[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 18, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S1249]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4533. Mr. WYDEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1383, to establish the Veterans Advisory Committee 
on Equal Access, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. EXPANSION OF WILD ROGUE WILDERNESS AREA, OREGON.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Map.--The term ``map'' means the map entitled ``Rogue 
     Canyon Recreation Area Wild Rogue Wilderness Additions'' and 
     dated November 19, 2019.
       (2) 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.
       (3) Wilderness additions.--The term ``Wilderness 
     additions'' means the land added to the Wild Rogue Wilderness 
     under subsection (b)(1).
       (b) Expansion of Wild Rogue Wilderness Area.--
       (1) Expansion.--The approximately 59,512 acres of Federal 
     land in the State of Oregon 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--
       (A) the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of 
     Agriculture shall administer the Federal land under their 
     respective jurisdiction; and
       (B) 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.
       (2) Map; legal description.--
       (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 the wilderness area designated by 
     paragraph (1).
       (B) Force of law.--The map and legal description filed 
     under subparagraph (A) shall have the same force and effect 
     as if included in this section, except that the Secretary may 
     correct typographical errors in the map and legal 
     description.
       (C) Public availability.--The map and legal description 
     filed under subparagraph (A) shall be on file and available 
     for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the 
     Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service.
       (3) 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)).
       (4) Withdrawal.--Subject to valid existing rights, the 
     Wilderness additions are 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) disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral 
     leasing, geothermal leasing, or mineral materials.
       (5) Tribal rights.--Nothing in this subsection alters, 
     modifies, enlarges, diminishes, or abrogates the treaty 
     rights of any Indian Tribe.
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