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S 979 112th Congress Senate Public Lands and Natural Resources Land transfers Utah Water use and supply Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

America's Red Rock Wilderness Act of 2011

Introduced: May 12, 2011 Introduced by: Durbin, Richard J. Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced in Senate: CR S2944-2947)
May 12, 2011
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
America's Red Rock Wilderness Act of 2011 - Designates specified lands in the following areas of Utah as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) Great Basin, (2) Grand Staircase-Escalante, (3) Moab-La Sal Canyons, (4) Henry Mountains, (5) Glen Canyon, (6) San Juan-Anasazi, (7) Canyonlands Basin, (8) San Rafael Swell, and (9) 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 May 12, 2011

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced in Senate: CR S2944-2947)

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 4 Independent 1
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Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · Jul 25, 2011
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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Jun 7, 2011
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Bennet, Michael F.
Colorado · May 19, 2011
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Reed, Jack
Rhode Island · May 12, 2011
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Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · May 12, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 979: America's Red Rock Wilderness Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-979/
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"S. 979: America's Red Rock Wilderness Act of 2011." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-979/.
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S. 979, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-979/.
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