Protecting America's Wilderness Act

8/10/2022, 11:26 PM
Congress
116
Number
HR - 2546
Introduced on
2019-05-07
# Amendments
12
Sponsors
+5
Cosponsors
+5

Variations and Revisions

2/13/2020
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116 hamdt 795 - Amendment sought to strike all potential wilderness designations under the bill.
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116 hamdt 799 - An amendment numbered 11 printed in House Report 116-395 to clarify that the Washington State Department of Natural Resources retains the authority to manage all lands currently owned by the state of Washington; direct the Secretary of Agriculture to satisfy the requirements of section 3(d) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(d)) for new Wild and Scenic Rivers designated on the Olympic Peninsula through an updated land management plan for the Olympic National Forest.
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116 hamdt 794 - An amendment numbered 6 printed in House Report 116-395 to allow the Secretary of Agriculture or Secretary of the Interior, as appropriate, to exempt from wilderness designations under the Act any area determined by the Secretary to be at high risk of wildfire.
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116 hamdt 793 - An amendment numbered 5 printed in House Report 116-395 to state that the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture may manage for fire, insects, and diseases in wilderness areas designated by this Act.
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116 hamdt 800 - An amendment numbered 12 printed in House Report 116-395 to require the GAO conduct a study on how the preservation of wilderness lands can help reduce the risk of flooding in residential areas.
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116 hamdt 798 - An amendment numbered 10 printed in House Report 116-395 to require the Department of Defense to conduct a study on the impacts that the expansion of wilderness designations in the Western United States would have on the readiness of our armed forces with respect to aviation training.
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116 hamdt 792 - An amendment numbered 4 printed in House Report 116-395 to encourage the Secretary of Interior and Secretary of Agriculture to ensure servicemember and veteran access to public lands.
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116 hamdt 796 - An amendment numbered 8 printed in House Report 116-395 to ensure that military aircraft overflights, units of special air space, and flight training routes are allowed over wilderness areas designated by this Act.
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116 hamdt 797 - Amendment sought to remove the designation of certain lands in Montezuma County, Colorado, as wilderness areas under the bill.
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116 hamdt 789 - Amendment adds four unique wilderness areas to the state of Colorado.
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116 hamdt 791 - Amendment sought to allow the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior, as appropriate, to exclude from wilderness designations under this Act any areas that do not meet the definition of wilderness in the Wilderness Act.
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116 hamdt 790 - An amendment numbered 2 printed in House Report 116-395 to delay wilderness designations under the Act until the affected county formally approves such designation.

Status of Legislation

Bill Introduced
Introduced to House
House to Vote
Introduced to Senate
Senate to Vote

Purpose and Summary

Colorado Wilderness Act of 2019

This bill designates specified lands in Colorado managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) or the Forest Service as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System.

The bill designates specified lands in Colorado administered by the BLM, the National Park Service, and Bureau of Reclamation as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Such lands shall be incorporated into the West Elk Wilderness.

The Department of the Interior may continue authorizing competitive running events currently permitted in the Redcloud Peak Wilderness and Handies Peak Wilderness Areas.

The Colorado Army National Guard, through the High-Altitude Army National Guard Aviation Training Site, may conduct aerial navigation training maneuver exercises over the wilderness areas designated by this bill.

The bill designates specified lands managed by the BLM as (1) potential wilderness areas, and (2) the Pisgah East Wilderness and the Pisgah West Wilderness upon publication by Interior of a notice in the Federal Register that all nonconforming uses of such lands authorized by this bill have ceased.

The bill provides for the securing, adjudication, and use of U.S. water rights for certain of the wilderness areas designated by this bill.

Alternative Names
Official Title as IntroducedTo designate certain lands in the State of Colorado as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, and for other purposes.
Policy Areas
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Potential Impact
Advisory bodies•
Air quality•
Archaeology and anthropology•
Aviation and airports•
California•
Climate change and greenhouse gases•
Colorado•
Congressional oversight•
Ecology•
Electric power generation and transmission•
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research•
Fires•
Forests, forestry, trees•
Government studies and investigations•
Historical and cultural resources•
Indian lands and resources rights•
Lakes and rivers•
Land transfers•
Land use and conservation•
Military education and training•
Military facilities and property•
Military readiness•
Monuments and memorials•
Parks, recreation areas, trails•
Product development and innovation•
Public utilities and utility rates•
Research and development•
Washington State•
Water use and supply•
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats•
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Comments

Recent Activity

Latest Summary2/26/2021

Colorado Wilderness Act of 2019

This bill designates specified lands in Colorado managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) or the Forest Service as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System.

Latest Action2/13/2020
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.