"Wheels in Wilderness" Bill Currently in US House of Representatives

The bill would give clear and legal access to handcycles and wheelchairs in the wilderness. It would also end a blanket ban on bicycles and other forms of mechanized travel in lands managed as wilderness. Critics argue that HR 1349 could be the first step into unraveling the Wilderness Act of 1964. Proponents say it is about access for both handcycles and mountain bikes in the wilderness.