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HR 1105 108th Congress House

Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act

Official title: To designate as wilderness, wild and scenic rivers, national park and preserve study areas, wild land recovery areas, and biological connecting corridors certa… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To designate as wilderness, wild and scenic rivers, national park and preserve study areas, wild land recovery areas, and biological connecting corridors certain public lands in the States of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 30, 2003 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 12, 2003
Executive Comment Requested from USDA, Interior.
Mar 12, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
Mar 12, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
Mar 12, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
Mar 5, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
Mar 5, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 12, 2003

Executive Comment Requested from USDA, Interior.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act - Designates the following lands in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness and components of the National Wilderness Preservation System (System): (1) Greater Glacier/Northern Continental Divide ecosystem; (2) Greater Yellowstone ecosystem; (3) Greater Salmon/Selway ecosystem; (4) Greater Cabinet/Yaak/Selkirk ecosystem; (5) Islands in the Sky Wilderness; and (6) Blackfeet Wilderness.

Designates: (1) specified wild land areas as Biological Connecting Corridors to protect the life flow of the Northern Rockies Bioregion; (2) the inventoried roadless areas identified as part of the Corridors as components of the System; and (3) certain biological connecting corridors as special corridor management areas.

Establishes the Hells Canyon/Chief Joseph National Park and Preserve as a National Park System unit. Repeals Federal law provisions that establish the Hells Canyon National Recreation Area.

Requires the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) implement a program of ecosystem restoration in the Preserve; and (2) study the feasibility of creating a Flathead National Park and Preserve in the area generally known as the Glacier View Ranger District of the Flathead National Forest.

Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of specified rivers and creeks in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.

Establishes the National Wildland Restoration and Recovery System and the National Wildland Recovery Corps.

Requires the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture to assure nonexclusive access to the specified areas and corridors designated by this Act by Native Americans for traditional cultural and religious purposes.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 50
All 50 Democratic 31 Republican 1 Independent 1
HILL, BARON
· May 5, 2004
GEPHARDT, RICHARD
· Apr 22, 2004
Majette, Denise
· Mar 10, 2004
HOUGHTON, AMO
· Nov 17, 2003
Bell, Chris
· Oct 16, 2003
 D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · Oct 16, 2003
KLECZKA, GERALD
· Sep 17, 2003
 D
Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · Sep 5, 2003
TANNER, JOHN
· Sep 4, 2003
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Sep 3, 2003
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Jul 25, 2003
 D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Jul 22, 2003
 D
Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · Jul 22, 2003
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Jun 23, 2003
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Jun 2, 2003
LAMPSON, NICK
· Apr 30, 2003
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Apr 30, 2003
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Apr 30, 2003
RODRIGUEZ, CIRO
· Apr 30, 2003
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Apr 30, 2003
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Apr 11, 2003
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Apr 7, 2003
 D
Sherman, Brad
California · Mar 25, 2003
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Mar 20, 2003
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Mar 11, 2003
CHRISTENSEN, DONNA
· Mar 5, 2003
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Mar 5, 2003
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Mar 5, 2003
DEUTSCH, PETER
· Mar 5, 2003
Faleomavaega, Eni
· Mar 5, 2003
FROST, MARTIN
· Mar 5, 2003
GREENWOOD, JAMES
· Mar 5, 2003
HOEFFEL, JOSEPH
· Mar 5, 2003
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Mar 5, 2003
LIPINSKI, WILLIAM
· Mar 5, 2003
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Mar 5, 2003
MCCARTHY, KAREN
· Mar 5, 2003
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Mar 5, 2003
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Mar 5, 2003
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Mar 5, 2003
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Mar 5, 2003
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 5, 2003
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Mar 5, 2003
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Mar 5, 2003
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Mar 5, 2003
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Mar 5, 2003
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Mar 5, 2003
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Mar 5, 2003
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · Mar 5, 2003
 D
Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Mar 5, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1105: Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-1105/
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