HR 2546 · 116th Congress · Public Lands and Natural Resources

Protecting America’s Wilderness Act

Introduced 2019-05-07· Sponsored by Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]· House

Bill Progress

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Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.(2020-02-13)

Recorded Votes

PassedHouse · 2020-02-12
Roll #69
Yea 231Nay 183
Democrats
225 Yea·0 Nay
Republicans
6 Yea·182 Nay
PassedHouse · 2020-02-12
Roll #69
Yea 231Nay 183
Democrats
225 Yea·0 Nay
Republicans
6 Yea·182 Nay
FailedHouse · 2020-02-12
Roll #68
Yea 199Nay 215
Democrats
11 Yea·214 Nay
Republicans
187 Yea·1 Nay

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Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Colorado Wilderness Act of 2019 This bill designates specified lands in Colorado managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) or the Forest Service as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. The bill designates specified lands in Colorado administered by the BLM, the National Park Service, and Bureau of Reclamation as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Such lands shall be incorporated into the West Elk Wilderness. The Department of the Interior may continue authorizing competitive running events currently permitted in the Redcloud Peak Wilderness and Handies Peak Wilderness Areas. The Colorado Army National Guard, through the High-Altitude Army National Guard Aviation Training Site, may conduct aerial navigation training maneuver exercises over the wilderness areas designated by this bill. The bill designates specified lands managed by the BLM as (1) potential wilderness areas, and (2) the Deep Creek Wilderness and the Pisgah Mountain Wilderness upon publication by Interior of a notice in the Federal Register that all nonconforming uses of such lands authorized by this bill have ceased. The bill provid…

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CBO Cost Estimate

Congressional Budget Office

H.R. 2546, Colorado Wilderness Act of 2019

Jan 29, 2020

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on November 20, 2019

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Cosponsors (1)

1 Democrat