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S 1597 116th Congress Senate Public Lands and Natural Resources Land transfers Oregon Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Sutton Mountain and Painted Hills Area Preservation and Economic Enhancement Act

Introduced: May 22, 2019 Introduced by: Merkley, Jeff Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov
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May 22, 2019
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Sutton Mountain and Painted Hills Area Preservation and Economic Enhancement Act

This bill designates the Sutton Mountain Wilderness, Pat's Cabin Wilderness, Painted Hills Wilderness, and Dead Dog Wilderness in Oregon as wilderness areas and components of the National Wilderness Preservation System.

The Department of the Interior must provide an owner of private property within the boundary of a wilderness area designated by this bill adequate access to such property.

The bill prescribes requirements for the Collins, Faulkner, Quant, and Twickenham Livestock LLC land exchanges in Oregon.

The bill directs Interior to convey specified lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management to the city of Mitchell and Wheeler County in Oregon.

What's happening now May 22, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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