3.0.0 3329 2020-01-29T20:34:56Z 2020-01-29T20:34:56Z Senate S S 2012-06-21 112 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2012-06-21T18:30:38Z Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 2012 112 5995 HR 2012-06-29 Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands. Identical bill CRS 2012-06-21 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2012-06-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA N Public Lands and Natural Resources Forests, forestry, trees Washington State Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2012-06-21 Introduced in Senate 2012-07-20T22:08:22Z Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 2012 - Designates certain federal land in the Olympic National Forest in the state of Washington as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Designates certain other land, identified on the same map as such proposed areas, as potential wilderness.

Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate as wild, scenic, or recreational rivers specified segments of the following rivers in the state of Washington:

  • Elwha River;
  • Dungeness River;
  • Big Quilcene River;
  • Dosewallips River;
  • Duckabush River;
  • Hamma Hamma River;
  • South Fork Skokomish River;
  • Middle Fork Satsop River;
  • West Fork Satsop River;
  • Wynoochee River;
  • East Fork Humptulips River;
  • West Fork Humptulips River;
  • Quinault River;
  • Queets River;
  • Hoh River;
  • Bogachiel River;
  • South Fork Calawah River;
  • Sol Duc River; and
  • Lyre River.

Withdraws the federal land within the boundaries of the designated river segments from: (1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) disposition under all laws relating to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials.

]]> Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 2012 Short Titles as Introduced Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 2012 Display Title Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 2012 Official Title as Introduced A bill to designate and expand wilderness areas in Olympic National Forest in the State of Washington, and to designate certain rivers in Olympic National Forest and Olympic National Park as wild and scenic rivers, and for other purpose. Introduced in Senate 2012-06-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s3329is/xml/BILLS-112s3329is.xml 2012-06-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.