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Columbia-Pacific National Heritage Area Study Act

Introduced: January 11, 2007 See on congress.gov
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Mar 20, 2007
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 110-73.
Jan 11, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Jan 11, 2007
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Columbia-Pacific National Heritage Area Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of designating the study area of the coastal areas of Clatsop County, Oregon, and Pacific County, Washington (known as the North Beach Peninsula) and areas relating to Native American history, local history, Euro-American settlement culture, and related economic activities of the Columbia River within a corridor along such River eastward in Clatsop County, Oregon, and Pacific, Columbia, and Wahkiakum Counties, Washington, as the "Columbia-Pacific National Heritage Area."

What's happening now March 20, 2007

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 110-73.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 2739 Related bill Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008
  • HR 407 Related bill Columbia-Pacific National Heritage Area Study Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
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Cantwell, Maria
Washington · Jan 11, 2007
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Murray, Patty
Washington · Jan 11, 2007
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Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Jan 11, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 257: Columbia-Pacific National Heritage Area Study Act. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-257/
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"S. 257: Columbia-Pacific National Heritage Area Study Act." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-257/.
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S. 257, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-257/.
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