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A bill to provide further protections for the watershed of the Little Sandy River as part of the Bull Run Watershed Management Unit, Oregon, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 6, 2001 Introduced by: Wyden, Ron Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov
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Passed House
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Became law
Aug 3, 2001
Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent.
Jun 5, 2001
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 58.
Jun 5, 2001
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 107-23.
May 16, 2001
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Feb 6, 2001
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1077)
Feb 6, 2001
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1076-1077)
Feb 6, 2001
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Includes an additional portion of the Little Sandy River Watershed in the Bull Run Watershed Management Unit in Oregon.

Repeals an exception allowing certain timber cutting in the Unit to require the Secretary of Agriculture or the Interior, as applicable, to prohibit the cutting of trees on Federal land throughout the Unit.

Requires the Secretaries of Agriculture and of the Interior to identify: (1) any Oregon and California Railroad land (O&C lands) within the Unit that is subject to certain annual funds distribution requirements; and (2) public domain land within specified Bureau of Land Management Districts in Oregon that is approximately equal in acreage and condition as such O&C land, but not subject to specified Federal law relating to the Oregon and California Railroad and Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands. Requires such Secretary, in accordance with specified administrative procedures, to reclassify: (1) the O&C land within the Unit as public domain land not subject to the annual funds distribution requirements; and (2) the public domain land within such Districts as O&C land subject to such Federal law and funds distribution requirements.

Authorizes appropriations for watershed restoration in Clackamas County, Oregon.

What's happening now August 3, 2001

Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 254: A bill to provide further protections for the watershed of the Little Sandy River as part of the Bull Run Watershed Management Unit, Oregon, and for other purposes.. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-254/
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"S. 254: A bill to provide further protections for the watershed of the Little Sandy River as part of the Bull Run Watershed Management Unit, Oregon, and for other purposes.." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-254/.
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S. 254, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-254/.
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