HR 1838 · 114th Congress · Public Lands and Natural Resources

Clear Creek National Recreation Area and Conservation Act

Introduced 2015-04-16· Sponsored by Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-20]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
Committee
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-509.(2016-09-22)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Clear Creek National Recreation Area and Conservation Act Establishes the Clear Creek National Recreation Area in the state of California to promote environmentally responsible off-highway vehicle recreation and to support other public recreational uses, including hunting, hiking, and rock and gem collecting. Instructs the Department of the Interior to use the 2005 Clear Creek Management Area Travel Management Plan as modified by this bill or by Interior to incorporate natural resource protection information unavailable in 2005 as the basis for an interim management plan to govern off-highway vehicle recreation in the Recreation Area. Requires Interior to create a comprehensive management plan for the Recreation Area within two years of the enactment of this bill. Requires landowners to be provided with adequate access to inholdings within the Recreation Area. Permits livestock grazing to continue in areas of the Recreation Area in which it is allowed as of the enactment of this bill. Designates approximately 21,000 acres of identified federal lands in Fresno and San Benito Counties, California, to be known as the Joaquin Rocks Wilderness, as wilderness and as a component of the Na…

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CBO Cost Estimate

Congressional Budget Office

H.R. 1838, Clear Creek National Recreation Area and Conservation Act

May 20, 2016

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on March 16, 2016

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Cosponsors (3)

3 Republicans