HR 5722 · 107th Congress · Public Lands and Natural Resources

To designate certain lands in Colorado as wilderness.

Introduced 2002-11-13· Sponsored by Rep. McInnis, Scott [R-CO-3]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.(2002-11-19)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Amends the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993, Public Law 96-560 (designating certain National Forest System lands in the State of Colorado for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System), and the American Wilderness Act of 1978 to designate specified lands in Acorn Creek, Gunnison, and Pitkin Counties, Colorado, as wilderness areas. Designates certain land in Eagle County, Colorado, as wilderness, the Red Table Mountain Wilderness Area (the "Area"). Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to allow for the maintenance of rights-of-way and access roads located within the Area in order to operate a transmission line or electrical power line. Withdraws all Federal lands within the Area from: (1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) the operation of the mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws. Permits continued aerial navigation training exercises by the Colorado Army National Guard in the Area. Declares that Congress does not intend for the establishment of protective perimeters or buffer zones around the Area. States that nothing in this Act shall be construed to: (…

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