US Congress House Bill 2135 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 60-0)
Status: Introduced on April 25 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-05-02 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Federal Lands Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act This bill designates specified National Forest System lands, National Park System lands, and public lands in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness and as components or additions to existing components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. The bill also designates specified federal lands as biological connecting corridors and as special corridor management areas. The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act is amended to designate segments of specified rivers and creeks in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. The bill designates specified areas as wildland recovery areas. The Department of Agriculture shall develop a wildland recovery plan for each recovery area. A specified panel of independent scientists shall study roadless lands greater than 1,000 acres that are within the National Forest System in the Wild Rockies bioregion in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, or Wyoming and that are not designated as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System for their role in maintaining biological diversity in the Northern Rockies and as part of the overall forest reserve system. Any new road construction or reconstruction or timber harvest is prohibited in those lands after the evaluation without an Act of Congress. Oil or gas leasing, mining, or other development which impairs the natural and roadless qualities of the land is also prohibited. The Department of the Interior may apply the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act in carrying out this bill.

Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act

Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]
Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]
Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Lisa Rochester [D-DE]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]
Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. Charlie Crist [D-FL]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]
Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]
Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]	Rep. Vicente Gonzalez [D-TX]	Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]
Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]
Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]
Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]
Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]	Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]
Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]
Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Al Lawson [D-FL]	Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-05-02	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
2017-04-25	House	Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
2017-04-25	House	Introduced in House

SB936 (Related) 2017-04-25 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/2135/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr2135/BILLS-115hr2135ih.pdf