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S 566 115th Congress Senate Public Lands and Natural Resources Forests, forestry, trees Lakes and rivers Land transfers Mining Washington State

Methow Headwaters Protection Act

Introduced: March 8, 2017 Introduced by: Cantwell, Maria Democratic · Washington See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
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Passed House
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Became law
Jun 13, 2017
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 142.
Jun 13, 2017
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 115-106.
Mar 30, 2017
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Mar 8, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Mar 8, 2017
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Methow Headwaters Protection Act

(Sec. 2) 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in land within the Proposed Withdrawal area acquired by the United States shall, upon acquisition, be immediately withdrawn in accordance with this bill.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 June 13, 2017

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 142.

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