Removing Unnecessary and Counterproductive Restrictions on Access to Federal Lands
Reclassifies approximately 8,000 senior policy-influencing federal positions from competitive civil service into Schedule Policy/Career excepted service to increase accountability to administration priorities.
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What each section does, and how they differ.
States that Executive Orders 11644 and 11989 from 1972-1977 establish outdated, vague criteria for off-road vehicle use that predate modern technology; argues current statutory frameworks for land management sufficiently protect environments without these additional restrictions.
Rescinds Executive Orders 11644 and 11989; directs War, Interior, Agriculture Secretaries and TVA Board to initiate rulemakings to rescind or revise regulations previously adopted to implement those orders.
Standard boilerplate: preserves existing agency authority, conditions the order on appropriations, and creates no enforceable private rights.