A bill to designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness.
Latest action · Apr 4, 2017 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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 4, 2017
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
This bill amends the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 to designate approximately 1,559,538 acres of land within Alaska in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System.
Cosponsors 41
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 4, 2017 to Dec 4, 2018; 39 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Al Franken | Original | Apr 4, 2017 |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Apr 4, 2017 |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Original | Apr 4, 2017 |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Apr 4, 2017 |
| D-FL | Bill Nelson | Original | Apr 4, 2017 |
| D-NV | Catherine Cortez Masto | Original | Apr 4, 2017 |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Original | Apr 4, 2017 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Apr 4, 2017 |
| D-CT | Christopher Murphy | Original | Apr 4, 2017 |
| D-MO | Claire McCaskill | Original | Apr 4, 2017 |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Original | Apr 4, 2017 |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Original | Apr 4, 2017 |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Original | Apr 4, 2017 |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Original | Apr 4, 2017 |
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | Original | Apr 4, 2017 |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Original | Apr 4, 2017 |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Original | Apr 4, 2017 |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Original | Apr 4, 2017 |
| D-MT | Jon Tester | Original | Apr 4, 2017 |
| D-CA | Kamala D. Harris | Original | Apr 4, 2017 |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Original | Apr 4, 2017 |
| D-NH | Margaret Wood Hassan | Original | Apr 4, 2017 |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Original | Apr 4, 2017 |
| D-NM | Martin Heinrich | Original | Apr 4, 2017 |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Original | Apr 4, 2017 |
| D-CO | Michael F. Bennet | Original | Apr 4, 2017 |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Original | Apr 4, 2017 |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Original | Apr 4, 2017 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | Apr 4, 2017 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Apr 4, 2017 |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Original | Apr 4, 2017 |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Original | Apr 4, 2017 |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Original | Apr 4, 2017 |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Original | Apr 4, 2017 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | Apr 4, 2017 |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Original | Apr 4, 2017 |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Original | Apr 4, 2017 |
| D-DE | Thomas R. Carper | Original | Apr 4, 2017 |
| D-NM | Tom Udall | Original | Apr 4, 2017 |
| D-HI | Brian Schatz | Nov 30, 2017 | |
| D-MN | Tina Smith | Dec 4, 2018 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Environment and Public Works Committee | Referred Apr 4, 2017 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 4, 2017Introduced in Senate
- Apr 4, 2017Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
In the Congressional Record 2
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.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S8178 | Michael F. Bennet D-CO | Dec 20, 2017 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S8096 | Edward J. Markey D-MA | Dec 19, 2017 |
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.
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| RL33872 | Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR): An Overview | Report | Apr 25, 2025 |
| R45192 | Oil and Gas Activities Within the National Wildlife Refuge System Archived | Report | May 9, 2018 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1889 | Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act | Related bill | Apr 11, 2017 |
| S 2461 | Arctic Refuge Protection Act of 2019 | Reintroduced Bill | Sep 11, 2019 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness.
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 4, 2017Introduced 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.
