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S 2991 114th Congress Senate Public Lands and Natural Resources Forests, forestry, trees Lakes and rivers Land transfers Mining Washington State

Methow Headwaters Protection Act of 2016

Introduced: May 25, 2016 Introduced by: Murray, Patty Democratic · Washington See on congress.gov
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Sep 22, 2016
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-509.
May 25, 2016
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
May 25, 2016
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Methow Headwaters Protection Act of 2016

This bill withdraws approximately 340,079 acres of federal land and interests in land located within the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest in the state of Washington from:

  • entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws;
  • location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and
  • disposition under the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws.

Any land or interest in land within the Proposed Withdrawal area acquired by the United States shall, upon acquisition, be immediately withdrawn in accordance with this bill.

What's happening now September 22, 2016

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-509.

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Cantwell, Maria
Washington · May 25, 2016
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