Outdoor Americans with Disabilities Act
Committee hearing: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- Committee hearing
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsors
- 2
- Latest action
- Feb 12, 2026
What it does
The Outdoor Americans with Disabilities Act (S. 2968) would require the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior to prioritize updating travel and motor vehicle use plans for public lands managed by the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management, with a focus on maintaining or expanding road access to ensure each square mile of public land has at least 2.5 miles of authorized roads accessible to motorized or off-road vehicles—defined as "disability-accessible land." The bill prohibits closing roads on such land if it would reduce access below that threshold, unless the road poses a direct health or safety threat or was built for a temporary emergency need, and mandates public notice,…
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