3.0.0 1839 2023-01-11T13:25:17Z 2023-01-11T13:25:17Z House H HR 2013-05-06 113 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. TIPTON:H.R. 1839.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I. Section 8 of the United States Constitution: tomake rules for the government and regulation of land.[Page H2437]]]> hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii06 Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee Discharged from 2014-09-18T19:35:39Z Referred to 2013-05-08T20:16:34Z hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee Hearings by 2014-03-06T18:09:17Z Referred to 2013-05-08T20:16:47Z Reported by 2014-12-22T21:58:00Z Markup by 2014-09-18T19:35:44Z Referred to 2013-05-06T16:01:15Z H. Rept. 113-693 Hermosa Creek Watershed Protection Act of 2014 113 841 S 2014-12-10 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 632. Related bill CRS Related bill House 2014-12-22 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 524. Calendars H12410 2 House floor actions U00524 2014-12-22 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-693. Committee H12200 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2014-12-22 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-693. Committee 5000 9 Library of Congress hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2014-09-18 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 1 House committee actions Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 18. Committee 2014-09-18 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2014-09-18 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged. Committee 2014-03-06 hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Hearings Held. Committee 2013-05-08 hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation. Committee 2013-05-08 hsii06 Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. Committee 2013-05-06 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2013-05-06 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2013-05-06 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress T000470 Rep. Tipton, Scott R. [R-CO-3] Scott Tipton R CO R. 3 N C001077 Rep. Coffman, Mike [R-CO-6] Mike Coffman R CO 6 2014-07-28 False Public Lands and Natural Resources Colorado Ecology Economic development Fishes Forests, forestry, trees Lakes and rivers Land transfers Land use and conservation Mining Outdoor recreation Parks, recreation areas, trails Roads and highways Water quality Water use and supply Watersheds Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2013-05-06 Introduced in House 2013-05-09T18:45:08Z Hermosa Creek Watershed Protection Act of 2013 - Designates specified federal lands in San Juan National Forest in Colorado as: (1) the Hermosa Creek Watershed and Protection Area, and (2) the Hermosa Creek Special Management Area.

Requires the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to develop a management plan for the long-term protection and management of the Special Management Area.

Designates specified land within the Protection Area as the Hermosa Creek Wilderness.

Directs the Secretary of the Interior, upon the expiration of a specified permit, to convey to La Plata County, Colorado, identified land managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in the Tres Rios District in Colorado.

Requires such land to be used only for public purposes consistent with the uses allowed under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act.

Requires the County to: (1) pay all survey costs and other administrative costs necessary for preparing and completing patents for, and transfers of title to, such land; and (2) agree in writing to pay administrative costs associated with such conveyance, including the costs of environmental, wildlife, cultural, or historical resources studies.

Releases the West Needles Contiguous Wilderness Study Area in San Juan County, Colorado, from further study for designation as wilderness.

]]> 17 2014-12-22 Reported to House with amendment(s) 2015-03-16T18:53:18Z Hermosa Creek Watershed Protection Act of 2014 - (Sec. 4) Permits specified federal lands in San Juan National Forest in Colorado to be called the Hermosa Creek Watershed and Protection Area.

(Sec. 5) Designates certain federal lands in a proposed watershed protection area in San Juan National Forest to be administered by the Department of Agriculture (USDA) as the Hermosa Creek Special Management Area.

Authorizes in the Special Management Area, subject to conditions, specified activities including: (1) the use of motorized vehicles and snowmobiles, and (2) grazing and other traditional economic activities. Prohibits an area identified as East Hermosa Area from having unauthorized new road construction, renovations of existing nonsystem roads, or commercial timber harvests.

Requires any land interests acquired by the United States within the Special Management Area to occur only through donation or exchange with written consent of the property owner.

Declares that nothing in this Act affects: (1) Colorado's fish and wildlife jurisdiction, or (2) management of water storage reservoirs.

Withdraws federal land within the Special Management Area from: (1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under mining laws; and (3) disposition under mineral leasing, geothermal leasing, or mineral materials laws.

Sets forth authority for the management of ski area permits, vegetation, wildfires, hazardous fuels, insects, and diseases in the Special Management Area.

Requires USDA, within three years after enactment of this Act, to develop a management plan for the long-term protection and management of the Special Management Area.

(Sec. 6) Prohibits designation of the Special Management Area from affecting water rights decreed under existing Colorado laws.

(Sec. 7) Designates certain San Juan National Forest land as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System to be known as Hermosa Creek Wilderness.

(Sec. 8) Withdraws federal land and mineral interests depicted on a map entitled "Perins Peak & Animas City Mountain, Horse Gulch and Lake Nighthorse Mineral Withdrawal" from certain acts under public land, mining, mineral, and geothermal laws. Permits USDA to convey that land to the city of Durango, the county of La Plata, or the state of Colorado pursuant to the Recreation and Public Purposes Act or by a legal exchange.

(Sec. 9) Directs the Department of the Interior, upon the expiration of a specified permit and upon the request and agreement of La Plata, to convey to La Plata identified land managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in the Tres Rios District in Colorado.

Directs Interior to require La Plata to pay administrative costs associated with such conveyance.

(Sec. 10) Designates certain San Juan County land as the Molas Pass Recreation Area. Authorizes snowmobiles in the area under specified conditions and requires USDA to authorize mountain biking and other recreational uses.

Designates as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System certain San Juan National Forest land depicted as "Weminuche Wilderness Addition" on a map entitled "West Needles Contiguous Wilderness Study Area." Transfers administrative jurisdiction of that land from the BLM to the Forest Service.

(Sec. 11) Declares that nothing in this Act restricts low-level overflights of military aircraft, flight testing and evaluation, special use airspace, or military flight training routes over wilderness areas.

]]> Hermosa Creek Watershed Protection Act of 2014 Display Title Hermosa Creek Watershed Protection Act of 2014 Short Titles as Introduced Hermosa Creek Watershed Protection Act of 2013 Short Titles as Reported to House Hermosa Creek Watershed Protection Act of 2014 H House Official Title as Introduced To designate certain Federal land in the San Juan National Forest in the State of Colorado as wilderness, and for other purposes. Reported in House 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr1839rh/xml/BILLS-113hr1839rh.xml Introduced in House 2013-05-06T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr1839ih/xml/BILLS-113hr1839ih.xml 2014-12-22 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 524. 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.