HR 1321 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act

Introduced Feb 22, 2019 Originated House Sponsor Carolyn B. Maloney D-NY

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 7, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedFeb 22, 2019
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act

This bill designates specified National Forest System lands, National Park System lands, and public lands in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness and as components or additions to existing components of the National Wilderness Preservation System.

The bill also designates (1) specified federal lands as biological connecting corridors and as special corridor management areas; (2) segments of specified rivers and creeks in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System; and (3) specified areas as wildland recovery areas. The Department of Agriculture shall develop a wildland recovery plan for each recovery area.

A specified panel of independent scientists shall study roadless lands greater than 1,000 acres that are within the National Forest System in the Wild Rockies bioregion in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, or Wyoming and that are not designated as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System for their role in maintaining biological diversity in the Northern Rockies and as part of the overall forest reserve system. Any new road construction or reconstruction or timber harvest is prohibited in those lands after the evaluation without an Act of Congress. Oil or gas leasing, mining, or other development which impairs the natural and roadless qualities of the land is also prohibited.

Cosponsors 44

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 22, 2019 to Nov 16, 2020, with 20 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NYAdriano EspaillatOriginalFeb 22, 2019
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalFeb 22, 2019
D-CAAnna G. EshooOriginalFeb 22, 2019
D-RIDavid N. CicillineOriginalFeb 22, 2019
D-CODiana DeGetteOriginalFeb 22, 2019
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalFeb 22, 2019
D-TXEddie Bernice JohnsonOriginalFeb 22, 2019
D-MOEmanuel CleaverOriginalFeb 22, 2019
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoOriginalFeb 22, 2019
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalFeb 22, 2019
D-MDJamie RaskinOriginalFeb 22, 2019
D-CAJerry McNerneyOriginalFeb 22, 2019
D-KYJohn A. YarmuthOriginalFeb 22, 2019
D-DELisa Blunt RochesterOriginalFeb 22, 2019
D-WIMark PocanOriginalFeb 22, 2019
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Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 7, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
  2. Feb 22, 2019Introduced in House
  3. Feb 22, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.

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  1. Feb 22, 2019Introduced in House

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