HR 1796
108th Congress
House
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Agriculture and Food
Arid regions
Commemorations
Energy
Environmental Protection
Geothermal resources
Government Operations and Politics
Grazing
Land transfers
Landforms
Maps
Mineral reserves
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Mountains
National monuments
Natural monuments
Nature conservation
Roads and highways
America's Red Rock Wilderness Act of 2003
Introduced: April 11, 2003
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 22, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
Apr 11, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
Apr 11, 2003
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
America's Red Rock Wilderness Act of 2003 - Designates specified lands in the following areas of Utah as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) Great Basin; (2) Zion and Mojave Desert; (3) the Grand Staircase and the Escalante Canyons; (4) Moab-La Sal Canyons; (5) Henry Mountains; (6) Glen Canyon; (7) San Juan-Anasazi; (8) Canyonlands Basin; (9) San Rafael Swell; and (10) Book Cliffs and Uinta Basin.
Sets forth administrative provisions regarding: (1) filing by the Secretary of the Interior of a map and a legal description of each designated wilderness area with appropriate congressional committees; (2) the exchange of State-owned lands within such areas; (3) Federal reservation of water rights; (4) measurement of setbacks for roads with wilderness; (5) authorized livestock grazing; and (6) withdrawal of such lands from disposition under certain public land laws.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
Committees of jurisdiction
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