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

Bill: 115-s-820
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2017-04-04
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: 2017-04-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-04-04
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill amends the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 to designate approximately 1,559,538 acres of land within Alaska in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System.

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 820 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 4, 2017 Mr. Markey (for himself, Mr. Bennet , Mr. Schumer , Mr. Blumenthal , Mr. Van Hollen , Mrs. Murray , Mr. Booker , Mr. Franken , Mrs. McCaskill , Ms. Cantwell , Mr. Wyden , Mr. Whitehouse , Mr. Peters , Ms. Baldwin , Mrs. Shaheen , Ms. Stabenow , Mr. Cardin , Mr. Udall , Mr. Merkley , Mr. Casey , Mr. Heinrich , Mr. Leahy , Mr. Murphy , Mr. Tester , Mr. Durbin , Mr. Sanders , Ms. Duckworth , Mr. Reed , Ms. Warren , Mrs. Gillibrand , Ms. Klobuchar , Mr. Nelson , Ms. Hassan , Mr. Carper , Mrs. Feinstein , Ms. Cortez Masto , Ms. Hirono , Mr. Brown , Ms. Harris , and Mr. Menendez ) 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.). .