Emigrant Wilderness Historical Use Preservation Act
Latest action · Sep 15, 2014 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 442.
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.
- IntroducedNov 21, 2013
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Emigrant Wilderness Historical Use Preservation Act - (Sec. 3) Requires the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to ensure that all pack and saddle stock uses within the Emigrant Wilderness of Stanislaus National Forest in California are recognized as appropriate wilderness activities, including the effect on soil, water, and vegetation. Prohibits any action from being taken to limit or exclude pack and saddle stock without an environmental analysis with a finding that the actions are necessary to preserve the wilderness character of the area to that which existed at the time of the designation.
States that historical uses and activities, including commercial outfitting and guiding, camping, pack stock grazing; and associated campfires, tent locations, and social trails are traditional uses. Requires signs of use created by these activities to be considered substantially unnoticeable and acceptable as long as they do not exceed the level present at the time of the designation. Requires the USDA to take actions to ensure that these levels are not exceeded.
Direct the USDA to complete an updated wilderness plan to preserve pack and saddle stock use and all legally acceptable recreational uses within the area. Specifies requirements for the plan.
Requires the USDA to continue to authorize commercial pack and saddle stock services and issue authorizations to provide commercial services for commercial stock operations within the area at historic levels. Requires the USDA to specify levels of use, user days, and activities by commercial outfitters and guides.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 21, 2013 to Dec 16, 2013; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-UT | Chris Stewart | Original | Nov 21, 2013 |
| R-CA | Devin Nunes | Original | Nov 21, 2013 |
| R-CA | Jeff Denham | Dec 16, 2013 |
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 Nov 21, 2013Markup May 29, 2014Reported Sep 15, 2014 |
| Federal Lands Subcommittee | Referred Nov 29, 2013Hearings Mar 6, 2014Discharged May 29, 2014 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 15, 2014Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-595.
- Sep 15, 2014Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 442.
- May 29, 2014Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation Discharged.
- May 29, 2014Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- May 29, 2014Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
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
- Jun 16, 2014H.R. 3606, Emigrant Wilderness Historical Use Preservation ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on May 29, 2014
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H7356.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To permit certain activities to be conducted on Federal land within the Emigrant Wilderness of Stanislaus National Forest in the State of California at the level at which such activities were conducted on such land before the wilderness designation, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Emigrant Wilderness Historical Use Preservation Act of 2013
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Emigrant Wilderness Historical Use Preservation Act
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 15, 2014Reported in House
- Nov 21, 2013Introduced 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.
