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S 773 105th Congress Senate Public Lands and Natural Resources Commemorations Deserts Energy Land transfers Mineral reserves Mines and mineral resources National monuments Natural monuments Utah Water Resources Development Water rights Wilderness areas

America's Red Rock Wilderness Act of 1997

Introduced: May 21, 1997 Introduced by: Durbin, Richard J. Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 22, 1997
Referred to Subcommittee on Forests and Public Lands.
May 21, 1997
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
May 21, 1997
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4887-4888)
May 21, 1997
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Title I: Designation of Wilderness

Title II: Administrative Provisions

America's Red Rock Wilderness Act of 1997 - Title I: Designation of Wilderness - Designates specified lands in the following areas of Utah as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) Great Basin wilderness areas; (2) Zion and Mojave Desert wilderness areas; (3) the Grand Staircase Wilderness and the Kaiparowits Plateau Wilderness; (4) Escalante Canyon wilderness areas; (5) the Henry Mountains Wilderness; (6) the Dirty Devil River Wilderness; (7) Cedar Mesa wilderness areas; (8) Canyonlands wilderness areas; (9) San Rafael Swell wilderness areas; and (10) Book Cliffs and Uinta Basin wilderness areas.

Title II: Administrative Provisions - Provides that if State-owned land is included within a designated wilderness area, then the Secretary of the Interior shall offer to exchange U.S. lands in that State of approximate equal value (prohibits the transfer of associated mineral interests). Reserves the Federal Government's rights to a quantity of water sufficient for each wilderness area designated by this Act.

What's happening now May 22, 1997

Referred to Subcommittee on Forests and Public Lands.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2