,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eeih  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #ah1 #bjad
 ,mr4 ,gosar 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,franks 
of ,arizona1 ,mr4 ,ribble1 ,mr4 ,jones1 
and ,mr4 ,salmon7 introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,natural ,resources   
,a ,,bill  ,to require the ,bureau of   
,land ,management to incorporate the    
needs1 uses1 and input of affected      
communities1 and to obtain the          
concurrence of affected communities1    
before taking any travel management     
action affecting access to public lands1
 including access to mining claims or   
access using motorized vehicles or      
nonmotorized means1 and for other       
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,travel and         
,resource ,access ,including ,local     
,stakeholders ,act4  #b4 ,conditions on 
,bureau of ,land ,management access     
travel management actions for units of  
the bureau of land management derived   

from the public domain  7a7 ,definitions
 ,in this section3  7#a7 ,access travel 
management action ,the term access      
travel management action means any      
,bureau of ,land ,management action     
regarding public lands that--  7,a7     
will1 or can reasonably be expected to1 
alter public access to public lands1    
including any change in access to mining
 claims or 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   
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 whose boundaries
 contain public lands affected by an    

access travel management action2 or     
7,b7 a political subdivision adjacent to
 a political subdivision described in   
subparagraph 7,a74  7#c7 ,political     
subdivision ,the term political         
subdivision means any county1           
municipality1 city1 town1 or township   
created pursuant to ,state law4  7#d7   
,public lands ,the term public lands has
 the meaning given that term in section 
#ajc7;e7 of the ,federal ,land ,policy  
and ,management ,act of #aigf 7#dc      
,u4,s4,c4 #agjb74  7#e7 ,secretary ,the 
term ,secretary means the ,secretary of 
the ,interior1 acting through the       
,director of the ,bureau of ,land       
,management4  7b7 ,consultation with    
affected counties required ,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   
7c7 ,concurrence of affected counties   
required ,the ,secretary may not        
implement an access travel management   
action unless and until the ,secretary--
  7#a7 complies with the consultation   
requirement imposed by subsection 7b72  
and  7#b7 obtains the concurrence of    
each affected county for implementation 
of the access travel management action4