H.R. 1349 — To amend the Wilderness Act to ensure that the use of bicycles, wheelchairs, strollers, and game carts is not prohibited in Wilderness Areas, and for other purposes.

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This bill amends the Wilderness Act to declare that provisions of such Act prohibiting the use of motorized vehicles, aircraft, or other forms of mechanical transport shall not prohibit the use of motorized wheelchairs, non-motorized wheelchairs, non-motorized bicycles, strollers, wheelbarrows, survey wheels, or game carts within any wilderness areas.

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2017-03-02
Introduced in House
2017-03-02
Introduced in House
2017-03-02
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
2017-03-15
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
2017-12-07
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
2017-12-12
Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
2017-12-12
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2017-12-13
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2017-12-13
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 18.
2018-11-16
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-1032.
2018-11-16
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-1032.
2018-11-16
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 805.

To amend the Wilderness Act to ensure that the use of bicycles, wheelchairs, strollers, and game carts is not prohibited in Wilderness Areas, and for other purposes.

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