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S 3033 118th Congress Senate Public Lands and Natural Resources Geography and mapping Land use and conservation Mining New Mexico Watersheds Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Pecos Watershed Protection Act

Introduced: October 4, 2023 Introduced by: Heinrich, Martin Democratic · New Mexico See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
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Became law
Jul 23, 2024
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 443.
Jul 23, 2024
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin without amendment. With written report No. 118-196.
Dec 14, 2023
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Oct 25, 2023
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-311.
Oct 4, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Oct 4, 2023
Introduced in Senate
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Pecos Watershed Protection Act

This bill designates the Thompson Peak Wilderness Area in New Mexico as a wilderness area and a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System. The bill also withdraws that area and certain land in the Pecos Watershed in New Mexico from (1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under mining laws; and (3) disposition of all laws pertaining to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials. The bill allows the continuation of livestock grazing in the wilderness area. 

What's happening now July 23, 2024

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 443.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 5943 Identical bill Pecos Watershed Protection Act
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Luján, Ben Ray
New Mexico · Oct 4, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3033: Pecos Watershed Protection Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-3033/
MLA
"S. 3033: Pecos Watershed Protection Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-3033/.
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S. 3033, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-3033/.
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