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S. 1531 118th Congress Senate

Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act

Official title: A bill to designate certain National Forest System land and certain public land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Ag… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to designate certain National Forest System land and certain public land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture in the States of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness, wild and scenic rivers, wildland recovery areas, and biological connecting corridors, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 10, 2023 Introduced by: Sheldon Whitehouse Democratic · Rhode Island See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
May 10, 2023
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 Latest action May 10, 2023

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

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act

This bill designates specified public lands in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness, wild and scenic rivers, wildland recovery areas, and biological connecting corridors.

The Department of the Interior and the Forest Service must jointly establish an interagency team, containing an equal number of participants from the public and private sectors, to monitor, evaluate, and make recommendations regarding the results of the bill. The team must also develop a geographic information system for monitoring the Northern Rockies Bioregion and assess the potential for facilitating wildlife movement across or under major highways and rail lines within the biological corridors established by the bill.

The bill provides for the temporary closure to the general public of specific portions of protected areas, at the request of an Indian tribe, to protect the privacy of a religious activity or cultural use by an Indian.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 8 Independent 1
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Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · May 10, 2023
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Booker, Cory A.
New Jersey · May 10, 2023
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · May 10, 2023
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Hassan, Margaret Wood
New Hampshire · May 10, 2023
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Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · May 10, 2023
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Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · May 10, 2023
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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · May 10, 2023
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Shaheen, Jeanne
New Hampshire · May 10, 2023
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Warren, Elizabeth
Massachusetts · May 10, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1531: Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1531/
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"S. 1531: Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1531/.
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S. 1531, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1531/.
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