Outdoor Americans with Disabilities Act

The bill would require the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management to prioritize updating their travel and motor vehicle use plans, notwithstanding other law. It directs the Secretaries to account for road mileage per square mile of public land, prioritize approving roads that provide recreational access (including for off-road and electric vehicles), and generally prevent closing roads that would cause qualifying land to lose its 'disability-accessible' designation of at least 2.5 miles of authorized road per square mile. Road closures would be limited to specified exceptions, subject to notice and hearing requirements, categorically excluded from NEPA review, and presumed to remain open absent clear and compelling evidence; roads subject to unadjudicated R.S. 2477 claims would remain open. Supporters and opponents may disagree on the bill's effects on public land management and environmental protection.