A bill to prohibit the Corps of Engineers from taking certain actions to establish a restricted area prohibiting public access to waters downstream of a dam, and for other purposes.
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate passed version is repeated here.)
Freedom to Fish Act - Requires the Chief of the Army Corps of Engineers to: (1) cease implementing and enforcing, until two years after enactment of this Act, any restricted area for hazardous waters at dams and other civil works structures in the Cumberland River Basin that the Chief established or modified between August 1, 2012, and the day before the enactment of this Act; and (2) remove any permanent physical barriers constructed in connection with such area.
Requires the Chief, before establishing any such restricted area after this Act's enactment, to: (1) ensure that any restrictions are based on operational conditions that create hazardous waters, and (2) publish and seek and consider public comment on a draft describing the restricted area. Prohibits the Chief from: (1) implementing or enforcing the restricted area until two years after this Act's enactment, or (2) taking any action to establish a permanent physical barrier in connection with such area. (Excludes the installation and maintenance of measures for alerting the public of hazardous water conditions as such a permanent physical barrier.)
Makes enforcement of a restricted area the sole responsibility of the state in which such area is located.
Prohibits the Chief from assessing any penalty for entering a restricted area of public park and recreational facilities at water resource development projects.
See also H.R. 3080.
Introduced in Senate
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S3584-3585; text as passed Senate: CR S3585)
Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3584-3585; text as passed Senate: CR S3585)
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Received in the House.
Held at the desk.
Mr. Shuster moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2825-2827)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 982.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H2825)
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2825)
Enacted as Public Law 113-13
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Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Became Public Law No: 113-13.
Became Public Law No: 113-13.