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Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act

Introduced: May 17, 2023 Introduced by: Bennet, Michael F. Democratic · Colorado See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
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Became law
Sep 24, 2024
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 524.
Sep 24, 2024
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with amendments. With written report No. 118-231.
Dec 14, 2023
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
Jul 12, 2023
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-285.
May 17, 2023
Introduced in Senate
May 17, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act

This bill provides for the conservation of specified lands in Colorado.

Specifically, the bill designates

  • specified federal lands within the White River National Forest as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System,
  • the proposed Williams Fork Mountains Wilderness as a potential wilderness area,
  • the Spraddle Creek Wildlife Conservation Area,
  • the Porcupine Gulch Wildlife Conservation Area,
  • the Williams Fork Mountains Wildlife Conservation Area,
  • the Sheep Mountain and Liberty Bell East Special Management Areas,
  • the Curecanti National Recreation Area, and
  • the interpretive site located beside U.S. Route 24 as the Sandy Treat Overlook.

The bill adjusts the boundary of the White River National Forest and the Rocky Mountain National Park Potential Wilderness.

The bill provides for the inclusion of additional federal lands in the National Wilderness Preservation System.

The bill provides for the cancellation of all Thompson Divide oil or gas leases.

The bill establishes the Greater Thompson Divide Fugitive Coal Mine Methane Use Pilot Program to promote the capture, beneficial use, mitigation, and sequestration of fugitive methane emissions to reduce methane emissions, improve air quality, and improve public safety, among other things.

What's happening now September 24, 2024

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 524.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3437 Identical bill Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act
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 Cosponsors 1
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Hickenlooper, John W.
Colorado · May 17, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1634: Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1634/
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"S. 1634: Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1634/.
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S. 1634, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1634/.
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