolidated with Case No.
2:11-cv-1031-CW; Case No. 2:12-cv-476-CW);
(L) Millard County and State of Utah v. United
States (Case No. 2:12-cv-451-DB);
(M) Piute County and State of Utah v. United States
(Case No. 2:12-cv-428-CW);
(N) Rich County and State of Utah v. United States
(Case No. 2:12-cv-424-DN);
(O) San Juan County and State of Utah v. United
States (Case No. 2:12-cv-467-DAK);
(P) Sanpete County and State of Utah v. United
States (Case No. 2:12-cv-430-DB);
(Q) Sevier County and State of Utah v. United
States (Case No. 2:12-cv-452-DN);
(R) Tooele County and State of Utah v. United
States (Case No. 2:12-cv-477-CW);
(S) Uintah County and State of Utah v. United
States (Case No. 2:12-cv-461-DAK);
(T) Utah County and State of Utah v. United States
(Case No. 2:12-cv-426-CW);
(U) Washington County and State of Utah v. United
States (Case No. 2:12-cv-471-RJS); and
(V) Wayne County and State of Utah v. United States
(Case No. 2:12-cv-434-DN).
(4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of
Land Management.
(b) Prohibition on Use of Funds by the Secretary of the Interior To
Finalize and Implement Certain Travel Management Plans.--During the
applicable period, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Secretary may not obligate or expend Federal funds--
(1) to finalize or implement, with respect to land within
the boundary of the State of Utah, a new travel management plan
for a covered travel management area; or
(2) to implement, with respect to land within the boundary
of the State of Utah--
(A) the Indian Creek (Canyon Rims) Travel
Management Plan;
(B) the San Rafael Desert Travel Management Plan;
or
(C) the Labyrinth/Gemini Bridges Travel Management
Plan.
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