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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
GPO
116TH CONGRESS [REPT. 116-678
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1
SIMPLIFYING OUTDOOR ACCESS FOR RECREATION ACT
DECEMBER 18, 2020.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. GRIJALVA, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 3879]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 3879) to modify the procedures for issuing special recre-
ation permits for certain public land units, and for other purposes,
having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with amend-
ments and recommends that the bill as amended do pass.
The amendments are as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.-This Act may be cited as the Simplifying Outdoor Access for
Recreation Act or the SOAR Act.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.-The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.
Sec. 3. Sense of Congress regarding outdoor recreation.
TITLE I-MODERNIZING RECREATION PERMITTING
Sec. 101. Definitions.
Sec. 102. Special recreation permit and fee.
Sec. 103. Permitting process improvements.
Sec. 104. Permit flexibility.
Sec. 105. Permit administration.
Sec. 106. Permits for multijurisdictional trips.
Sec. 107. Forest Service permit use reviews.
Sec. 108. Liability.
Sec. 109. Cost recovery reform.
Sec. 110. Extension of special recreation permits.
Sec. 111. Availability of Federal and State recreation passes.
Sec. 112. Online purchases of America the Beautiful-The National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands
Pass.
TITLE II-ACCESSING THE OUTDOORS
Sec. 201. Access for servicemembers and veterans.
TITLE III-MAKING RECREATION A PRIORITY
Sec. 301. Extension of seasonal recreation opportunities.
Sec. 302. Recreation performance metrics.
Sec. 303. Recreation mission.
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