HR 2044
115th Congress
House
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
Introduced: April 6, 2017
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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 19, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Apr 6, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Apr 6, 2017
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
America's Red Rock Wilderness Act
This bill 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.
The bill sets forth administrative requirements for: (1) the exchange of state-owned lands within such areas, (2) federal reservation of water rights, (3) measurement of setbacks for roads with wilderness, (4) authorized livestock grazing, and (5) withdrawal of such lands from disposition under certain public land laws.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Committees of jurisdiction
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