,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gbfc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #aa1 #bjah 
,mr4 ,tipton introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,agriculture1 and in      
addition to the ,committee on ,natural  
,resources1 for a period to be          
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to require the ,secretary of
 ,agriculture to provide notice in the  
case of certain ski area closures1 and  
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,ski     
,area and ,forest ,emergency ,procedures
 ,act of #bjah or ,,safe ,act of #bjah4 
#b4 ,requiring notice of intent to close
 certain ski areas  7a7 ,in general ,the
 ,secretary of ,agriculture may not     
close a ski area located in a ,national 
,forest unless--  7#a7 at least #ad days
 before such closure occurs1 the        

,secretary of ,agriculture-- 7,a7       
provides to the general manager of such 
ski area or the designated              
representative of such manager a        
notification of--  7i7 the intended     
closure date of such ski area2  7ii7 an 
explanation for the closure that        
includes--  7,i7 uniform standards      
developed by the ,secretary to be used  
across the ,national ,forest ,system 7as
 defined in section #aa7;a7 of the      
,forest and ,rangeland ,renewable       
,resources ,planning ,act of #aigd 7#af 
,u4,s4,c4 #afji7;a772 and  7,,ii7 a risk
 assessment for the spread of fire to   
such ski area2 and  7iii7 the           
opportunity for the general manager 7or 
designated representative7 to appeal    
such closure through a meeting with--   
7,i7 the ,forest ,supervisor of the     
,national ,forest involved in person2   
and  7,,ii7 a representative from the   
office of the ,secretary1 ,secretary's  
representative in person or through     
telephone or other form of remote       

conferencing2 and  7,b7 makes the       
information described in clauses 7i7 and
 7ii7 of subparagraph 7,a7 available to 
the public2 and  7#b7 at least #g days  
before such closure occurs1 the         
,secretary of ,agriculture-- 7,a7       
provides to the general manager of such 
ski area a final notice of closure2 and 
7,b7 makes such final notice available  
to the public4  7b7 ,requirement for ski
 area operating plan ,the general       
manager of a ski area located in a      
,national ,forest shall submit to the   
,secretary of ,agriculture an operating 
plan for such ski area that includes the
 circumstances under which subsection   
7a7 would not apply to the closure of   
such ski area4