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Introduced Session

Oregon Treasures Act of 2013 - Designates specified Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land in Oregon as potential wilderness areas. Provides for the designation of such areas, to be known as the Cathedral Rock Wilderness and the Horse Heaven Wilderness, as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Authorizes certain land exchanges with specified landowners. Adds specified federal land managed by the BLM in the Wild Rogue Wilderness as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (the Act) to add specified segments of creeks to the designation of the Rogue River in Oregon as a component of the national wild and scenic rivers system. Prohibits: (1) the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) from licensing the construction of any dam, conduit, reservoir, powerhouse, transmission line, or other project works affecting specified stream segments; and (2) any federal department or agency from assisting in the construction of any water resources project affecting any such segment, except for maintaining or repairing existing projects. Amends the Act to designate specified segments of the Molalla River in Oregon as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Amends the Act to rename the Squaw Creek in Oregon as Whychus Creek. Amends the Act to make corrections to the segment designations for the Chetco River, Oregon, including revising segment lengths.

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Ron Wyden (D)*,  Jeff Merkley (D), 

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 178. (on 09/10/2013)