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[H.R. 2794 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 457
117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 2794

                          [Report No. 117-634]

    To provide for the protection of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area 
   Wilderness and interconnected Federal lands and waters, including 
Voyageurs National Park, within the Rainy River Watershed in the State 
                 of Minnesota, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 22, 2021

 Ms. McCollum (for herself, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Lowenthal, Ms. Pingree, 
 Mr. Phillips, Ms. Omar, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Gallego, Mr. 
   Kildee, Mr. Neguse, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Barragan, Mr. Cohen, Mr. 
Casten, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Raskin, Ms. Norton, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. 
  Kind, Mr. Connolly, Ms. DeGette, Ms. Chu, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. Roybal-
  Allard, Mrs. Axne, Ms. Lee of California, Ms. Bush, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. 
Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Case, Ms. Slotkin, Mr. Nadler, Ms. DelBene, and 
   Mr. Garcia of Illinois) introduced the following bill; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

                           December 14, 2022

   Additional sponsors: Mr. Welch, Ms. Newman, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. 
    Jackson Lee, Mr. Rush, Mr. Carson, Ms. Brownley, Mr. Pocan, Mr. 
  Thompson of California, Mr. Levin of California, Ms. Stansbury, Mr. 
  Cartwright, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Aguilar, Mrs. Bustos, Mr. Tonko, Mr. 
Sherman, Ms. Dean, Mr. Lieu, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. 
                         Courtney, and Ms. Ross

                           December 14, 2022

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
 [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 
                               22, 2021]


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                                 A BILL


 
    To provide for the protection of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area 
   Wilderness and interconnected Federal lands and waters, including 
Voyageurs National Park, within the Rainy River Watershed in the State 
                 of Minnesota, and for other purposes.


 


    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Boundary Waters Wilderness 
Protection and Pollution Prevention Act''.

SEC. 2. WITHDRAWAL OF CERTAIN FEDERAL LANDS AND WATERS IN THE STATE OF 
              MINNESOTA.

    (a) Definition of Map.--In this Act, the term ``Map'' means the map 
prepared by the Forest Service entitled ``Superior National Forest 
Mineral Withdrawal Application Map'' and dated December 5, 2016.
    (b) Withdrawal.--Except as provided in subsection (d) and subject 
to valid existing rights, the approximately 234,328 acres of Federal 
land and waters in the Rainy River Watershed of the Superior National 
Forest in the State of Minnesota, as located on the Map and described 
in the Federal Register Notice of Application for Withdrawal, dated 
January 19, 2017 (82 Fed. Reg. 6639), are hereby withdrawn from--
            (1) all forms of entry, appropriation, and disposal under 
        the public land laws;
            (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and
            (3) operation of the mineral leasing, mineral materials, 
        and geothermal leasing laws.
    (c) Acquired Land.--Any land or interest in land within the area 
depicted on the Map that is acquired by the United States after the 
date of enactment of this Act shall, on acquisition, be immediately 
withdrawn in accordance with this section.
    (d) Removal of Sand, Gravel, Granite, Iron Ore, and Taconite.--The 
Chief of the Forest Service is authorized to permit the removal of 
sand, gravel, granite, iron ore, and taconite from national forest 
system lands within the area depicted on the Map if the Chief 
determines that the removal is not detrimental to the water quality, 
air quality, and health of the forest habitat within the Rainy River 
Watershed.
    (e) Availability of Map.--The Map shall be kept on file and made 
available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the 
Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 457

117th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 2794

                          [Report No. 117-634]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

    To provide for the protection of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area 
   Wilderness and interconnected Federal lands and waters, including 
Voyageurs National Park, within the Rainy River Watershed in the State 
                 of Minnesota, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           December 14, 2022

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed