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EXPLORE Act – Outdoor Recreation on Public Lands

Current understanding

To be populated as evidence accumulates.

Evidence log

2026-06-30 — Outdoor Americans with Disabilities Act: cross-connection with outdoor-americans-with-disabilities-act: Both address access and use of federal outdoor recreation lands; the Outdoor ADA bill would layer disability-access requirements onto the outdoor recreation framework advanced by the EXPLORE Act. (novelty: 2)
2025-02-12 — Land and Water Conservation Fund Water Amendments Act of 2025: HR1261 (Land and Water Conservation Fund Water Amendments Act of 2025) introduced and referred to House Natural Resources, adding an LWCF-water amendment thread adjacent to the EXPLORE Act’s broader public-lands recreation and conservation funding agenda. (novelty: 2)
2026-07-20 — Hands Off Our Boca Chica Beach Act of 2026: 2026 — Hands Off Our Boca Chica Beach Act of 2026 (citation removed): HR9779 introduced and referred to House Natural Resources to protect Boca Chica Beach, adding a site-specific coastal protection thread alongside the EXPLORE Act’s broader public-lands recreation-and-access agenda. (novelty: 2) (novelty: 2)
2026-07-29 — Bay Area Ridge National Scenic Trail Feasibility Study Act: S3720 (Bay Area Ridge National Scenic Trail Feasibility Study Act) ordered reported favorably by Senate ENR, adding another National Scenic Trail feasibility study alongside Benton MacKaye and Continental Divide efforts within the broader EXPLORE Act recreation-infrastructure agenda. (novelty: 2)
2026-05-21 — To provide that the final rule titled “Special Areas; Roadless Area Conservation” and issued on January 12, 2001 (66 Fed. Reg. 3244) shall have no force or effect and require the Secretary of Agriculture to construct certain roads on National Forest System lands, and for other purposes.: HR7695 introduced to void the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule and mandate certain NFS road construction — a countervailing thread to the EXPLORE Act’s recreation-infrastructure agenda, since expanded NFS road networks could reshape access to areas currently managed as roadless. (novelty: 2)
2025-10-27 — Benton MacKaye National Scenic Trail Feasibility Study Act of 2025: Benton MacKaye National Scenic Trail Feasibility Study Act of 2025 introduced, adding another Forest Service-led scenic trail feasibility study to the broader EXPLORE Act recreation-infrastructure agenda. (novelty: 2) (novelty: 2)
2026-07-23 — Continental Divide National Scenic Trail Completion Act: Continental Divide National Scenic Trail Completion Act introduced, layering a 10-year interagency (Forest Service–BLM) completion mandate and 3-year development plan onto the EXPLORE Act’s broader recreation-infrastructure framework. (novelty: 2)
2026-06-11 — Encouraging Public Service in Our National Parks and Public Land Act: HR9282 (Encouraging Public Service in Our National Parks and Public Land Act) introduced and referred to House Natural Resources and Agriculture Committees, complementing EXPLORE Act’s recreation focus with a public-lands service/workforce angle. (novelty: 2) (novelty: 2)
2025-01-04 — EXPLORE Act: P.L. 118-234 (EXPLORE Act) enacted: declares federal policy to foster outdoor recreation on public lands, directs Interior and the Forest Service to inventory and assess recreation resources and infrastructure, and establishes a Federal Interagency Council on Outdoor Recreation. (novelty: 3)