National Park and Wilderness Waters Protection Forever Act
Latest action · May 26, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
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.
- IntroducedApr 28, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
National Park and Wilderness Waters Protection Forever Act
Withdraws federal lands within the Rainy River Drainage Basin in Minnesota from all forms of: (1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) operation under the mineral leasing and mineral material laws.
Deems the approval of any lease or permit for activities relating to mining on federal lands in the Basin to be a major federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment. Requires an environmental impact statement conducted for such an action to include consideration of any potential impacts to units of the National Park System (NPS) or land in the National Wilderness Preservation System (NWPS) located in the Basin. Conditions the issuance or renewal of any such lease or permit on a requirement that the permittee or lessee seasonally monitor water quality on such lands throughout the Basin. Requires all mining activities to be suspended if any mining related contamination is detected in any NPS unit or NWPS land in the Basin until all contamination has been remediated.
Bars a federal agency from approving any mining related activities on federal lands in the Basin until the entity holding a lease or permit for that activity has submitted: (1) an acceptable contamination remediation plan, and (2) a full reclamation and performance bond sufficient to return the affected area to its original condition and treat any potential contamination for 50 years following the conclusion of any mining activities.
Exempts sand, gravel, and granite operations that exist on the date of enactment of this Act.
Cosponsors 31
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 12, 2015 to Apr 13, 2016.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | May 12, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | May 12, 2015 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | May 12, 2015 | |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | May 12, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | May 12, 2015 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | May 12, 2015 | |
| D-CO | Jared Polis | May 13, 2015 | |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | May 13, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | May 18, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | May 19, 2015 | |
| D-HI | Mark Takai | May 19, 2015 | |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | May 20, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | May 20, 2015 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Jun 1, 2015 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Jun 1, 2015 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Jun 1, 2015 | |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Jun 1, 2015 | |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Jun 10, 2015 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jun 10, 2015 | |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Jun 10, 2015 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Jun 17, 2015 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Jun 18, 2015 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Jun 18, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Jun 23, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Jul 21, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Jul 28, 2015 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Jul 29, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Sep 9, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Sep 9, 2015 | |
| D-MD | Donna F. Edwards | Dec 11, 2015 | |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Apr 13, 2016 |
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 Apr 28, 2015 |
| Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee | Referred May 26, 2015 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 26, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
- Apr 28, 2015Introduced in House
- Apr 28, 2015Referred 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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 62, April 28, 2015, page H2499.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1796 | National Park and Wilderness Waters Protection Act | Related bill | Apr 30, 2015 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To withdraw all Federal land located within the Rainy River Drainage Basin in Minnesota from all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws, location, entry, and patent under the mining laws, and operation of the mineral leasing laws, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- National Park and Wilderness Waters Protection Forever Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 28, 2015Introduced 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.
