National Forest System Trails Stewardship Act

Summary

National Forest System Trails Stewardship Act Directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to publish a national strategy to significantly increase the role of volunteers and partners in trail maintenance. Requires the strategy to: (1) augment and support the capabilities of federal employees to carry out or contribute to trail maintenance; (2) provide opportunities for volunteers and partners to carry out trail maintenance in each region of the Forest Service; (3) address the barriers to increased volunteerism and partnerships; (4) prioritize increased volunteerism and partnerships in those regions with the most severe trail maintenance needs, and where backlogs are jeopardizing access to national forest lands; and (5) aim to increase trail maintenance by volunteers and partners by 100% within 5 years. Directs USDA to study opportunities to improve trail maintenance by addressing opportunities to use fire crews in trail maintenance activities. Deems a volunteer with a partner organization to be considered a federal employee for the purposes of civil claims relating to damage to, or loss of, personal property of a volunteer incident to volunteer services. Sets forth provisions for the selection of priority areas for increased trail maintenance accomplishments. Directs USDA to establish a pilot program to offset all or part of the land use fee for outfitting and guiding permits.

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Timeline

1. 28 April 2015

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 28 April 2015

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 16 July 2015

   Committee

   Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-154.

   Source: Committee

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 28 April 2015 · Official file

Documents

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

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• Introduced in Senate

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Sponsors

• Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] · R · Sponsor
• Michael Bennet · D · Sponsor
• John Barrasso · R · Cosponsor
• Steve Daines · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] · D · Cosponsor
• Jeff Merkley · D · Cosponsor
• Thomas Tillis · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] · D · Cosponsor
• John Boozman · R · Cosponsor
• Amy Klobuchar · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK-1] · R · Cosponsor
• Gary Peters · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] · R · Cosponsor
• Ron Johnson · R · Cosponsor
• Martin Heinrich · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Donnelly, Joe [D-IN] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] · D · Cosponsor
• Tammy Baldwin · D · Cosponsor
• Ron Wyden · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA-6] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] · D · Cosponsor
• Dan Sullivan · R · Cosponsor
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