HR 2149
105th Congress
House
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Airspace (Law)
Boats and boating
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Executive orders
Government Operations and Politics
Lakes
Law
Licenses
Maps
Minnesota
National forests
Sports and Recreation
Transportation and Public Works
Tugboats
Water Resources Development
Wilderness areas
BWCA Wilderness Legacy Act
Introduced: July 10, 1997
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 9, 1997
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Jul 14, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
Jul 10, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
Jul 10, 1997
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
BWCA Wilderness Legacy Act - Amends the Wilderness Act to: (1) redesignate the areas constituting the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Minnesota; (2) revise restrictions on the use of motorboats on specified portions of the Sea Gull Lake, Loon Lake, and Lac La Croix in the Wilderness; and (3) require the Secretary of Agriculture, effective on January 1, 1998, to terminate all special use permits for towboats within the Wilderness to prohibit such use for commercial or noncommercial purposes.
Makes the provisions of Executive Order 10092 (establishing an airspace reservation over certain areas of the Superior National Forest, Minnesota) applicable to the Wilderness.
What's happening now
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1