Protecting America's Wilderness and Public Lands Act

Bill: 117-hr-803
Sponsor: Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]
Introduced: 2021-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Aquatic ecology
Archaeology and anthropology
Arizona
Aviation and airports
California
Caribbean area
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Coal
Colorado
Congressional oversight
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Ecology
Economic development
Electric power generation and transmission
Endangered and threatened species
Energy research
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Fires
Floods and storm protection
Forests, forestry, trees
Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Historical and cultural resources
Horticulture and plants
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Indian lands and resources rights
Lakes and rivers
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Licensing and registrations
Livestock
Maine
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Massachusetts
Military education and training
Military facilities and property
Military history
Military personnel and dependents
Military readiness
Mining
Monuments and memorials
National Guard and reserves
North Carolina
Oregon
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Pedestrians and bicycling
Pest management
Product development and innovation
Public contracts and procurement
Public utilities and utility rates
Public-private cooperation
Research and development
Seashores and lakeshores
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands
Virginia
Washington State
Water quality
Water use and supply
Watersheds
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: 

Colorado Wilderness Act of 2021
 

This bill designates specified lands in Colorado managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) or the Forest Service as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. 
 
The bill designates specified lands in Colorado administered by the BLM, the National Park Service, and Bureau of Reclamation as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Such lands shall be incorporated into the West Elk Wilderness. 
 
The Department of the Interior may continue authorizing competitive running events currently permitted in the Redcloud Peak Wilderness and Handies Peak Wilderness Areas. 
 
The Colorado Army National Guard, through the High-Altitude Army National Guard Aviation Training Site, may conduct aerial navigation training maneuver exercises over the wilderness areas designated by this bill. 
 
The bill designates specified lands managed by the BLM as (1) potential wilderness areas, and (2) the Pisgah East Wilderness and the Pisgah West Wilderness upon publication by Interior of a notice in the Federal Register that all nonconforming uses of such lands authorized by this bill have ceased.
 
The bill provides for the securing, adjudication, and use of U.S. water rights for certain of the wilderness areas designated by this bill.
 
The Department of Defense shall conduct a study on the impacts that the expansion of wilderness designations in the Western United States would have on the readiness of the U.S. Armed Forces with respect to aviation training.

action_date: 2021-02-26
text: 

Protecting America's Wilderness and Public Lands Act

 
This bill provides for the preservation, conservation, and recreational use of public lands, including in Arizona, California, Maine, North Carolina, Oregon, Virginia, Washington, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
 
In Colorado, the bill designates wilderness, potential wilderness, a recreation management area, wildlife conservation areas, a national historic landscape, and special management areas and establishes the Greater Thompson Divide Fugitive Coal Mine Methane Use Pilot Program, the Fugitive Methane Emission Leasing Program, and a recreation area.
 
In California, the bill 
 
 
establishes a recreation area, partnerships, and a special management area; 
 
designates a trail, wilderness, potential wilderness, and wild, scenic, and recreational rivers; 
 
establishes a special conservation management area;
 
establishes the San Gabriel National Recreation Area Public Advisory Council and the San Gabriel National Recreation Area Partnership; and 
 
 adds specified areas to the Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park. 
 
 
In Washington, the bill designates wilderness and wild, scenic, and recreational rivers.
 
In Arizona and Oregon, the bill withdraws specified federal lands.
 
In North Carolina and Virginia, the bill requires a study of designating an area as the Great Dismal Swamp National Heritage Area.
 
In Maine, the bill designates a recreational river.
 
In the U.S. Virgin Islands, the bill establishes a heritage area.
 
In Virginia, the bill adds certain lands to Rough Mountain and Rich Hole Wildernesses.
 
The bill extends the Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission until September 26, 2028.
 
The bill establishes an outdoor recreation legacy partnership grant program.
 
The bill establishes a National Heritage Area System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-02-26
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2021-02-26
text: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 227 - 200 (Roll no. 45).
action_date: 2021-02-26
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 227 - 200 (Roll no. 45).
action_date: 2021-02-26
text: On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 204 - 221 (Roll no. 44).
action_date: 2021-02-26
text: The previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered pursuant clause 2(b) of rule XIX.
action_date: 2021-02-26
text: Mr. Westerman moved to recommit to the Committee on Natural Resources. (text: CR H760)
action_date: 2021-02-26
text: The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
action_date: 2021-02-26
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2021-02-26
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2021-02-26
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2021-02-26
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H757-761)
action_date: 2021-02-26
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - Pursuant to clause 1(c) of Rule XIX, further consideration of H.R. 803 is postponed.
action_date: 2021-02-26
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Neguse amendment en bloc No.2, the Chair put the question on the adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Westerman demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
action_date: 2021-02-26
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 147, the House proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Neguse en bloc amendment No. 2.
action_date: 2021-02-26
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Curtis amendment, the Chair put the question on the adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Curtis demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
action_date: 2021-02-26
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 147, the House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Curtis amendment No. 3.
action_date: 2021-02-26
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Neguse amendment en bloc No.1, the Chair put the question on the adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Westerman demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
action_date: 2021-02-26
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 147, the House proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Neguse en bloc amendment No. 1.
action_date: 2021-02-26
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H737-757)
action_date: 2021-02-25
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - Pursuant to clause 1(c) of Rule 19, further consideration of H.R.803 is postponed.
action_date: 2021-02-25
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 803.
action_date: 2021-02-25
text: Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 803 and H.R. 5. Rule provides for 1 hour of general debate on H.R. 803 and one motion to recommit. Rule provides for 90 minutes of general debate on H.R. 5 and one motion to recommit.
action_date: 2021-02-25
text: Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 147. (consideration: CR H661-702; text: CR H661-693)
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 147 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 803 and H.R. 5. Rule provides for 1 hour of general debate on H.R. 803 and one motion to recommit. Rule provides for 90 minutes of general debate on H.R. 5 and one motion to recommit.
action_date: 2021-02-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House