America's Red Rock Wilderness Act
Latest action · May 10, 2021 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text: CR S2417-2420)
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 10, 2021
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
America's Red Rock Wilderness Act
This bill designates specified lands in the following areas of Utah as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) Great Basin, (2) Grand Staircase-Escalante, (3) Moab-La Sal Canyons, (4) Henry Mountains, (5) Glen Canyon, (6) San Juan-Anasazi, (7) Canyonlands Basin, (8) San Rafael Swell, and (9) Book Cliffs and Uinta Basin.
The bill sets forth administrative requirements for (1) the exchange of state-owned lands within such areas, (2) federal reservation of water rights, (3) measurement of setbacks for roads with adjacent wilderness, (4) authorized livestock grazing, and (5) withdrawal of such lands from disposition under certain public land laws.
Cosponsors 19
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 10, 2021 to Apr 4, 2022; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Original | May 10, 2021 |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Original | May 10, 2021 |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Original | May 10, 2021 |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Original | May 10, 2021 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | May 10, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Original | May 10, 2021 |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | May 11, 2021 | |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | May 11, 2021 | |
| D-NM | Martin Heinrich | May 12, 2021 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | May 13, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | May 13, 2021 | |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | May 25, 2021 | |
| D-NV | Jacky Rosen | May 25, 2021 | |
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | Jun 8, 2021 | |
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | Jul 13, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Jul 13, 2021 | |
| D-MN | Tina Smith | Sep 14, 2021 | |
| D-CT | Christopher Murphy | Nov 15, 2021 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Apr 4, 2022 |
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 10, 2021 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 10, 2021Introduced in Senate
- May 10, 2021Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text: CR S2417-2420)
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.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Text printed S2417–S2420 | Richard J. Durbin D-IL (text) | May 10, 2021 |
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 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R41610 | Wilderness: Issues and Legislation | Report | Oct 12, 2022 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3780 | America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act | Identical bill | Jul 6, 2021 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to designate as wilderness certain Federal portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Great Basin Deserts in the State of Utah for the benefit of present and future generations of people in the United States.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- America's Red Rock Wilderness Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 10, 2021Introduced 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.
