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Union Calendar No. 201 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2075 

[Report No. 115–281] 

To adjust the eastern boundary of the Deschutes Canyon-Steelhead Falls 

Wilderness Study Area in the State of Oregon to facilitate fire prevention 

and response activities in order to protect adjacent private property, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 6, 2017 

Mr. WALDEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Natural Resources 

AUGUST 29, 2017 

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 

on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 6, 2017] 

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A BILL 

To adjust the eastern boundary of the Deschutes CanyonSteelhead Falls Wilderness Study Area in the State of 

Oregon to facilitate fire prevention and response activities in order to protect adjacent private property, and 

for other purposes. 

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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Crooked River Ranch 

5 Fire Protection Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) The Crooked River Ranch is an unincor9 porated community with a population of 5,000 resi10 dents. 

11 (2) The current lands located adjacent to Crook12 ed River Ranch are managed by the Bureau of Land 

13 Management and are classified as a Wilderness Study 

14 Area. 

15 (3) There is currently only one entrance/exit to 

16 the Crooked River Ranch. 

17 (4) Jefferson County and Crooked River Ranch 

18 have determined that the Wilderness Study Area 

19 lands are in the highest risk category for exposure to 

20 devastating wildfire due to overstocked juniper stands 

21 under the federally mandated and locally promul22 gated Jefferson County Community Wildfire Protec23 tion Plan (CWPP). 

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1 (5) The current Wilderness Study Area classi2 fication prevents mechanical fire prevention activities 

3 within the overstocked juniper stands. 

4 (6) Advancing this proposed legislation will 

5 greatly enhance the life and safety of people and 

6 property by reducing the extreme fire threat to these 

7 lands. 

8 SEC. 3. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT, DESCHUTES CANYON9 STEELHEAD FALLS AND DESCHUTES CANYON 

10 WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS, OREGON. 

11 (a) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT REQUIRED.—The Sec12 retary of the Interior shall adjust the eastern boundary of 

13 the Deschutes Canyon-Steelhead Falls Wilderness Study 

14 Area and the Deschutes Canyon Wilderness Study Area in 

15 the State of Oregon to exclude approximately 832 acres, as 

16 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Deschutes Canyon-Steelhead 

17 Falls Wilderness Study Area’’ and dated April 6, 2017, in 

18 order to facilitate fire prevention and response activities on 

19 the excluded public lands and adjacent private property. 

20 (b) EFFECT OF EXCLUSION.—Effective on the date of 

21 the enactment of this Act, the public lands to be excluded 

22 from the Deschutes Canyon-Steelhead Falls Wilderness 

23 Study Area and the Deschutes Canyon Wilderness Study 

24 Area pursuant to subsection (a) are no longer subject to 

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1 section 603(c) of the Federal Land Policy and Management 

2 Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782(c)). 

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to adjust the 

eastern boundary of the Deschutes Canyon-Steelhead 

Falls and Deschutes Canyon Wilderness Study Areas in 

the State of Oregon to facilitate fire prevention and response activities to protect private property, and for 

other purposes.’’. 

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Union Calendar No. 201 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2075 

[Report No. 115–281] 

A BILL 

To adjust the eastern boundary of the Deschutes 

poses. adjacent private property, and for other purtion and response activities in order to protect in the State of Oregon to facilitate fire prevenCanyon-Steelhead Falls Wilderness Study Area 

AUGUST 29, 2017 

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee 

dered to be printed of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ormstockstill on DSK30JT082PROD with BILLS