3.0.0 3144 2022-12-30T08:33:20Z 2023-01-01T23:44:50Z Senate S 2021-11-03 117 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing sseg03 Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee Hearings by 2022-06-07T19:00:20Z Referred to 2021-11-03T15:39:16Z 2022-06-07 sseg03 Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. Committee 2021-11-03 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2021-11-03 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR N W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2021-11-03 True Public Lands and Natural Resources Community life and organization Ecology Economic development Fires Forests, forestry, trees Historical and cultural resources Intergovernmental relations Land transfers Land use and conservation Livestock Monuments and memorials Oregon Roads and highways Wildlife conservation and habitat protection Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2021-11-03 Introduced in Senate 2022-04-13T14:21:36Z Sutton Mountain and Painted Hills Area Wildfire Resiliency Preservation and Economic Enhancement Act

This bill establishes the Sutton Mountain National Monument and authorizes land exchanges in Oregon.

The bill establishes the monument, consisting of an Upper Unit and a Lower Unit, to

  • increase the wildfire resiliency of Sutton Mountain and the surrounding area; and
  • conserve, protect, and enhance the long-term ecological health of the mountain and the surrounding area for present and future generations.

The Department of the Interior shall develop a comprehensive management plan for the long-term conservation and management of the monument that fulfills such purposes.

Interior shall conduct a wildfire risk assessment of the monument. Interior shall develop, based on the wildfire risk assessment, a wildfire mitigation plan that identifies, evaluates, and prioritizes management activities that can be implemented in the Lower Unit to mitigate wildfire risk to structures and communities located near the monument.

Interior shall develop a comprehensive transportation plan for the monument.

The bill authorizes the exchange of federal and nonfederal lands involving the Bureau of Land Management.

Interior shall acquire, for approximately equal value, any land and interests in land owned by Oregon within the monument in exchange for

  • the conveyance of federal land or federal mineral interests that are outside the boundaries of the monument,
  • a payment to Oregon, or
  • a combination of such methods.
]]> Sutton Mountain and Painted Hills Area Wildfire Resiliency Preservation and Economic Enhancement Act Display Title Sutton Mountain and Painted Hills Area Wildfire Resiliency Preservation and Economic Enhancement Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Sutton Mountain and Painted Hills Area Wildfire Resiliency Preservation and Economic Enhancement Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish the Sutton Mountain National Monument, to authorize certain land exchanges in the State of Oregon, to convey certain Bureau of Land Management land in the State of Oregon to the city of Mitchell, Oregon, and Wheeler County, Oregon, for conservation, economic, and community development purposes, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s3144is/xml/BILLS-117s3144is.xml 2022-06-07 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. 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.