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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. 90
To prohibit the use of funds by the Secretary of the Interior to finalize
and implement certain travel management plans in the State of Utah.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JANUARY14, 2025
Mr. L
EE(for himself and Mr. CURTIS) introduced the following bill; which
was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources
A BILL
To prohibit the use of funds by the Secretary of the Interior
to finalize and implement certain travel management
plans in the State of Utah.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Historic Roadways 4
Protection Act’’. 5
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON USE OF USE OF FUNDS TO FINAL-6
IZE AND IMPLEMENT CERTAIN TRAVEL MAN-7
AGEMENT PLANS IN THE STATE OF UTAH. 8
(a) D
EFINITIONS.—In this section: 9
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(1) APPLICABLE PERIOD.—The term ‘‘applica-1
ble period’’ means the period that begins on the date 2
of enactment of this Act and ends on the date on 3
which the Secretary certifies to Congress that each 4
of the R.S. 2477 cases has been adjudicated. 5
(2) C
OVERED TRAVEL MANAGEMENT AREA .— 6
The term ‘‘covered travel management area’’ means 7
any of the following travel management areas in the 8
State of Utah: 9
(A) The Henry Mountains and Fremont 10
Gorge Travel Management Area. 11
(B) The Dinosaur (North) Travel Manage-12
ment Area. 13
(C) The Book Cliffs Travel Management 14
Area (Vernal Field Office). 15
(D) The Nine Mile Canyon Travel Man-16
agement Area (Vernal Field Office). 17
(E) The San Rafael Swell Travel Manage-18
ment Area. 19
(F) The Nine Mile Canyon Travel Manage-20
ment Area (Price Field Office). 21
(G) The Book Cliffs Travel Management 22
Area (Moab Field Office). 23
(H) The Dolores River Travel Management 24
Area. 25
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(I) The Trail Canyon Travel Management 1
Area. 2
(J) The Paunsaugunt Travel Management 3
Area. 4
(3) R.S.
2477 CASE.—The term ‘‘R.S. 2477 5
case’’ means each of— 6
(A) Beaver County and State of Utah v. 7
United States (Case No. 2:12–cv–423–CW); 8
(B) Box Elder County and State of Utah 9
v. United States (Case No. 1:12–cv–105–DB); 10
(C) Carbon County and State of Utah v. 11
United States (Case No. 2:12–cv–427–DB); 12
(D) Daggett County and State of Utah v. 13
United States (Case No. 2:12–cv–447–RJS); 14
(E) Duchesne County and State of Utah v. 15
United States (Case No. 2:12–cv–425–CW); 16
(F) Emery County and State of Utah v. 17
United States (Case No. 2:12–cv–429–CW); 18
(G) Garfield County and State of Utah v. 19
United States (Case No. 2:12–cv–478–TC); 20
(H) Grand County and State of Utah v. 21
United States (Case No. 2:12–cv–466–DN); 22
(I) Iron County and State of Utah v. 23
United States (Case No. 2:12–cv–472–BSJ); 24
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(J) Juab County and State of Utah v. 1
United States (Case No. 2:12–cv–462–DB); 2
(K) Kane County and State of Utah v. 3
United States (Case No. 2:12–cv–1073–CW) 4
(consolidated with Case No. 2:11–cv–1031–CW; 5
Case No. 2:12–cv–476–CW). 6
(L) Millard County and State of Utah v. 7
United States (Case No. 2:12–cv–451–DB); 8
(M) Piute County and State of Utah v. 9
United States (Case No. 2:12–cv–428–CW); 10
(N) Rich County and State of Utah v. 11
United States (Case No. 2:12–cv–424–DN); 12
(O) San Juan County and State of Utah 13
v. United States (Case No. 2:12–cv–467–DAK); 14
(P) Sanpete County and State of Utah v. 15
United States (Case No. 2:12–cv–430–DB); 16
(Q) Sevier County and State of Utah v. 17
United States (Case No. 2:12–cv–452–DN); 18
(R) Tooele County and State of Utah v. 19
United States (Case No. 2:12–cv–477–CW); 20
(S) Uintah County and State of Utah v. 21
United States (Case No. 2:12–cv–461–DAK); 22
(T) Utah County and State of Utah v. 23
United States (Case No. 2:12–cv–426–CW); 24
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(U) Washington County and State of Utah 1
v. United States (Case No. 2:12–cv–471–RJS); 2
and 3
(V) Wayne County and State of Utah v. 4
United States (Case No. 2:12–cv–434–DN). 5
(4) S
ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 6
the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Di-7
rector of the Bureau of Land Management. 8
(b) P
ROHIBITION ONUSE OFFUNDS BY THESEC-9
RETARY OF THEINTERIOR TOFINALIZE ANDIMPLEMENT 10
C
ERTAINTRAVELMANAGEMENTPLANS.—During the ap-11
plicable period, notwithstanding any other provision of 12
law, the Secretary may not obligate or expend Federal 13
funds— 14
(1) to finalize or implement, with respect to 15
land within the boundary of the State of Utah, a 16
new travel management plan for a covered travel 17
management area; or 18
(2) to implement, with respect to land within 19
the boundary of the State of Utah— 20
(A) the Indian Creek (Canyon Rims) Trav-21
el Management Plan; 22
(B) the San Rafael Desert Travel Manage-23
ment Plan; 24
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(C) the San Rafael Swell Travel Manage-1
ment Plan; or 2
(D) the Labyrinth/Gemini Bridges Travel 3
Management Plan. 4
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