H.R. 2025: Backcountry Landing Strip Access Act

111th Congress · introduced 2009-04-22 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.

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Where it came from: introduced 2009-04-22 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Minnick, Walter [D-ID-1] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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Official title

Backcountry Landing Strip Access Act

Plain summary

Backcountry Landing Strip Access Act - Prohibits the Secretaries of the Interior or Agriculture from taking any action that would permanently close, restrict, or render or declare unserviceable any aircraft landing strip located on land under their jurisdiction unless: (1) the action has been approved by the head of the aviation department of the state in which the landing strip is located; (2) the Secretary publishes notice of the proposed action and provides for a 90-day public comment thereafter; and (3) the Secretary and appropriate state aviation department head have taken into consideration any comments received. Requires the Secretaries to: (1) establish a nationwide policy for governing backcountry aviation issues relating to the management of federal land under the jurisdiction of the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture; and (2) require officials with jurisdiction over such land to adhere to such policy. Requires private and publicly-owned aircraft landing strips acquired by the government to be made available to the public for unrestricted use.

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Official text

Backcountry Landing Strip Access Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Minnick, Walter [D-ID-1] · 1 cosponsors

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Michael K. Simpson (R-ID)

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Appropriation: Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
Jurisdiction: The area or the matters a government or court has authority over.
Public comment: A chance for anyone to tell a government agency what they think about a proposed rule or plan before it is final. Agencies must consider the comments they receive.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111hr2025.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/hr>

Record fed-us-cong111-hr2025 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111