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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7509 
To expand certain land administered by the Bureau of Land Management 
and Forest Service in the State of Oregon as wilderness and a national 
recreation area, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 14, 2022 
Mr. DEFAZIO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To expand certain land administered by the Bureau of Land 
Management and Forest Service in the State of Oregon 
as wilderness and a national recreation area, and for 
other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Wild Rogue Conserva-
tion and Recreation Enhancement Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
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(1) 
SECRETARY.—The 
term 
‘‘Secretary’’ 
means— 
(A) the Secretary of the Interior, with re-
spect to public land administered by the Sec-
retary of the Interior; or 
(B) the Secretary of Agriculture, with re-
spect to National Forest System land. 
(2) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 
of Oregon. 
SEC. 3. ROGUE CANYON NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, OR-
EGON. 
(a) DESIGNATION
OF ROGUE CANYON NATIONAL 
RECREATION AREA.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—For the purposes of pro-
tecting, conserving, and enhancing the unique and 
nationally important recreational, ecological, scenic, 
cultural, watershed, and fish and wildlife values of 
the areas, the area in the State described in para-
graph (2) is designated as a national recreation area 
for management by the Secretary in accordance with 
subsection (c). 
(2) ROGUE
CANYON
NATIONAL
RECREATION 
AREA.—The area described in this paragraph is the 
approximately 98,150 acres of Bureau of Land Man-
agement land within the boundary generally depicted 
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as the ‘‘Rogue Canyon National Recreation Area’’ 
on the map entitled ‘‘Rogue Canyon National Recre-
ation Area Wild Rogue Wilderness Additions’’ and 
dated November 19, 2019, which is designated as 
the ‘‘Rogue Canyon National Recreation Area’’. 
(b) MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall prepare a map and legal description of the na-
tional recreation area designated by subsection (a). 
(2) EFFECT.—The map and legal description 
prepared under paragraph (1) shall have the same 
force and effect as if included in this Act, except 
that the Secretary may correct any minor errors in 
the map and legal description. 
(3) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The map and legal 
description prepared under paragraph (1) shall be 
available for public inspection in the appropriate of-
fices of the Bureau of Land Management. 
(c) ADMINISTRATION.— 
(1) APPLICABLE LAW.—The Secretary shall ad-
minister the national recreation area designated by 
subsection (a)— 
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(A) in a manner that conserves, protects, 
and enhances the purposes for which the na-
tional recreation area is established; and 
(B) in accordance with— 
(i) this section; 
(ii) the Federal Land Policy and Man-
agement Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et 
seq.); and 
(iii) other applicable laws. 
(2) USES.—The Secretary shall only allow those 
uses of the national recreation area designated by 
subsection (a) that are consistent with the purposes 
for which the national recreation area is established. 
(3) WILDFIRE
RISK
ASSESSMENT.—Not later 
than 280 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary shall conduct a wildfire risk as-
sessment that covers— 
(A) the national recreation area designated 
by subsection (a); 
(B) the Wild Rogue Wilderness; and 
(C) any Federal land adjacent to an area 
described in subparagraph (A) or (B). 
(4) WILDFIRE MITIGATION PLAN.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date on which the wildfire risk assess-
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ment is conducted under paragraph (3), the 
Secretary shall develop a wildfire mitigation 
plan, based on the wildfire risk assessment, that 
identifies, evaluates, and prioritizes treatments 
and other management activities that can be 
implemented on the Federal land covered by the 
wildfire risk assessment (other than Federal 
land designated as a unit of the National Wil-
derness Preservation System) to mitigate wild-
fire risk to communities located near the appli-
cable Federal land. 
(B) PLAN
COMPONENTS.—The wildfire 
mitigation plan developed under subparagraph 
(A) shall include— 
(i) vegetation management projects 
(including mechanical treatments to reduce 
hazardous fuels and improve forest health 
and resiliency); 
(ii) evacuation routes for communities 
located near the applicable Federal land, 
which shall be developed in consultation 
with State and local fire agencies; and 
(iii) strategies for public dissemination 
of emergency evacuation plans and routes. 
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(C) APPLICABLE LAW.—The wildfire miti-
gation plan under subparagraph (A) shall be 
developed in accordance with— 
(i) this section; and 
(ii) any other applicable law. 
(5) ROAD CONSTRUCTION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B) or as the Secretary deter-
mines necessary for public safety, no new per-
manent or temporary roads shall be constructed 
(other than the repair and maintenance of ex-
isting roads) within the national recreation area 
designated by subsection (a). 
(B) TEMPORARY ROADS.—Consistent with 
the purposes of this Act, the Secretary may 
construct temporary roads within the national 
recreation area designated by subsection (a) to 
implement the wildfire mitigation plan devel-
oped under paragraph (4), unless the temporary 
road would be within an area designated as a 
unit of the National Wilderness Preservation 
System. 
(6) EFFECT
ON
WILDFIRE
MANAGEMENT.— 
Nothing in this section alters the authority of the 
Secretary (in cooperation with other Federal, State, 
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and local agencies, as appropriate) to conduct 
wildland fire operations within the national recre-
ation area designated by subsection (a), consistent 
with the purposes of this Act. 
(7) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing 
rights, all Federal surface and subsurface land with-
in the national recreation area designated by sub-
section (a) is withdrawn from all forms of— 
(A) entry, appropriation, or disposal under 
the public land laws; 
(B) location, entry, and patent under the 
mining laws; and 
(C) disposition under all laws pertaining to 
mineral leasing, geothermal leasing, or mineral 
materials. 
(8) NO EFFECT ON WILDERNESS AREAS.—Any 
wilderness area located within the national recre-
ation area designated by subsection (a) shall be ad-
ministered in accordance with the Wilderness Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.). 
(d) ADJACENT MANAGEMENT.—Nothing in this sec-
tion creates any protective perimeter or buffer zone 
around the national recreation area designated by sub-
section (a). 
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SEC. 4. EXPANSION OF WILD ROGUE WILDERNESS AREA. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en-
titled ‘‘Rogue Canyon National Recreation Area 
Wild Rogue Wilderness Additions’’ and dated No-
vember 19, 2019. 
(2) WILDERNESS ADDITIONS.—The term ‘‘Wil-
derness additions’’ means the land added to the Wild 
Rogue Wilderness under subsection (b)(1). 
(b) EXPANSION
OF
WILD
ROGUE
WILDERNESS 
AREA.— 
(1) EXPANSION.—The approximately 59,512 
acres of Federal land in the State generally depicted 
on the map as ‘‘Proposed Wilderness’’ shall be 
added to and administered as part of the Wild 
Rogue Wilderness in accordance with the Endan-
gered American Wilderness Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 
1132 note; Public Law 95–237), except that— 
(A) the Secretary of the Interior and the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall administer the 
Federal land under their respective jurisdiction; 
and 
(B) any reference in that Act to the Sec-
retary of Agriculture shall be considered to be 
a reference to the Secretary of Agriculture or 
the Secretary of the Interior, as applicable. 
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(2) MAP; LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall prepare a map and legal description 
of the wilderness area designated by paragraph 
(1). 
(B) FORCE OF LAW.—The map and legal 
description filed under subparagraph (A) shall 
have the same force and effect as if included in 
this section, except that the Secretary may cor-
rect typographical errors in the map and legal 
description. 
(C) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The map and 
legal description filed under subparagraph (A) 
shall be on file and available for public inspec-
tion in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of 
Land Management and Forest Service. 
(3) FIRE, INSECTS, AND DISEASE.—The Sec-
retary may take such measures within the Wilder-
ness additions as the Secretary determines to be 
necessary for the control of fire, insects, and disease, 
in accordance with section 4(d)(1) of the Wilderness 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(1)). 
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(4) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing 
rights, the Wilderness additions are withdrawn from 
all forms of— 
(A) entry, appropriation, or disposal under 
the public land laws; 
(B) location, entry, and patent under the 
mining laws; and 
(C) disposition under all laws pertaining to 
mineral leasing, geothermal leasing, or mineral 
materials. 
(5) TRIBAL
RIGHTS.—Nothing in this sub-
section alters, modifies, enlarges, diminishes, or ab-
rogates the treaty rights of any Indian Tribe. 
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