Wild Sky Wilderness Act of 2002
Latest action · Oct 8, 2002 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 646.
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 SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot 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 Forest Service communication repeater site to provide improved communication for safety and health purposes.
Authorizes the Secretary to acquire specified priority acquisition lands by purchase, donation, or exchange. Requires the boundaries of the Snoqualmie National Forest and the Wild Sky Wilderness to 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, to maintain an existing snowtel site on land within the Wenatchee National Forest, Washington.
Provides for extinguishment of the easement and reversion of all conveyed rights to the United States if the District no longer needs to maintain a snowtel site.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on May 23, 2002.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Original | May 23, 2002 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 8, 2002Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman without amendment. Without written report.
- Oct 8, 2002Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 646.
- Jul 30, 2002Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 107-846.
- May 23, 2002Introduced in Senate
- May 23, 2002Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4844 | Wild Sky Wilderness Act of 2002 | Identical bill | Oct 11, 2002 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
- 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
- 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
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