Copper Salmon Wilderness Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-3513
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2007-09-10 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Environmental Protection
Minorities
National forests
Native Americans
Oregon
Restoration ecology
Water Resources Development
Wild rivers
Wilderness areas

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-10
text: 
Copper Salmon Wilderness Act - Amends: (1) the Oregon Wilderness Act of 1984 to designate certain lands in Siskiyou National Forest as the &quot;Copper Salmon Wilderness&quot;; and (2) the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate specified segments of the North and South Forks of the Elk River in Oregon as wild or scenic rivers. 

action_date: 2008-04-22
text: 
Copper Salmon Wilderness Act of 2008 - Amends the Oregon Wilderness Act of 1984 to designate certain lands in Siskiyou National Forest as the &quot;Copper Salmon Wilderness.&quot;
 
Allows the Secretary of Agriculture, if the boundary of the Copper Salmon Wilderness shares a border with a road, to only establish an offset that is not more than 150 feet from the centerline of the road. 

 Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate specified segments of the North and South Forks of the Elk River in Oregon as wild or scenic rivers. 

Prohibits anything in this Act from being construed as diminishing any right of any Indian tribe. 

Directs the Secretary to seek to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Coquille Indian tribe regarding access to the Copper Salmon Wilderness to conduct historical and cultural activities. 

Designates certain National Forest System land in Oregon, which is administered as part of the Siskiyou National Forest, as a potential wilderness area for eventual inclusion in the Copper Salmon Wilderness.

Requires the Secretary to manage the potential wilderness area as wilderness until it is designated as wilderness. 

Authorizes, for the purposes of implementing a specified planned ecological restoration, the use of motorized equipment and mechanized transport in the potential wilderness area. 

Declares that the potential wilderness area shall be designated as wilderness on the earlier of: (1) the date on which the Secretary publishes in the Federal Register the notice that the conditions in the area that are incompatible with the Wilderness Act have been removed; and (2) the date that is ten years after the enactment of this Act. 

Requires the potential wilderness area upon its designation as wilderness to be incorporated into the Copper Salmon Wilderness.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-23
text: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 712.
action_date: 2008-04-22
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2008-04-22
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2496)
action_date: 2008-04-22
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H2496)
action_date: 2008-04-22
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3513.
action_date: 2008-04-22
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2496-2497)
action_date: 2008-04-22
text: Mr. Rahall moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 365.
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 110-591.
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 110-591.
action_date: 2008-04-02
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2008-04-02
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2008-04-02
text: Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Discharged.
action_date: 2007-11-13
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2007-09-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2007-09-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-09-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-10
text: Introduced in House