Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act
Latest action · Mar 14, 2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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.
- IntroducedMar 14, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- 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 specified federal lands as biological connecting corridors and as special corridor management areas.
The bill designates segments of specified rivers and creeks in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
The bill designates 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, but 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 or existing road construction or reconstruction or timber harvest is prohibited in those lands after the evaluation. Oil or gas leasing, mining, or other development that impairs the natural and roadless qualities of the land is also prohibited.
The Department of the Interior may apply the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act in carrying out this bill.
Cosponsors 15
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 14, 2019 to May 14, 2020, with 4 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Original | Mar 14, 2019 |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Original | Mar 14, 2019 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Mar 14, 2019 |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Original | Mar 14, 2019 |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Mar 26, 2019 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Apr 1, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Apr 3, 2019 | |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Apr 30, 2019 | |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | May 20, 2019 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Jun 4, 2019 | |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Jun 10, 2019 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Jun 11, 2019 | |
| D-NH | Margaret Wood Hassan | Jul 8, 2019 | |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Oct 17, 2019 | |
| D-MN | Tina Smith | May 14, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 14, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Mar 14, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
- Advisory bodies
- Federal-Indian relations
- Fishes
- Forests, forestry, trees
- Freedom of information
- Government information and archives
- Historical and cultural resources
- Idaho
- Indian lands and resources rights
- Montana
- Oregon
- Parks, recreation areas, trails
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Roads and highways
- Washington State
- Water quality
- Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
- Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
- Wyoming
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 14, 2019Introduced in Senate
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