,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dbgb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ad1 #bjad    
,mr4 ,walden introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,natural ,resources  ,a   
,,bill  ,to stop implementation and     
enforcement of the ,forest ,service     
travel management rule and to require   
the ,forest ,service to incorporate the 
needs1 uses1 and input of affected      
communities before taking any travel    
management action affecting access to   
units of the ,national ,forest ,system  
derived from the public domain1 and for 
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,forest ,access
 in ,rural ,communities ,act4  #b4      
,conditions on ,forest ,service access  
travel management actions for units of  
the ,national ,forest ,system derived   
from the public domain  7a7 ,definitions
 ,in this section3  7#a7 ,access travel 
management action ,the term access      
travel management action means any      

,forest ,service action regarding a unit
 of the ,national ,forest ,system that--
  7,a7 will1 or can reasonably be       
expected to1 alter public access to     
,national ,forest ,system lands of the  
unit1 including any change in access    
using motorized vehicles or nonmotorized
 means resulting from--  7i7 the        
decommissioning in whole or in part of a
 road1 trail1 or combination road and   
trail system2  7ii7 a change in the     
status of a road as open or closed2 or  
7iii7 a change in forest road densities2
 and  7,b7 requires the preparation of  
an environmental impact statement or    
environmental assessment under the      
,national ,environmental ,policy ,act of
 #aifi 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #dcca et seq474   
7#b7 ,affected county ,the term affected
 county means--  7,a7 a political       
subdivision of a ,state whose boundaries
 contain ,national ,forest ,system lands
 of a unit of the ,national ,forest     
,system affected by an access travel    
management action2 or  7,b7 a political 

subdivision of a ,state adjacent to a   
political subdivision of a ,state       
described in subparagraph 7,a74  7#c7   
,secretary ,the term ,secretary means   
the ,secretary of ,agriculture1 acting  
through the ,chief of the ,forest       
,service4  7#d7 ,travel management rule 
,the term travel management rule refers 
to subparts ,a1 ,b1 and ,c of part #bab 
of title #cf1 ,code of ,federal         
,regulations1 and subparts ,a and ,b of 
part #bfa of such title4  7#e7 ,unit of 
the ,national ,forest ,system ,the terms
 unit of the ,national ,forest ,system  
and unit are limited to a unit of the   
,national ,forest ,system derived from  
the public domain4  7b7 ,prohibition on 
implementation or enforcement of travel 
management rule ,immediately upon the   
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
shall cease all implementation and      
enforcement of the travel management    
rule for units of the ,national ,forest 
,system derived from the public domain4 
7c7 ,consultation with and concurrence  

of affected counties  7#a7 ,consultation
 ,as a condition on the preparation of  
an environmental impact statement or    
environmental assessment under the      
,national ,environmental ,policy ,act of
 #aifi 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #dcca et seq47 for
 a proposed access travel management    
action1 the ,secretary shall consult    
with each affected county for the       
purpose of incorporating the needs1     
uses1 and input of affected counties4   
7#b7 ,concurrence ,the ,secretary may   
not implement an access travel          
management action unless and until the  
,secretary--  7,a7 complies with the    
consultation requirement imposed by     
paragraph 7#a72 and  7,b7 obtains the   
concurrence of each affected county for 
implementation of the access travel     
management action4