Oregon Badlands Wilderness Act of 2008
Latest action · Sep 16, 2008 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1000.
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.
- IntroducedJun 5, 2008
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Oregon Badlands Wilderness Act of 2008 - (Sec. 3) Designates certain Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land in Oregon as wilderness and as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System, which shall be known as the Oregon Badlands Wilderness.
Requires any land or interest in land within the boundary of the Oregon Badlands Wilderness that is acquired by the United States to become part of the Wilderness.
Permits established livestock grazing in the Wilderness to continue.
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to provide to any owner of private property within the boundary of the Oregon Badlands Wilderness adequate access to such property.
Designates a certain corridor of BLM-managed land with a width of 25 feet as potential wilderness. Permits authorized and existing nonconforming uses to continue in the potential wilderness. Designates the potential wilderness as wilderness and as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System and incorporated into the Oregon Badlands Wilderness on the date on which the Secretary publishes in the Federal Register notice that such nonconforming uses have terminated.
(Sec. 4) Releases specified portions of the Badlands wilderness study area that are not designated as the Oregon Badlands Wilderness or as potential wilderness by this Act from further study for designation for preservation as wilderness.
(Sec. 5) Provides for the following land exchanges: (1) the Clarno land exchange; and (2) the Central Oregon Irrigation District land exchange.
Sets forth requirements for the valuation, appraisal, and equalization of the federal and non-federal lands to be exchanged under this section.
Requires any cash equalization payments received by the Secretary to be deposited in the Federal Land Disposal Account established by the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act and used in accordance with such Act.
Provides for the federal government and the owner of the non-federal land in a land exchange described above to equally share all costs related to the exchange, including the costs of appraisals, surveys, and any necessary environmental clearances.
Subjects the exchange of federal and non-federal lands under this section to any easements, rights-of-way, and other valid existing rights.
Expresses the intent of Congress that such land exchanges be completed within two years after the enactment of this Act.
(Sec. 6) Specifies this Act's effect with respect to the protection of the treaty rights of any Indian tribe, including the off-reservation reserved rights secured by the Treaty with the Tribes and Bands of Middle Oregon of June 25, 1855.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
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 Jun 5, 2008Markup Sep 11, 2008Reported Sep 16, 2008 |
| Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee | Hearings Jul 9, 2008 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 16, 2008Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- Sep 16, 2008Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1000.
- Sep 11, 2008Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Jul 9, 2008Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 110-572.
- Jun 5, 2008Introduced in Senate
- Jun 5, 2008Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5211)
- Jun 5, 2008Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5211-5213)
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.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S5211Text printed S5211–S5213 | Ron Wyden D-OR (text) | Jun 5, 2008 |
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.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Sep 29, 2008S. 3088, Oregon Badlands Wilderness Act of 2008<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on September 16, 2008</p>
- Sep 29, 2008S. 3088, Oregon Badlands Wilderness Act of 2008Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on September 16, 2008
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. 110-603 | MISCELLANEOUS PUBLIC LANDS AND FORESTS LEGISLATION80 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Jul 16, 2008 |
| S. Hrg. 110-572 | CURRENT PUBLIC LANDS AND FORESTS LEGISLATION94 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Jul 9, 2008 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to designate certain land in the State of Oregon as wilderness, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Oregon Badlands Wilderness Act of 2008
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Oregon Badlands Wilderness Act of 2008
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 16, 2008Reported to Senate
- Jun 5, 2008Introduced 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.
