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Introduced
05/01/2019
05/01/2019
In Committee
12/12/2019
12/12/2019
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2020
12/31/2020
Introduced Session
116th Congress
Bill Summary
A bill to designate certain land administered by the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service in the State of Oregon as wilderness and national recreation areas, to withdraw certain land located in Curry County and Josephine County, Oregon, from all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws, location, entry, and patent under the mining laws, and operation under the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws, and for other purposes. This bill designates specified Bureau of Land Management land in Oregon as the Rogue Canyon and Molalla Recreation Areas. Approximately 59,512 acres of specified federal land are added to the Wild Rogue Wilderness in Oregon. Such recreation areas and lands are withdrawn from (1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) disposition under all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, or the Rough and Ready and Baldface Creeks Mineral Withdrawal Proposal in Curry County and Josephine County, Oregon.
AI Summary
This bill, the Oregon Recreation Enhancement Act, designates certain Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service land in Oregon as the Rogue Canyon and Molalla Recreation Areas, adds approximately 59,512 acres to the Wild Rogue Wilderness, and withdraws specified federally owned lands and interests in Curry and Josephine Counties from public land and mineral entry. The bill requires the Secretary of the Interior or Agriculture, as applicable, to manage the recreation areas to conserve, protect, and enhance their unique recreational, ecological, scenic, cultural, watershed, and wildlife values. The bill also requires the development of a wildfire mitigation plan for the recreation areas and the Wild Rogue Wilderness.
Committee Categories
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Sponsors (2)
Last Action
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 382. (on 12/18/2019)
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