US Congress House Bill 2488 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Introduced on June 25 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-06-28 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Rogue Wilderness Area Expansion Act - Adds specified federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in the Wild Rogue Wilderness as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Requires the part of the Rogue River, which lies within the Wild Rogue Wilderness, including the Wilderness additions, and was designated under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act as a component of the System in 1968, to be managed as a wild river. Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to add specified segments of creeks to the designation of the Rogue River in Oregon as a component of the national wild and scenic rivers system. Prohibits: (1) the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) from licensing the construction of any dam, water conduit, reservoir, powerhouse, transmission line, or other project works affecting specified stream segments; and (2) any federal department or agency from assisting in the construction of any water resources project affecting any such segment, except for maintaining or repairing existing projects.

Rogue Wilderness Area Expansion Act

Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]

Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]

Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]

Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-06-28	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
2013-06-25	House	Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

SB353 (Related) 2013-09-10 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 178.
SB1784 (Related) 2014-12-11 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 646.
SB2734 (Related) 2014-07-31 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
HB4 (Related) 2014-11-13 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 597.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/2488/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr2488/BILLS-113hr2488ih.pdf