Skip to main content
HR 4844 107th Congress House Public Lands and Natural Resources Aircraft Boundaries Columbia River development Commemorations Congress Congressional tributes Easements Ecosystem management Energy Environmental Protection Environmental education Ex-Members of Congress Helicopter transportation Helicopters Hydroelectric power Lakes Land transfers Land use Law

Wild Sky Wilderness Act of 2002

Introduced: May 23, 2002 Introduced by: Larsen, Rick Democratic · Washington See on congress.gov
Sign in to write a letter Sign in to watch
 Everywhere this bill has been 9 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 11, 2002
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 467.
Oct 11, 2002
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 107-747.
Sep 12, 2002
Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health Discharged.
Sep 12, 2002
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Sep 12, 2002
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 3, 2002
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Jun 3, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
May 23, 2002
Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
May 23, 2002
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Wild Sky Wilderness Act of 2002 - Designates certain lands in the Skykomish River valley, Washington, as the Wild Sky Wilderness, to be managed by the Secretary of Agriculture.

Directs the Secretary to establish a hiking trail plan. Authorizes the use of helicopter access to construct and maintain a Forest Service communication repeater site to provide improved communication for safety and health purposes.

Authorizes the Secretary to acquire specified priority acquisition lands by purchase, donation, or exchange. Directs that the boundaries of the Snoqualmie National Forest and the Wild Sky Wilderness be adjusted to encompass any lands so acquired. Directs the Secretary to assure adequate access to private in-holdings within the Wild Sky Wilderness. States that valuation of private lands shall be determined without reference to any restrictions on access or use which arise out of designation as a wilderness area.

Requires the Secretary to exchange specified lands with the Chelan County Public Utility District if the District offers to the Secretary lands within the Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington, in exchange for a permanent easement, including helicopter access, consistent with such levels as used as of the date of this Act's enactment, to maintain an existing snowtel site on land within the Wenatchee National Forest, Washington.

Sets forth conditions for consummation of the exchange and for reversion to the United States if the District no longer needs to maintain a snowtel site.

What's happening now October 11, 2002

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 467.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1