Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act

3.0.0 2765 2025-12-05T08:04:35Z 2025-12-05T08:04:35Z House H HR 2023-04-20 118 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2765 <pre>[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 66 (Thursday, April 20, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. KILMER:H.R. 2765.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, clause 1 provides Congress with thepower to ``lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts andExcises'' in order to ``provide for the . . . general Welfareof the United States.''The single subject of this legislation is:To designate and expand wilderness areas in OlympicNational Forest in the State of Washington, and to designatecertain rivers in Olympic National Forest and OlympicNational Park as wild and scenic rivers, and for otherpurposes.[Page H1911]</pre> hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee Referred to 2023-05-08T20:21:42Z Referred To 2023-04-20T13:00:50Z Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act 118 1254 S 2024-06-18 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 421. Identical bill CRS 2023-05-08 hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. Committee 2023-04-20 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2023-04-20 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2023-04-20 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress K000381 Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] Derek Kilmer D WA 6 N Public Lands and Natural Resources Forests, forestry, trees 2023-05-10T19:00:20Z Lakes and rivers 2023-05-10T19:00:20Z Washington State 2023-05-10T19:00:20Z Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats 2023-05-10T19:00:20Z Public Lands and Natural Resources 2023-05-04T13:15:17Z

00 2023-04-20 Introduced in House 2023-11-15T21:02:12Z Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act This bill designates (1) certain federal land in the Olympic National Forest in the state of Washington as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System; and (2) certain other land, identified on the same map as such proposed areas, as potential wilderness. The bill designates as wild, scenic, or recreational rivers specified segments of the following rivers in the state of Washington <ul> <li>Elwha River,</li> <li>Dungeness River,</li> <li>Big Quilcene River,</li> <li>Dosewallips River,</li> <li>Duckabush River,</li> <li>Hamma Hamma River,</li> <li>South Fork Skokomish River,</li> <li>Middle Fork Satsop River,</li> <li>West Fork Satsop River,</li> <li>Wynoochee River,</li> <li>East Fork Humptulips River,</li> <li>West Fork Humptulips River,</li> <li>Quinault River,</li> <li>Queets River,</li> <li>Hoh River,</li> <li>Bogachiel River,</li> <li>South Fork Calawah River,</li> <li>Sol Duc River, and</li> <li>Lyre River.</li> </ul> The Department of Agriculture may take necessary measures to control fire, insects, and diseases in the wilderness areas designated by this bill.

Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act Display Title 45 Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act 2024-07-24T15:22:33Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act 2024-05-24T13:40:39Z Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced 6 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 purposes. 2024-03-18T20:39:32Z Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118hr2765ih/xml/BILLS-118hr2765ih.xml 2023-05-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. 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.