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S 4837 117th Congress Senate Native Americans Federal-Indian relations Fires Forests, forestry, trees Indian lands and resources rights Land use and conservation Oregon Roads and highways

A bill to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to establish within the Mount Hood National Forest in the State of Oregon Indian Treaty Resources Emphasis Zones, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 13, 2022 Introduced by: Wyden, Ron Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov
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Became law
Sep 29, 2022
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-477.
Sep 13, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Sep 13, 2022
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill establishes within Mount Hood National Forest one or more Indian Treaty Resources Emphasis Zones in areas agreed upon by the Forest Service and the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon to protect and enhance treaty resources, protect the reservation from wildfires, and enable a comanagement strategy between the Forest Service and the tribe.

What's happening now September 29, 2022

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-477.

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Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · Sep 28, 2022
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4837: A bill to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to establish within the Mount Hood National Forest in the State of Oregon Indian Treaty Resources Emphasis Zones, and for other purposes.. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4837/
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"S. 4837: A bill to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to establish within the Mount Hood National Forest in the State of Oregon Indian Treaty Resources Emphasis Zones, and for other purposes.." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4837/.
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S. 4837, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4837/.
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