Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act
Latest action · Sep 24, 2024 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 524.
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 17, 2023
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act
This bill provides for the conservation of specified lands in Colorado.
Specifically, the bill designates
- specified federal lands within the White River National Forest as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System,
- the proposed Williams Fork Mountains Wilderness as a potential wilderness area,
- the Spraddle Creek Wildlife Conservation Area,
- the Porcupine Gulch Wildlife Conservation Area,
- the Williams Fork Mountains Wildlife Conservation Area,
- the Sheep Mountain and Liberty Bell East Special Management Areas,
- the Curecanti National Recreation Area, and
- the interpretive site located beside U.S. Route 24 as the Sandy Treat Overlook.
The bill adjusts the boundary of the White River National Forest and the Rocky Mountain National Park Potential Wilderness.
The bill provides for the inclusion of additional federal lands in the National Wilderness Preservation System.
The bill provides for the cancellation of all Thompson Divide oil or gas leases.
The bill establishes the Greater Thompson Divide Fugitive Coal Mine Methane Use Pilot Program to promote the capture, beneficial use, mitigation, and sequestration of fugitive methane emissions to reduce methane emissions, improve air quality, and improve public safety, among other things.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on May 17, 2023.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CO | John W. Hickenlooper | Original | May 17, 2023 |
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 17, 2023Markup Dec 14, 2023Reported Sep 24, 2024 |
| Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee | Hearings Jul 12, 2023 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 24, 2024Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with amendments. With written report No. 118-231.
- Sep 24, 2024Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 524.
- Dec 14, 2023Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
- Jul 12, 2023Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-285.
- May 17, 2023Introduced in Senate
- May 17, 2023Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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.
Committee report
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 118-285 | PENDING LEGISLATION478 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Jul 12, 2023 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| R48424 | Methane Emissions: U.S. and International Mitigation Efforts | Report | May 6, 2025 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3437 | Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act | Identical bill | May 22, 2023 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to provide for the designation of certain wilderness areas, recreation management areas, and conservation areas in the State of Colorado, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Air quality
- Alternative and renewable resources
- Animal and plant health
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Coal
- Colorado
- Dams and canals
- Electric power generation and transmission
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Fires
- Forests, forestry, trees
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Historic sites and heritage areas
- Hunting and fishing
- Infrastructure development
- Insects
- Intergovernmental relations
- Land transfers
- Land use and conservation
- Livestock
- Mining
- Motor vehicles
- Oil and gas
- Outdoor recreation
- Parks, recreation areas, trails
- Pedestrians and bicycling
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Roads and highways
- Water storage
- Water use and supply
- Watersheds
- Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
- Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 24, 2024Reported to Senate
- May 17, 2023Introduced 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.
