S 3056 116th Congress Senate 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: December 16, 2019 Introduced by: Durbin, Richard J. Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text: CR S7050-7053)

Dec 16, 2019

Introduced in Senate

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 adjacent wilderness, (4) authorized livestock grazing, and (5) withdrawal of such lands from disposition under certain public land laws.

What's happening now December 16, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text: CR S7050-7053)

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