A bill to provide further protections for the watershed of the Little Sandy River as part of the Bull Run Watershed Management Unit, Oregon, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Aug 3, 2001 Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 6, 2001
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Repeals an exception allowing certain timber cutting in the Unit to require the Secretary of Agriculture or the Interior, as applicable, to prohibit the cutting of trees on Federal land throughout the Unit.
Requires the Secretaries of Agriculture and of the Interior to identify: (1) any Oregon and California Railroad land (O&C lands) within the Unit that is subject to certain annual funds distribution requirements; and (2) public domain land within specified Bureau of Land Management Districts in Oregon that is approximately equal in acreage and condition as such O&C land, but not subject to specified Federal law relating to the Oregon and California Railroad and Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands. Requires such Secretary, in accordance with specified administrative procedures, to reclassify: (1) the O&C land within the Unit as public domain land not subject to the annual funds distribution requirements; and (2) the public domain land within such Districts as O&C land subject to such Federal law and funds distribution requirements.
Authorizes appropriations for watershed restoration in Clackamas County, Oregon.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Feb 6, 2001.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-OR | Gordon H. Smith | Original | Feb 6, 2001 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred Feb 6, 2001Markup May 16, 2001Reported Jun 5, 2001 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 3, 2001Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- Jun 5, 2001Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 107-23.
- Jun 5, 2001Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 58.
- May 16, 2001Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Feb 6, 2001Introduced in Senate
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
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
- May 18, 2001S. 254, A bill to provide further protections for the watershed of the Little Sandy River as part of the Bull Run Watershed Management Unit, Oregon, and for other purposes<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on May 16, 2001</p>
- May 18, 2001S. 254, A bill to provide further protections for the watershed of the Little Sandy River as part of the Bull Run Watershed Management Unit, Oregon, and for other purposesCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on May 16, 2001
Printed hearings 3
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 427 | To provide further protections for the watershed of the Little Sandy River as part of the Bull Run Watershed Management Unit, Oregon, and for other purposes. | Identical bill | Aug 20, 2001 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to provide further protections for the watershed of the Little Sandy River as part of the Bull Run Watershed Management Unit, Oregon, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Water Resources Development.
- Animals
- Commerce
- Economics and Public Finance
- Endangered species
- Environmental Protection
- Federal aid to water pollution control
- Federal aid to water resources development
- Forest conservation
- Land transfers
- Logging
- Lumber trade
- National forests
- Oregon
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Railroad land grants
- Restoration ecology
- Stream conservation
- Transportation and Public Works
- Water pollution control
- Water quality
- Water Resources Development
- Watershed management
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 5, 2001Reported to Senate
- Feb 6, 2001Introduced in Senate
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.
