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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 Canyon- 
Steelhead Falls Wilderness Study Area in the State of 
Oregon to facilitate fire prevention and response activi-
ties in order to protect adjacent private property, and 
for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Crooked River Ranch 
Fire Protection Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Crooked River Ranch is an unincor-
porated community with a population of 5,000 resi-
dents. 
(2) The current lands located adjacent to Crook-
ed River Ranch are managed by the Bureau of Land 
Management and are classified as a Wilderness Study 
Area. 
(3) There is currently only one entrance/exit to 
the Crooked River Ranch. 
(4) Jefferson County and Crooked River Ranch 
have determined that the Wilderness Study Area 
lands are in the highest risk category for exposure to 
devastating wildfire due to overstocked juniper stands 
under the federally mandated and locally promul-
gated Jefferson County Community Wildfire Protec-
tion Plan (CWPP). 
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(5) The current Wilderness Study Area classi-
fication prevents mechanical fire prevention activities 
within the overstocked juniper stands. 
(6) Advancing this proposed legislation will 
greatly enhance the life and safety of people and 
property by reducing the extreme fire threat to these 
lands. 
SEC. 3. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT, DESCHUTES CANYON- 
STEELHEAD FALLS AND DESCHUTES CANYON 
WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS, OREGON. 
(a) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT REQUIRED.—The Sec-
retary of the Interior shall adjust the eastern boundary of 
the Deschutes Canyon-Steelhead Falls Wilderness Study 
Area and the Deschutes Canyon Wilderness Study Area in 
the State of Oregon to exclude approximately 832 acres, as 
depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Deschutes Canyon-Steelhead 
Falls Wilderness Study Area’’ and dated April 6, 2017, in 
order to facilitate fire prevention and response activities on 
the excluded public lands and adjacent private property. 
(b) EFFECT OF EXCLUSION.—Effective on the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the public lands to be excluded 
from the Deschutes Canyon-Steelhead Falls Wilderness 
Study Area and the Deschutes Canyon Wilderness Study 
Area pursuant to subsection (a) are no longer subject to 
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