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Outdoor Recreation: Is a New Commission Needed? (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Nov. 29, 1983
Report Number MB83223
Authors George Siehl
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
Summary:

Many of the major policy elements of outdoor recreation now in law are the result of a nationwide assessment of recreation undertaken in 1958 and completed in 1962. That assessment was done by the Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission (ORRRC), a bipartisan body consisting of eight members of Congress and seven private citizens appointed by the President. Laurance S. Rockefeller served as chairman of the Commission. Since that time, there have been considerable changes in demographics, economic resources, and technology. There is some interest at present in creating a new commission to make a comprehensive survey of recreation resources in the United States. This minibrief examines the history and accomplishments of the first commission and describes the Rockefeller Report of 1983 calling for a new commission.