Frank Moore Wild Steelhead Special Management Area Designation Act
Latest action · Sep 8, 2016 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 622.
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.
- IntroducedMay 21, 2015
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Frank Moore Wild Steelhead Special Management Area Designation Act
(Sec. 4) This bill designates approximately 99,653 acres of Forest Service land in Oregon as the Frank Moore Wild Steelhead Special Management Area.The special management area shall be administered by the Department of the Agriculture, through the Forest Service, to:
- conserve and enhance the natural character, scientific use, and the botanical, recreational, ecological, fish and wildlife, scenic, drinking water, and cultural values of the special management area;
- maintain and seek to enhance the wild salmonid habitat of the special management area;
- maintain or enhance the watershed as a thermal refuge for wild salmonids; and
- preserve opportunities for recreation, including primitive recreation.
Nothing in this bill creates any protective perimeter or buffer zone around the special management area.
Nothing in this bill prohibits the Forest Service, in cooperation with other federal, state, and local agencies, from conducting wildland fire operations in the special management area, including the use of aircraft, machinery, mechanized equipment, fire breaks, backfires, and retardant.
Nothing in this bill prohibits the Forest Service from conducting vegetation management projects within the special management area.
Nothing in this bill diminishes any treaty rights of Indian tribes.
The bill withdraws the federal land within the boundaries of the special management area's river segments from:
- entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws;
- location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and
- disposition under all laws relating to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on May 21, 2015.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Original | May 21, 2015 |
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 May 21, 2015Markup Jul 13, 2016Reported Sep 8, 2016 |
| Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee | Hearings Oct 8, 2015 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 8, 2016Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 114-347.
- Sep 8, 2016Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 622.
- Jul 13, 2016Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Oct 8, 2015Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 114-490.
- May 21, 2015Introduced in Senate
- May 21, 2015Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3243-3244; text of measure as introduced: CR S3244)
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.
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
- Aug 12, 2016S. 1448, Frank Moore Wild Steelhead Special Management Area Designation ActAs ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on July 13, 2016
Printed hearings 1
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. 114-490 | PENDING LEGISLATION940 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Oct 8, 2015 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 6129 | Frank Moore Wild Steelhead Special Management Area Designation Act | Related bill | Sep 30, 2016 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to designate the Frank Moore Wild Steelhead Sanctuary in the State of Oregon.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Frank Moore Wild Steelhead Sanctuary Designation Act
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Frank Moore Wild Steelhead Special Management Area Designation 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 8, 2016Reported to Senate
- May 21, 2015Introduced 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.
