Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act

Bill: 116-hr-5999
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
Introduced: 2020-02-27
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: 2020-03-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-02-27
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p> <b>Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act </b></p> <p>This bill designates approximately 1,559,538 acres of land within Alaska in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5999 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 27, 2020 Mr. Huffman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To preserve the Arctic coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, as wilderness in recognition of its extraordinary natural ecosystems and for the permanent good of present and future generations of Americans.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act . 2. Designation of additional wilderness, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska (a) Designation Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 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 of the Interior, is designated as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System under the Wilderness Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.). (b) Administration The Secretary of the Interior shall administer the area designated as wilderness by subsection (a) in accordance with the Wilderness Act as part of the wilderness area already in existence within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as of the date of the enactment of this Act.