Oregon Recreation Enhancement Act
Latest action · Dec 18, 2019 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 382.
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 1, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Oregon Recreation Enhancement Act
This bill designates specified Bureau of Land Management land in Oregon as the Rogue Canyon and Molalla Recreation Areas and adds approximately 59,512 acres of federal land to the Wild Rogue Wilderness.
The Department of the Interior, for public land, and the Department of Agriculture (USDA), for National Forest System land, must conduct a wildfire risk assessment that covers the recreation areas, the Wild Rogue Wilderness, and any adjacent federal land. Interior and USDA must develop plans to mitigate wildfire risk to communities located near the land.
No new permanent or temporary roads shall be constructed within the recreation areas except as necessary for public safety or to implement the wildfire mitigation plan.
USDA may take measures within such wilderness additions as are necessary to control fire, insects, and disease.
All federal surface and subsurface land within the recreation areas or the wilderness additions is withdrawn from
- entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws;
- location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and
- disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral leasing, geothermal leasing, or mineral materials.
The bill also withdraws identified federally owned lands and interests within the Hunter Creek, Pistol River Headwaters Withdrawal Proposal, or the Rough and Ready and Baldface Creeks Mineral Withdrawal Proposal in Curry County and Josephine County, Oregon, and any land or interest in land located within such withdrawal proposals that is acquired by the federal government.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on May 1, 2019.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Original | May 1, 2019 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 18, 2019Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with amendments. Without written report.
- Dec 18, 2019Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 382.
- Dec 12, 2019Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
- May 14, 2019Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-323.
- May 1, 2019Introduced in Senate
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 86 | Oregon Wildlands Act | Related bill | Jan 10, 2019 |
| HR 992 | Southwestern Oregon Watershed and Salmon Protection Act | Related bill | Feb 22, 2019 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 18, 2019Reported to Senate
- May 1, 2019Introduced in Senate
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