Outdoor advocates are urging lawmakers to pass a sweeping recreation package during the lame-duck session as sponsors scramble to attach the measure to a must-pass vehicle.
H.R. 6492, dubbed the “Expanding Public Lands Outdoor Recreation Experiences (EXPLORE) Act,” passed the House unanimously earlier this year. But it remains in limbo in the Senate after months of negotiations between the two chambers to reconcile the bill with S. 873, the “America’s Outdoor Recreation Act.”
In a new letter sent Wednesday morning and shared with POLITICO’s E&E News, more than 300 groups representing the outdoor industry urged the Senate to pass the legislation.
“The American outdoor recreation business, conservation, and user community is eager for the Senate to pass this bipartisan and bicameral legislation,” the groups, led by the Outdoor Recreation Roundtable, wrote.