[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 114 (Wednesday, July 10, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4419-S4420]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2184. Mr. WYDEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2025 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
       At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 10___. DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS AND NATIONAL RECREATION 
                   AREAS, OREGON.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means--
       (A) the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to public 
     land administered by the Secretary of the Interior; or
       (B) the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to National 
     Forest System land.
       (2) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of Oregon.
       (b) Rogue Canyon and Molalla Recreation Areas, Oregon.--
       (1) Designation of rogue canyon and molalla recreation 
     areas.--For the purposes of protecting, conserving, and 
     enhancing the unique and nationally important recreational, 
     ecological, scenic, cultural, watershed, and fish and 
     wildlife values of the areas, the following areas in the 
     State are designated as recreation areas for management by 
     the Secretary in accordance with paragraph (3):
       (A) Rogue canyon recreation area.--The approximately 98,150 
     acres of Bureau of Land Management land within the boundary 
     generally depicted as the ``Rogue Canyon Recreation Area'' on 
     the map entitled ``Rogue Canyon Recreation Area Wild Rogue 
     Wilderness Additions'' and dated November 19, 2019, which is 
     designated as the ``Rogue Canyon Recreation Area''.

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       (B) Molalla recreation area.--The approximately 29,884 
     acres of Bureau of Land Management land within the boundary 
     generally depicted on the map entitled ``Molalla Recreation 
     Area'' and dated September 26, 2018, which is designated as 
     the ``Molalla Recreation Area''.
       (2) Maps and legal descriptions.--
       (A) In general.--As soon as practicable after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall prepare a map and 
     legal description of each recreation area designated by 
     paragraph (1).
       (B) Effect.--The maps and legal descriptions prepared under 
     subparagraph (A) shall have the same force and effect as if 
     included in this subsection, except that the Secretary may 
     correct any minor errors in the maps and legal descriptions.
       (C) Public availability.--The maps and legal descriptions 
     prepared under subparagraph (A) shall be available for public 
     inspection in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land 
     Management.
       (3) Administration.--
       (A) Applicable law.--The Secretary shall administer each 
     recreation area designated by paragraph (1)--
       (i) in a manner that conserves, protects, and enhances the 
     purposes for which the recreation area is established; and
       (ii) in accordance with--

       (I) this subsection;
       (II) the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 
     U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and
       (III) other applicable laws.

       (B) Uses.--The Secretary shall only allow those uses of a 
     recreation area designated by paragraph (1) that are 
     consistent with the purposes for which the recreation area is 
     established.
       (C) Wildfire risk assessment.--Not later than 280 days 
     after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in 
     consultation with the Oregon Governor's Council on Wildfire 
     Response, shall conduct a wildfire risk assessment that 
     covers--
       (i) the recreation areas designated by paragraph (1);
       (ii) the Wild Rogue Wilderness; and
       (iii) any Federal land adjacent to an area described in 
     clause (i) or (ii).
       (D) Wildfire mitigation plan.--
       (i) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date on 
     which the wildfire risk assessment is conducted under 
     subparagraph (C), the Secretary shall develop a wildfire 
     mitigation plan, based on the wildfire risk assessment, that 
     identifies, evaluates, and prioritizes treatments and other 
     management activities that can be implemented on the Federal 
     land covered by the wildfire risk assessment (other than 
     Federal land designated as a unit of the National Wilderness 
     Preservation System) to mitigate wildfire risk to communities 
     located near the applicable Federal land.
       (ii) Plan components.--The wildfire mitigation plan 
     developed under clause (i) shall include--

       (I) vegetation management projects (including mechanical 
     treatments to reduce hazardous fuels and improve forest 
     health and resiliency);
       (II) evacuation routes for communities located near the 
     applicable Federal land, which shall be developed in 
     consultation with State and local fire agencies; and
       (III) strategies for public dissemination of emergency 
     evacuation plans and routes.

       (iii) Applicable law.--The wildfire mitigation plan under 
     clause (i) shall be developed in accordance with--

       (I) this subsection; and
       (II) any other applicable law.

       (E) Road construction.--
       (i) In general.--Except as provided in clause (ii) or as 
     the Secretary determines necessary for public safety, no new 
     permanent or temporary roads shall be constructed (other than 
     the repair and maintenance of existing roads) within a 
     recreation area designated by paragraph (1).
       (ii) Temporary roads.--Consistent with the purposes of this 
     section, the Secretary may construct temporary roads within a 
     recreation area designated by paragraph (1) to implement the 
     wildfire mitigation plan developed under subparagraph (D), 
     unless the temporary road would be within an area designated 
     as a unit of the National Wilderness Preservation System.
       (iii) Effect.--Nothing in this subparagraph affects the 
     administration by the Secretary of the Molalla Forest Road in 
     accordance with applicable resource management plans.
       (F) Effect on wildfire management.--Nothing in this 
     subsection alters the authority of the Secretary (in 
     cooperation with other Federal, State, and local agencies, as 
     appropriate) to conduct wildland fire operations within a 
     recreation area designated by paragraph (1), consistent with 
     the purposes of this subsection.
       (G) Withdrawal.--Subject to valid existing rights, all 
     Federal surface and subsurface land within a recreation area 
     designated by paragraph (1) is withdrawn from all forms of--
       (i) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land 
     laws;
       (ii) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and
       (iii) disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral 
     leasing, geothermal leasing, or mineral materials.
       (H) No effect on wilderness areas.--Any wilderness area 
     located within a recreation area designated by paragraph (1) 
     shall be administered in accordance with the Wilderness Act 
     (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.).
       (4) Adjacent management.--Nothing in this subsection 
     creates any protective perimeter or buffer zone around a 
     recreation area designated by paragraph (1) .
       (c) Expansion of Wild Rogue Wilderness Area.--
       (1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
       (A) Map.--The term ``map'' means the map entitled ``Rogue 
     Canyon Recreation Area Wild Rogue Wilderness Additions'' and 
     dated November 19, 2019.
       (B) Wilderness additions.--The term ``Wilderness 
     additions'' means the land added to the Wild Rogue Wilderness 
     under paragraph (2)(A).
       (2) Expansion of wild rogue wilderness area.--
       (A) Expansion.--The approximately 59,512 acres of Federal 
     land in the State generally depicted on the map as ``Proposed 
     Wilderness'' shall be added to and administered as part of 
     the Wild Rogue Wilderness in accordance with the Endangered 
     American Wilderness Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public 
     Law 95-237), except that--
       (i) the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of 
     Agriculture shall administer the Federal land under their 
     respective jurisdiction; and
       (ii) any reference in that Act to the Secretary of 
     Agriculture shall be considered to be a reference to the 
     Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior, as 
     applicable.
       (B) Map; legal description.--
       (i) In general.--As soon as practicable after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall prepare a map and 
     legal description of the wilderness area designated by 
     subparagraph (A).
       (ii) Force of law.--The map and legal description filed 
     under clause (i) shall have the same force and effect as if 
     included in this subsection, except that the Secretary may 
     correct typographical errors in the map and legal 
     description.
       (iii) Public availability.--The map and legal description 
     filed under clause (i) shall be on file and available for 
     public inspection in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of 
     Land Management and Forest Service.
       (C) Fire, insects, and disease.--The Secretary may take 
     such measures within the Wilderness additions as the 
     Secretary determines to be necessary for the control of fire, 
     insects, and disease, in accordance with section 4(d)(1) of 
     the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(1)).
       (D) Withdrawal.--Subject to valid existing rights, the 
     Wilderness additions are withdrawn from all forms of--
       (i) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land 
     laws;
       (ii) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and
       (iii) disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral 
     leasing, geothermal leasing, or mineral materials.
       (E) Tribal rights.--Nothing in this paragraph alters, 
     modifies, enlarges, diminishes, or abrogates the treaty 
     rights of any Indian Tribe.
       (d) Withdrawal of Federal Land, Curry County and Josephine 
     County, Oregon.--
       (1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
       (A) Eligible federal land.--The term ``eligible Federal 
     land'' means--
       (i) any federally owned land or interest in land depicted 
     on the Maps as within the Hunter Creek and Pistol River 
     Headwaters Withdrawal Proposal or the Rough and Ready and 
     Baldface Creeks Mineral Withdrawal Proposal; or
       (ii) any land or interest in land located within such 
     withdrawal proposals that is acquired by the Federal 
     Government after the date of enactment of this Act.
       (B) Maps.--The term ``Maps'' means--
       (i) the Bureau of Land Management map entitled ``Hunter 
     Creek and Pistol River Headwaters Withdrawal Proposal'' and 
     dated January 12, 2015; and
       (ii) the Bureau of Land Management map entitled ``Rough and 
     Ready and Baldface Creeks Mineral Withdrawal Proposal'' and 
     dated January 12, 2015.
       (2) Withdrawal.--Subject to valid existing rights, the 
     eligible Federal land is withdrawn from all forms of--
       (A) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land 
     laws;
       (B) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and
       (C) operation under the mineral leasing and geothermal 
     leasing laws.
       (3) Availability of maps.--Not later than 30 days after the 
     date of enactment of this Act, the Maps shall be made 
     available to the public at each appropriate office of the 
     Bureau of Land Management.
       (4) Existing uses not affected.--Except with respect to the 
     withdrawal under paragraph (2), nothing in this subsection 
     restricts recreational uses, hunting, fishing, forest 
     management activities, or other authorized uses allowed on 
     the date of enactment of this Act on the eligible Federal 
     land in accordance with applicable law.
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