To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to adjust the boundary of the Stephen Mather Wilderness and the North Cascades National Park in order to allow the rebuilding of a road outside of the floodplain while ensuring that there is no net loss of acreage to the Park or the Wilderness, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Jun 15, 2012 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 380.
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 24, 2011
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Amends the Washington Park Wilderness Act of 1988 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to adjust the boundaries of the North Cascades National Park and the Stephen Mather Wilderness in Washington state in order to provide a 100-foot wide corridor along which the Stehekin Valley Road may be rebuilt: (1) outside of the floodplain between mileposts 12.9 and 22.8, (2) within the boundaries of the Park, and (3) outside of the boundaries of the Wilderness.
Requires that the boundary adjustments be such that equal acreage amounts are exchanged between the Wilderness and the Park.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Jun 24, 2011Markup Oct 5, 2011Reported Jun 15, 2012 |
| Federal Lands Subcommittee | Referred Jul 5, 2011Hearings Sep 15, 2011Discharged Oct 5, 2011 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 15, 2012Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-532.
- Jun 15, 2012Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 380.
- Oct 5, 2011Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Discharged.
- Oct 5, 2011Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Oct 5, 2011Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Sep 15, 2011Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Jul 5, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
- Jun 24, 2011Introduced in House
- Jun 24, 2011Referred to the House Committee on Natural 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 estimate
- Oct 31, 2011H.R. 2352, A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to adjust the boundary of the Stephen Mather Wilderness and the North Cascades National Park in order to allow the rebuilding of a road outside of the floodplain while ensuring that theCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on October 5, 2011
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H4575.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2578 | Conservation and Economic Growth Act | Related bill | Jun 20, 2012 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to adjust the boundary of the Stephen Mather Wilderness and the North Cascades National Park in order to allow the rebuilding of a road outside of the floodplain while ensuring that there is no net loss of acreage to the Park or the Wilderness, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 15, 2012Reported in House
- Jun 24, 2011Introduced 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.
