HR 2430 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

America's Red Rock Wilderness Act

Introduced May 19, 2015 Originated House Sponsor Alan S. Lowenthal D-CA

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Latest action · Jun 10, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

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.

  1. IntroducedMay 19, 2015
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

America's Red Rock Wilderness Act

Designates specified lands in the following areas of Utah as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) Great Basin, (2) Grand Staircase-Escalante, (3) Moab-La Sal Canyons, (4) Henry Mountains, (5) Glen Canyon, (6) San Juan-Anasazi, (7) Canyonlands Basin, (8) San Rafael Swell, and (9) Book Cliffs and Uinta Basin.

Sets forth administrative requirements for: (1) the exchange of state-owned lands within such areas, (2) federal reservation of water rights, (3) measurement of setbacks for roads with wilderness, (4) authorized livestock grazing, and (5) withdrawal of such lands from disposition under certain public land laws.

Cosponsors 111

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 19, 2015 to Dec 8, 2016; 77 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAdam B. SchiffOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-WAAdam SmithOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-INAndré CarsonOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-CAAnna G. EshooOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-NJBill Pascrell, Jr.OriginalMay 19, 2015
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-PAChaka FattahOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-NYCharles B. RangelOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-MEChellie PingreeOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-ILCheri BustosOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-MDChris Van HollenOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-MNCollin C. PetersonOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-ILDaniel LipinskiOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-NCDavid E. PriceOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-IADavid LoebsackOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-RIDavid N. CicillineOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-CODiana DeGetteOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-MDDonna F. EdwardsOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-CADoris O. MatsuiOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-CTElizabeth H. EstyOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-MOEmanuel CleaverOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-VAGerald E. ConnollyOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-NYGrace MengOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-GAHenry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.OriginalMay 19, 2015
D-CAJackie SpeierOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-CTJames A. HimesOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-RIJames R. LangevinOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-CAJared HuffmanOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-COJared PolisOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-NYJerrold NadlerOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-CAJerry McNerneyOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-WAJim McDermottOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-KYJohn A. YarmuthOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-MIJohn Conyers, Jr.OriginalMay 19, 2015
D-CAJudy ChuOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-MAKatherine M. ClarkOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-FLKathy CastorOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-MNKeith EllisonOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-TXLloyd DoggettOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-CALois CappsOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-NYLouise McIntosh SlaughterOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-CALucille Roybal-AllardOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-ILLuis V. GutierrezOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-CAMark DeSaulnierOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-WIMark PocanOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-PAMatt CartwrightOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-MAMichael E. CapuanoOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-CAMichael M. HondaOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-ILMike QuigleyOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-NYPaul TonkoOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-ORPeter A. DeFazioOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-VTPeter WelchOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-MNRichard M. NolanOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-CASam FarrOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-MISander M. LevinOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-MAStephen F. LynchOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-TNSteve CohenOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-NYSteve IsraelOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-WASuzan K. DelBeneOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-CATed LieuOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-FLTheodore E. DeutchOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-OHTim RyanOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-MNTimothy J. WalzOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-CATony CárdenasOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-MAWilliam R. KeatingOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-MOWm. Lacy ClayOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-CAZoe LofgrenOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-TXBeto O'RourkeJun 4, 2015
D-VADonald S. Beyer, Jr.Jun 4, 2015
D-NJFrank Pallone, Jr.Jun 4, 2015
D-TXMarc A. VeaseyJun 4, 2015
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsJul 22, 2015
D-WADenny HeckJul 22, 2015
D-NYKathleen M. RiceJul 22, 2015
D-MARichard E. NealJul 22, 2015
D-NYNita M. LoweySep 9, 2015
D-PARobert A. BradySep 9, 2015
D-NYJose E. SerranoSep 24, 2015
D-CAJulia BrownleySep 24, 2015
D-ILTammy DuckworthSep 24, 2015
D-ILBill FosterOct 9, 2015
D-WADerek KilmerOct 9, 2015
D-MAJoseph P. Kennedy IIIOct 9, 2015
D-MASeth MoultonOct 9, 2015
D-FLAlan GraysonDec 15, 2015
D-ILDanny K. DavisDec 15, 2015
D-CAMark TakanoDec 15, 2015
D-ILBobby L. RushFeb 2, 2016
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanFeb 2, 2016
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeFeb 2, 2016
D-COEd PerlmutterMar 2, 2016
D-NYNydia M. VelázquezMar 3, 2016
D-ORSuzanne BonamiciMar 3, 2016
D-NHAnn M. KusterApr 21, 2016
D-HIMark TakaiApr 21, 2016
D-WIRon KindApr 21, 2016
D-AZRuben GallegoApr 21, 2016
R-NJFrank A. LoBiondoApr 29, 2016
D-CAEric SwalwellMay 23, 2016
D-ILRobin L. KellyMay 23, 2016
D-NMBen Ray LujánDec 8, 2016

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseNatural Resources Committee
Referred May 19, 2015
Federal Lands Subcommittee
Referred Jun 10, 2015

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 10, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
  2. Jun 2, 2015Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3651-3652)
  3. May 19, 2015Introduced in House
  4. May 19, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H3651Alan S. Lowenthal D-CAJun 2, 2015

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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article IV, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution ``The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to prejudice any claims of the United States, or of any particular state.''

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 77, May 19, 2015, page H3389.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
Serial No. 114-28OVERSIGHT FIELD HEARING ON ENSURING LOCAL INPUT, LEGAL CONSISTENCY AND MULTI-USE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN ST. GEORGE BLM PLANNING62 pagesNatural Resources CommitteeJan 22, 2016

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 1375America's Red Rock Wilderness Act of 2015Related billMay 19, 2015
HR 2044America's Red Rock Wilderness ActReintroduced BillApr 19, 2017

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To designate as wilderness certain Federal portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Great Basin Deserts in the State of Utah for the benefit of present and future generations of people in the United States.
Short Titles as Introduced
America's Red Rock Wilderness 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.

  1. May 19, 2015Introduced in House

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