Wild Sky Wilderness Act of 2002
Latest action · Oct 11, 2002 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 467.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 23, 2002
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Directs the Secretary to establish a hiking trail plan. Authorizes the use of helicopter access to construct and maintain a joint Forest Service and Snohomish County repeater site, in compliance with a Forest Service approved communications site plan, to improve communication for safety, health, and emergency services. Authorizes the use of floatplanes on Lake Isabel where such use has already become established.
Authorizes the Secretary to acquire specified priority acquisition lands by purchase, donation, or exchange. Directs that the boundaries of the Snoqualmie National Forest and the Wild Sky Wilderness be adjusted to encompass any lands so acquired. Directs the Secretary to assure adequate access to private in-holdings within the Wild Sky Wilderness. States that valuation of private lands shall be determined without reference to any restrictions on access or use which arise out of designation as a wilderness area.
Requires the Secretary to exchange specified lands with the Chelan County Public Utility District if the District offers to the Secretary lands within the Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington, in exchange for a permanent easement, including helicopter access, consistent with such levels as used as of the date of this Act's enactment, to maintain an existing snowtel site on land within the Wenatchee National Forest, Washington.
Sets forth conditions for consummation of the exchange and for reversion to the United States if the District no longer needs to maintain a snowtel site.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 23, 2002 to Jun 12, 2002; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Original | May 23, 2002 |
| D-WA | Brian Baird | Original | May 23, 2002 |
| D-WA | Jay Inslee | Original | May 23, 2002 |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Original | May 23, 2002 |
| D-WA | Norman D. Dicks | Original | May 23, 2002 |
| R-WA | Jennifer Dunn | Jun 12, 2002 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred May 23, 2002Markup Sep 12, 2002Reported Oct 11, 2002 |
| Forests and Forest Health Subcommittee | Referred Jun 3, 2002Discharged Sep 12, 2002 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 11, 2002Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 107-747.
- Oct 11, 2002Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 467.
- Sep 12, 2002Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Sep 12, 2002Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
- Sep 12, 2002Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health Discharged.
- Jun 3, 2002Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
- Jun 3, 2002Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
- May 23, 2002Introduced in House
- May 23, 2002Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Sep 23, 2002H.R. 4844, Wild Sky Wilderness Act of 2002<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on September 12, 2002</p>
- Sep 23, 2002H.R. 4844, Wild Sky Wilderness Act of 2002Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on September 12, 2002
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 107-1085 | NOMINATIONS TO THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, AND DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE87 pages | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | May 16, 2001 |
| S. Hrg. 107-143 | LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2002266 pages | Appropriations Committee | May 2, 2001–Jun 26, 2001 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2565 | Wild Sky Wilderness Act of 2002 | Identical bill | Oct 8, 2002 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To enhance ecosystem protection and the range of outdoor opportunities protected by statute in the Skykomish River valley of the State of Washington by designating certain lower-elevation Federal lands as wilderness, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Wild Sky Wilderness Act of 2002
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Wild Sky Wilderness Act of 2002
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
- Aircraft
- Boundaries
- Columbia River development
- Commemorations
- Congress
- Congressional tributes
- Easements
- Ecosystem management
- Energy
- Environmental education
- Environmental Protection
- Ex-Members of Congress
- Helicopter transportation
- Helicopters
- Hydroelectric power
- Lakes
- Land transfers
- Land use
- Law
- Members of Congress (Senate)
- Metropolitan areas
- National forests
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Public utilities
- Real estate appraisal
- Sports and Recreation
- Trails
- Transportation and Public Works
- Urban affairs
- Washington State
- Water Resources Development
- Watersheds
- Wilderness areas
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 11, 2002Reported in House
- May 23, 2002Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
