A bill to designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness.

Bill: 114-s-2341
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2015-12-02
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alaska

Arctic and polar regions

Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Latest action: action_date: 2015-12-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-12-02
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill amends the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 to designate a specified portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System under the Wilderness Act. </p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2341 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 2, 2015 Mr. Bennet (for himself, Mr. Markey , Ms. Cantwell , Mr. Reid , Mr. Durbin , Mr. Udall , Mrs. McCaskill , Mr. Whitehouse , Mr. Franken , Mr. Wyden , Mrs. Murray , Mr. Cardin , Mr. Heinrich , Mrs. Boxer , Mrs. Shaheen , Ms. Baldwin , Mr. Merkley , Ms. Stabenow , Mr. Schatz , Mr. Booker , Mr. Reed , Mr. Peters , Mr. Leahy , Ms. Klobuchar , Ms. Warren , Mr. Blumenthal , Mr. Schumer , Ms. Mikulski , Mr. Brown , Mr. Sanders , Mr. Menendez , Mr. Murphy , Mr. Tester , and Ms. Hirono ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works A BILL To designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness.

1. Designation of portion of Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness Section 4 of the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 ( 16 U.S.C. 668dd ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (p) Designation of certain land as wilderness Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska comprising approximately 1,559,538 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Coastal Plain Proposed Wilderness , dated October 20, 2015, labeled with Map ID 03-0172, and available for inspection in the offices of the Secretary, is designated as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System under the Wilderness Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq. ). .