HR 4589
107th Congress
House
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Congress
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Land use
Legislation
National forests
Sustainable development
Sustainable forestry
Wilderness areas
Wilderness Study Area Release Act
Introduced: April 25, 2002
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Everywhere this bill has been
6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 14, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
May 14, 2002
Executive Comment Requested from USDA, Interior.
May 14, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
May 14, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
Apr 25, 2002
Introduced in House
Apr 25, 2002
Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Plain-English summary
Wilderness Study Area Release Act - Releases all lands designated as wilderness study areas more than 15 years before enactment of this Act from such status and makes them available for use in accordance with the Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act of 1960.
Requires any wilderness study area so designated after the enactment of this Act to remain in such status until the earlier of the following, after which any area not designated as wilderness shall be released and made available under such Act: (1) five years after the date of such designation; (2) the area is determined not to meet wilderness area criteria; (3) the area is determined to meet such criteria; or (4) the area is designated as a wilderness area by an Act of Congress.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
Cosponsors
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