This measure would stop the Secretary of the Interior (acting through the Bureau of Land Management) from using federal funds to finalize or carry out certain travel management plans in specified travel management areas in the State of Utah. The restriction applies during the “applicable period,” which runs from enactment until the Secretary certifies to Congress that each listed R.S. 2477 case has been adjudicated. The bill lists ten "covered travel management areas" (for example, the Henry Mountains and Fremont Gorge area, the San Rafael Swell, and Nine Mile Canyon areas) and prohibits finalizing or implementing new travel management plans for those areas. It also bars use of funds to implement four named plans (Indian Creek (Canyon Rims), San Rafael Desert, San Rafael Swell, and Labyrinth/Gemini Bridges). The bill defines "R.S. 2477 case" by naming specific court cases brought by various counties and the State against the United States, and it defines "Secretary" as the Secretary of the Interior acting through the BLM.
If you live, work, or recreate in the named travel management areas, the Department responsible for public land travel planning could not spend money to finish or carry out the listed plans until the named court cases are resolved and the Secretary certifies that result to Congress. The bill affects how and when those travel management actions move forward, and it directs that money not be spent on those specific planning activities during that time.
The text prohibits the Secretary from obligating or expending Federal funds for the listed planning actions during the applicable period. No publicly available information on estimated costs, savings, or budgetary effects is provided in the bill text or metadata.
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