Historic Roadways Protection Act

This bill stops the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) from closing historical roads on public lands in certain parts of Utah. Utah and several counties have filed lawsuits arguing they have the right to keep these old roads open for public use, and until a federal court decides those cases, the BLM cannot spend money to finalize or carry out travel management plans that would close those roads. The roads in question date back to an 1866 law that gave states and counties the right to build roads across public lands to help settle the American West; that law was repealed in 1976, but roads already established under it were supposed to be preserved.

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