3.0.0 1276 2023-03-08T20:12:14Z 2023-03-08T20:12:14Z Senate S 2021-04-21 117 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-04-21T17:17:54Z Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act 117 1755 HR 2021-05-12 Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States. Related bill CRS 2021-04-21 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2021-04-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI N B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2021-04-21 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2021-04-21 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2021-04-21 True H001076 Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] Maggie Hassan D NH 2021-04-21 True S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2021-04-21 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2021-04-21 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2021-04-21 True W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2021-04-21 True H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2021-04-21 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2021-04-27 False M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2021-06-08 False Public Lands and Natural Resources Advisory bodies Air quality Climate change and greenhouse gases Ecology Federal-Indian relations Fishes Forests, forestry, trees Freedom of information Government information and archives Historical and cultural resources Idaho Indian lands and resources rights Land transfers Land use and conservation Licensing and registrations Livestock Montana Oregon Parks, recreation areas, trails Roads and highways Washington State Water quality Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats Wildlife conservation and habitat protection Wyoming Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2021-04-21 Introduced in Senate 2021-08-05T13:47:16Z Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act

This bill designates specified National Forest System lands, National Park System lands, and public lands in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness and as components or additions to existing components of the National Wilderness Preservation System.

The bill also designates specified federal lands as biological connecting corridors and as special corridor management areas.

The Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) shall accept the donation of valid existing permits or leases authorizing grazing on specified public lands or National Forest System lands.

The bill designates segments of specified rivers and creeks in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.

The bill designates specified areas as wildland recovery areas. USDA shall develop a wildland recovery plan for each recovery area.

A panel of independent scientists shall study roadless lands greater than 1,000 acres that are within the National Forest System in the Wild Rockies bioregion in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, or Wyoming, but not designated as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, for their role in maintaining biological diversity. The bill prohibits road construction, timber harvest, oil or gas leasing, mining, or other development that impairs the natural and roadless qualities of the land.

]]> Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act Display Title Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to designate certain National Forest System land and certain public land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior in the States of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness, wild and scenic rivers, wildland recovery areas, and biological connecting corridors, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s1276is/xml/BILLS-117s1276is.xml 2021-04-21 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.