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Oregon Wilderness Act of 1984

Introduced: February 1, 1983 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 44 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 26, 1984
Became Public Law No: 98-328.
Jun 26, 1984
Signed by President.
Jun 20, 1984
Presented to President.
Jun 19, 1984
Measure Signed in Senate.
Jun 6, 1984
House Agreed to Senate Amendments by Yea-Nay Vote: 281 - 99 (Record Vote No: 216).
Jun 6, 1984
Resolving differences -- House actions: House Agreed to Senate Amendments by Yea-Nay Vote: 281 - 99 (Record Vote No: 216).
Jun 4, 1984
Considered by House Unfinished Business.
Jun 4, 1984
Taken from the Speaker's Table under Suspension of the Rules, in Order to Consider the Senate Amendment. Vote Postponed.
May 24, 1984
Passed Senate with amendments by Voice Vote.
May 24, 1984
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments by Voice Vote.
May 24, 1984
Considered by Senate.
May 18, 1984
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 898.
May 18, 1984
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported to Senate by Senator McClure with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 98-465.
May 2, 1984
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Jan 18, 1984
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources received executive comment from OMB. Unfavorable.
Nov 9, 1983
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources received executive comment from Agriculture Department. Unfavorable.
Nov 1, 1983
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources received executive comment from Interior Department. Unfavorable.
Oct 20, 1983
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources requested executive comment from Interior Department.
Oct 20, 1983
Subcommittee on Public Lands and Reserved Water. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 98-635 Pt. 2.
Sep 20, 1983
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources requested executive comment from Agriculture Department, OMB.
Aug 25, 1983
Subcommittee on Public Lands and Reserved Water. Hearings concluded. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 98-635 Pt. 1.
Jul 21, 1983
Subcommittee on Public Lands and Reserved Water. Hearings held.
Mar 22, 1983
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Mar 21, 1983
Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 252 - 93 (Record Vote No: 38).
Mar 21, 1983
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 252 - 93 (Record Vote No: 38).
Mar 21, 1983
Committee Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute Considered as an Original Bill for the Purpose of Amendment.
Mar 21, 1983
Called up by House by Rule.
Mar 21, 1983
Rule Passed House.
Mar 17, 1983
Rules Committee Resolution H.Res.141 Reported to House.
Mar 17, 1983
Committee on Rules Granted an Open Rule Providing One Hour of Debate; Making in Order the Interior Committee Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute.
Mar 15, 1983
Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From USDA.
Mar 2, 1983
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Report No: 98-13 (Part I).
Feb 24, 1983
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Feb 24, 1983
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Feb 23, 1983
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Feb 22, 1983
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Feb 17, 1983
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).
Feb 17, 1983
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Feb 15, 1983
Referred to Subcommittee on Forest, Family Farms, and Energy.
Feb 14, 1983
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Feb 4, 1983
Referred to Subcommittee on Public Lands and National Parks.
Feb 1, 1983
Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Feb 1, 1983
Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Feb 1, 1983
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
(Reported to House from the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs with amendment, H.Rept. 98-13(PartI))

Oregon Wilderness Act of 1983 - Designates as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System the following lands in the State of Oregon: (1) the Columbia Gorge Wilderness in the Mount Hood National Forest; (2) the Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness in the Mount Hood National Forest; (3) the Badger Creek Wilderness in the Mount Hood National Forest; (4) the Hidden Wilderness in the Mount Hood and Willamette National Forests; (5) the Middle Santiam Wilderness in the Willamette National Forest; (6) the Rock Creek Wilderness in the Siuslaw National Forest; (7) the Cummins Creek Wilderness in the Siuslaw National Forest; (8) the Boulder Creek Wilderness in the Umpqua National Forest; (9) the Rogue-Umpqua Divide Wilderness in the Umpqua and Rogue River National Forests; (10) the Grassy Knob Wilderness in and adjacent to the Siskiyou National Forest; (11) the Red Buttes Wilderness in and adjacent to the Siskiyou and Rogue River National Forests; (12) the Diamond-Thielsen Wilderness in the Umpqua, Williamette, Deschutes, and Winema National Forests; (13) the Sky Lakes Wilderness in the Rogue River and Winema National Forests; (14) the Coleman Rim Wilderness in the Fremont National Forest; (15) the Bridge Creek Wilderness in the Ochoco National Forest; (16) the Mill Creek Wilderness in the Ochoco National Forest; (17) the Ochoco Canyon Wilderness in the Ochoco National Forest; (18) the North Fork John Day Wilderness in the Wallowa-Whitman, Malheur, and Umatilla National Forests; (19) the Joseph Canyon Wilderness in and adjacent to the Wallowa- Whitman National Forest; (20) the Mount Jefferson Wilderness Additions in the Willamette and Mount Hood National Forests; (21) the Mount Washington Wilderness Additions in the Willamette and Deschutes National Forests; (22) the Three Sisters Wilderness Additions in the Willamette and Deschutes National Forests; (23) the Mountain Lakes Wilderness Additions in the Winema National Forest; (24) the Gearhart Mountain Wilderness Additions in the Fremont National Forest; (25) the Strawberry Mountain Wilderness Additions in the Malheur National Forest; (26) the Eagle Cap Wilderness Additions in the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, (27) the North Fork Umatilla Wilderness in the Umatilla National Forest; (28) the Glacier-Monument Wilderness in the Malheur and Wallowa-Whitman National Forests; (29) the Table Rock Wilderness in the Salem District of the Bureau of Land Management, Oregon; and (30) the Hardesty Mountain Wilderness in the Williamette and Umpqua National Forests.

Requires the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to all existing timber sale contracts within the Middle Santiam, Grassy Knob, Salmon-Huckleberry, Joseph Canyon, Bridge Creek, and Hardesty Mountain Wildernesses, at the buyer's option, to: (1) terminate the timber sale contract without cost to the buyer; or (2) terminate the timber sale contract and compensate the buyer by offering to sell him or her a similar contract.

Requires that the following lands be reviewed by the Secretary as to their suitability for preservation as wilderness: (1) the Old Cascades Wilderness Study Area in the Williamette National Forest; (2) the Waldo Lake Wilderness Study Area in the Williamette National Forest; and (3) the Wassen Creek Wilderness Study Area in and adjacent to the Siuslaw National Forest. Requires that such areas be administered so as to maintain their presently existing wilderness character.

Provides that the RARE II (second roadless area review and evaluation) Final Environmental Statement (dated January 1979) with respect to national forest system lands in Oregon shall not be subject to judicial review. Releases national forest system lands in Oregon which were reviewed in the RARE II program from further review by the Department of Agriculture, pending the revision of initial national forest management plans. Releases lands in Oregon reviewed in the RARE II program and not designated as wilderness from management as wilderness areas. Prohibits the Department of Agriculture from conducting any further statewide roadless area review and evaluation of national forest system lands in Oregon without express congressional authorization.

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Became Public Law No: 98-328.

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