Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act

Bill: 118-s-1634
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2023-05-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Animal and plant health
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Coal
Colorado
Dams and canals
Electric power generation and transmission
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Fires
Forests, forestry, trees
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Hunting and fishing
Infrastructure development
Insects
Intergovernmental relations
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Livestock
Mining
Motor vehicles
Oil and gas
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Pedestrians and bicycling
Roads and highways
Water storage
Water use and supply
Watersheds
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: 

Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act

 
This bill provides for the conservation of specified lands in Colorado. 
 
Specifically, the bill designates
 
 
specified federal lands within the White River National Forest as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System,
 
the proposed Williams Fork Mountains Wilderness as a potential wilderness area,
 
 the Spraddle Creek Wildlife Conservation Area, 
 
the Porcupine Gulch Wildlife Conservation Area,
 
the Williams Fork Mountains Wildlife Conservation Area,
 
the Sheep Mountain and Liberty Bell East Special Management Areas, 
 
the Curecanti National Recreation Area, and
 
the interpretive site located beside U.S. Route 24 as the Sandy Treat Overlook.
 
 
The bill adjusts the boundary of the White River National Forest and the Rocky Mountain National Park Potential Wilderness. 
 
The bill provides for the inclusion of additional federal lands in the National Wilderness Preservation System.
 
The bill provides for the cancellation of all Thompson Divide oil or gas leases.
 
The bill establishes the Greater Thompson Divide Fugitive Coal Mine Methane Use Pilot Program to promote the capture, beneficial use, mitigation, and sequestration of fugitive methane emissions to reduce methane emissions, improve air quality, and improve public safety, among other things.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-24
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 524.
action_date: 2024-09-24
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with amendments. With written report No. 118-231.
action_date: 2024-09-24
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with amendments. With written report No. 118-231.
action_date: 2023-12-14
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-285.
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in Senate