US Congress Senate Bill 2991 (Prior Session Legislation)

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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]

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in land within the Proposed Withdrawal area acquired by the United States shall, upon acquisition, be immediately withdrawn in accordance with this bill.

Methow Headwaters Protection Act of 2016

Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]

Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA]

Date	Chamber	Action
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.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2991/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s2991/BILLS-114s2991is.pdf