3.0.0 173 2023-01-11T13:46:42Z 2023-01-11T13:46:42Z Senate S 2021-02-02 117 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing sseg03 Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee Hearings by 2021-06-16T19:00:10Z Referred to 2021-02-02T20:43:54Z Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act 117 577 HR 2021-02-18 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. Related bill CRS 2022-05-03 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Failed to report favorably. Committee 2021-06-16 sseg03 Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. Committee 2021-02-02 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2021-02-02 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO N H000273 Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO] John Hickenlooper D CO W. 2021-02-02 True Public Lands and Natural Resources Administrative law and regulatory procedures Air quality Alternative and renewable resources Animal and plant health Climate change and greenhouse gases Coal Colorado Dams and canals Electric power generation and transmission Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Fires Forests, forestry, trees Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Historic sites and heritage areas Hunting and fishing Infrastructure development Insects Intergovernmental relations Land transfers Land use and conservation Livestock Mining Motor vehicles Oil and gas Outdoor recreation Parks, recreation areas, trails Pedestrians and bicycling Roads and highways Water storage Water use and supply Watersheds Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats Wildlife conservation and habitat protection Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2021-02-02 Introduced in Senate 2021-02-23T15:51:39Z Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act

This bill provides for the conservation of specified lands in Colorado.

Specifically, the bill designates

  • specified federal lands within the White River National Forest as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System,
  • the proposed Williams Fork Mountains Wilderness as a potential wilderness area,
  • the Tenmile Recreation Management Area,
  • the Porcupine Gulch Wildlife Conservation Area,
  • the Williams Fork Mountains Wildlife Conservation Area,
  • the Camp Hale National Historic Landscape,
  • the Sheep Mountain and Liberty Bell East Special Management Areas,
  • the Curecanti National Recreation Area, and
  • the interpretive site located beside U.S. Route 24 as the Sandy Treat Overlook.

The bill adjusts the boundary of the White River National Forest and the Rocky Mountain National Park Potential Wilderness.

The bill provides for the inclusion of additional federal lands in the National Wilderness Preservation System.

The bill provides for the cancellation of all Thompson Divide oil or gas leases.

The bill establishes the Greater Thompson Divide Fugitive Coal Mine Methane Use Pilot Program to promote the capture, beneficial use, mitigation, and sequestration of fugitive methane emissions to reduce methane emissions, improve air quality, and improve public safety, among other things.

]]> Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act Display Title Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for the designation of certain wilderness areas, recreation management areas, and conservation areas in the State of Colorado, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s173is/xml/BILLS-117s173is.xml 2022-05-03 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Failed to report favorably. 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.