US SB2991 | 2015-2016 | 114th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on May 25 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-09-22 - Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on May 25 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-09-22 - Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Methow Headwaters Protection Act of 2016 This bill withdraws approximately 340,079 acres of federal land and interests in land located within the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest in the state of Washington from: entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and disposition under the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws. Any land or interest in land within the Proposed Withdrawal area acquired by the United States shall, upon acquisition, be immediately withdrawn in accordance with this bill.
Title
Methow Headwaters Protection Act of 2016
Sponsors
Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA] | Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2016-09-22 | Senate | Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. |
2016-05-25 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. |
Subjects
Forests, forestry, trees
Lakes and rivers
Land transfers
Mining
Public lands and natural resources
Washington State
Lakes and rivers
Land transfers
Mining
Public lands and natural resources
Washington State
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2991/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s2991/BILLS-114s2991is.pdf |