Bitterroot National Forest Dam and Reservoir Maintenance Act
Latest action · Apr 24, 2006 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Progress
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- IntroducedApr 24, 2006
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Bitterroot National Forest Dam and Reservoir Maintenance Act - Directs the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior to grant to the owner of a dam, a water storage right for a dam, or a right-of-way, for no consideration, rights-of-way to: (1) the trails, access routes, or primitive roads in the Bitterroot National Forest, Montana, for purposes of providing access to such dam; and (2) areas of that Forest adjacent to such dam for purposes of dam construction, reconstruction, maintenance, repair, and operation.
Requires such owners to prepare a map establishing the boundaries of the rights-of-way granted, which shall extend at least eight feet but not more than 60 feet in width from the center of the trail.
Authorizes an owner to: (1) use mechanized transport on the rights-of-way and at the owner's dam; and (2) operate aircraft in the airspace over the Forest to access the dam; and (3) land the aircraft on the rights-of-way.
Provides that any activities carried out by an owner in a right-of-way granted under this Act shall be regulated by the state and shall not be subject to specified federal law, including the Wilderness Act and the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 24, 2006Introduced in Senate
- Apr 24, 2006Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Apr 24, 2006Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3424)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
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- Apr 24, 2006Introduced in Senate
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