118th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 440Oregon Recreation Enhancement Act

A bill to designate certain land administered by the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service in the State of Oregon as wilderness and national recreation areas, to withdraw certain land located in Curry County and Josephine County, Oregon, from all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws, location, entry, and patent under the mining laws, and operation under the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws, and for other purposes.

Public lands and natural resources
Introduced Feb 15, 2023
Last action Jul 11, 2023
Pipeline · Bill → Law
Step 1
Introduced
Feb 15, 2023
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Referred
Feb 15, 2023
Energy and Natural Resources
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Committee
May 17, 2023
Reported out
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Senate
Jul 11, 2023
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House floor
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Resolve Changes
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Signed
SummaryCRS Summary

This bill designates specified Bureau of Land Management land in Oregon as the Rogue Canyon and Molalla Recreation Areas and adds approximately 59,512 acres of federal land to the Wild Rogue Wilderness. The Department of the Interior, for public land, and the Department of Agriculture (USDA), for National Forest System land, must conduct a wildfire risk assessment that covers the recreation areas, the Wild Rogue Wilderness, and any adjacent federal land. Interior and USDA must develop plans to mitigate wildfire risk to communities located near the land. No new permanent or temporary roads shall be constructed within the recreation areas except as necessary for public safety or to implement...

Provisions · 5 sectionsReported to Senate
Timeline · 5 actions
Jul 11, 2023
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin without amendment. With written report No. 118-51.
Jul 11, 2023
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 123.
May 17, 2023
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Feb 15, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Feb 15, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.