II 

Calendar No. 692 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2075 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 12, 2018 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 

Resources 

NOVEMBER 29, 2018 

Reported by Ms. MURKOWSKI, with an amendment and an amendment to the 

title 

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

AN ACT 

To adjust the eastern boundary of the Deschutes CanyonSteelhead 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. 

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’’. 


lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with BILLS
2 

•HR 2075 RS

1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 Congress finds the following: 

3 (1) The Crooked River Ranch is an unincor4 porated community with a population of 5,000 resi5 dents. 

6 (2) The current lands located adjacent to 

7 Crooked River Ranch are managed by the Bureau of 

8 Land Management and are classified as a Wilder9 ness Study Area. 

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

11 the Crooked River Ranch. 

12 (4) Jefferson County and Crooked River Ranch 

13 have determined that the Wilderness Study Area 

14 lands are in the highest risk category for exposure 

15 to devastating wildfire due to overstocked juniper 

16 stands under the federally mandated and locally pro17 mulgated Jefferson County Community Wildfire 

18 Protection Plan (CWPP). 

19 (5) The current Wilderness Study Area classi20 fication prevents mechanical fire prevention activities 

21 within the overstocked juniper stands. 

22 (6) Advancing this proposed legislation will 

23 greatly enhance the life and safety of people and 

24 property by reducing the extreme fire threat to these 

25 lands. 


lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with BILLS
3 

•HR 2075 RS

1 SEC. 3. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT, DESCHUTES CANYON2 STEELHEAD FALLS AND DESCHUTES CANYON 

3 WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS, OREGON. 

4 (a) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT REQUIRED.—The Sec5 retary of the Interior shall adjust the eastern boundary 

6 of the Deschutes Canyon-Steelhead Falls Wilderness 

7 Study Area and the Deschutes Canyon Wilderness Study 

8 Area in the State of Oregon to exclude approximately 832 

9 acres, as depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Deschutes Canyon10 Steelhead Falls Wilderness Study Area’’ and dated April 

11 6, 2017, in order to facilitate fire prevention and response 

12 activities on the excluded public lands and adjacent private 

13 property. 

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

15 of the enactment of this Act, the public lands to be ex16 cluded from the Deschutes Canyon-Steelhead Falls Wil17 derness Study Area and the Deschutes Canyon Wilderness 

18 Study Area pursuant to subsection (a) are no longer 


lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with BILLS
4 

•HR 2075 RS

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

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

5 Fire Protection Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT, DESCHUTES CANYON7 STEELHEAD FALLS WILDERNESS STUDY AREA 

8 BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT, OREGON. 

9 (a) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.—The boundary of the 

10 Deschutes Canyon-Steelhead Falls Wilderness Study Area 

11 is modified to exclude approximately 688 acres of public 

12 land, as depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Deschutes Canyon13 Steelhead Falls Wilderness Study Area (WSA) Proposed 

14 Boundary Adjustment’’ and dated September 26, 2018. 

15 (b) EFFECT OF EXCLUSION.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—The public land excluded from 

17 the Deschutes Canyon-Steelhead Falls Wilderness 

18 Study Area under subsection (a)— 

19 (A) is no longer subject to section 603(c) of 

20 the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 

21 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782(c)); and 

22 (B) shall be managed in accordance with— 

23 (i) this section; 


lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with BILLS
5 

•HR 2075 RS

1 (ii) the Federal Land Policy and Man2 agement Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et 

3 seq.); and 

4 (iii) any applicable resource manage5 ment plan. 

6 (2) MANAGEMENT.—The Secretary of the Interior 

7 shall manage the land excluded from the Deschutes 

8 Canyon-Steelhead Falls Wilderness Study Area under 

9 subsection (a) to improve fire resiliency and forest 

10 health, including the conduct of wildfire prevention 

11 and response activities, as appropriate. 

12 (3) OFF-ROAD RECREATIONAL MOTORIZED

13 USE.—The Secretary of the Interior shall not permit 

14 off-road recreational motorized use on the public land 

15 excluded from the Deschutes Canyon-Steelhead Falls 

16 Wilderness Study Area under subsection (a). 

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘An Act to adjust the 

eastern boundary of the Deschutes Canyon-Steelhead 

Falls Wilderness Study Area in the State of Oregon, and 

for other purposes.’’. 


lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with BILLS
Calendar No. 692 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2075 

AN ACT 

To adjust the eastern boundary of the Deschutes 

purposes. ties to protect private property, and for other to facilitate fire prevention and response activiWilderness Study Areas in the State of Oregon Canyon-Steelhead Falls and Deschutes Canyon 

NOVEMBER 29, 2018 

Reported with an amendment and an amendment to the 

title 


lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with BILLS