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
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
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
Plain-English summary
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in land within the Proposed Withdrawal area acquired by the United States shall, upon acquisition, be immediately withdrawn in accordance with this bill.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
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-509.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1