Chetco River Protection Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6546
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2018-07-26
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land use and conservation

Oregon

Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Latest action: action_date: 2018-08-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-07-26
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Chetco River Protection Act of 2018</b></p> <p> This bill amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to make corrections to the segment designations for the Chetco River, Oregon, including revising segment lengths. </p> <p>The bill withdraws the federal land within the boundaries of a certain segment of the Chetco River from: (1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) disposition under laws pertaining to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials. </p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6546 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 26, 2018 Mr. DeFazio (for himself, Mr. Huffman , Ms. Bonamici , and Mr. Blumenauer ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to make technical corrections to the segment designations for the Chetco River, Oregon.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Chetco River Protection Act of 2018 . 2. Technical Corrections to the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act Section 3(a)(69) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1274(a)(69) ) is amended— (1) by inserting before The 44.5-mile the following: (A) Designations ; (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) as clauses (i), (ii), and (iii), respectively; (3) in clause (i), as redesignated— (A) by striking 25.5-mile and inserting 27.5-mile ; and (B) by striking Boulder Creek at the Kalmiopsis Wilderness boundary and inserting Mislatnah Creek ; (4) in clause (ii), as redesignated— (A) by striking 8 and inserting 7.5 ; (B) by striking Boulder Creek and inserting Mislatnah Creek ; and (C) by striking Steel Bridge and inserting Eagle Creek ; (5) in clause (iii), as redesignated— (A) by striking 11 and inserting 9.5 ; and (B) by striking Steel Bridge and inserting Eagle Creek ; and (6) by adding at the end the following: (B) Withdrawal Subject to valid existing rights, the Federal land within the boundaries of the river segments designated by subparagraph (A), is withdrawn from all forms of— (i) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; (ii) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (iii) disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral leasing, geothermal leasing, or mineral materials. .