H.R. 10307: Anaktuvuk Pass Food Security Access Act

This bill would change federal law so that local residents of Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska, would be explicitly allowed to use certain types of motorized vehicles for subsistence purposes. Subsistence generally means activities such as hunting, fishing, gathering, and traveling to access food and other resources needed for daily living.

What the bill does

• Adds language to the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act to require the Secretary of the Interior to permit local residents of Anaktuvuk Pass to use:
  • snowmobiles
  • motorboats
  • all-terrain vehicles (ATVs)
  • utility terrain vehicles (UTVs)
  • tracked utility vehicles
  • similar off-road vehicles
• States that this permission applies for subsistence purposes.
• Says another section of the law, Section 811, would not apply to these authorized subsistence uses.

Plain-English effect

In practice, the bill would make it clearer that people living in Anaktuvuk Pass can use motorized vehicles to travel for food-related and other subsistence activities in or around Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, without being blocked by a different federal rule in the law.

The bill appears aimed at reducing legal uncertainty about whether certain motorized travel is allowed for local subsistence users in that area. It does not broadly change park rules for everyone; it is focused on local residents of Anaktuvuk Pass and subsistence use.

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