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118TH CONGRESS REPT. 118-749
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1
PROTECTING AMERICA'S ROCK CLIMBING ACT
NOVEMBER 18, 2024.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. WESTERMAN, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 1380]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 1380) to require the Secretary of Agriculture and the Sec-
retary of the Interior to issue guidance on climbing management in
designated wilderness areas, and for other purposes, having consid-
ered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and
recommends that the bill as amended do pass.
The amendment is as follows:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the Protecting America's Rock Climbing Act.
SEC. 2. GUIDANCE ON CLIMBING.
(a) IN GENERAL.-Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this
Act, each Secretary concerned shall issue guidance for recreational climbing activi-
ties on covered Federal land.
(b) APPLICABLE LAw.-The guidance issued under subsection (a) shall ensure that
recreational climbing activities comply with the laws (including regulations) applica-
ble to the covered Federal land.
(c) WILDERNESS AREAS.-The guidance issued under subsection (a) shall recognize
that recreational climbing (including the use, placement, and maintenance of fixed
anchors) is an appropriate use within a component of the National Wilderness Pres-
ervation System, if undertaken-
(1) in accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) and other
applicable laws (including regulations); and
(2) subject to any terms and conditions determined by the Secretary con-
cerned to be appropriate.
(d) AUTHORIZATION.-The guidance issued under subsection (a) shall describe the
requirements, if any, for the placement and maintenance of fixed anchors for rec-
reational climbing in a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System,
including any terms and conditions determined by the Secretary concerned to be ap-
propriate, which may be issued programmatically or on a case-by-case basis.
(e) EXISTING ROUTES.-The guidance issued under subsection (a) shall include di-
rection providing for the continued use and maintenance of recreational climbing
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