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S799Referred to Committee

America's Red Rock Wilderness Act of 2009

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
111th
Congress
2009-04-02
Introduced
23
Cosponsors
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Type

Sponsor

Richard J. Durbin
Richard J. Durbin
Democrat · IL · Senator
Votes with party: 56.8% (322 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/D000563

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (23)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

  • Bernard Sanders (I-VT)Original· 2009-04-02
  • Jack Reed (D-RI)Original· 2009-04-02
  • Maria Cantwell (D-WA)Original· 2009-04-02
  • Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)Original· 2009-04-02
  • Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY)· 2009-05-21
  • Charles E. Schumer (D-NY)· 2009-06-04
  • Jeff Merkley (D-OR)· 2009-07-23
  • Michael F. Bennet (D-CO)· 2009-10-21

Latest Action

The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4345-4349)

2009-04-02

Source: Congress.gov

Plain-English Summary

America's Red Rock Wilderness Act of 2009 - Designates specified lands in the following areas of Utah as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) Great Basin; (2) Zion and Mojave Desert; (3) Grand Staircase-Escalante; (4) Moab-La Sal Canyons; (5) Henry Mountains; (6) Glen Canyon; (7) San Juan-Anasazi; (8) Canyonlands Basin; (9) San Rafael Swell; and (10) Book Cliffs and Uinta Basin. Sets forth administrative provisions regarding: (1) filing by the Secretary of the Interior of a map and a legal description of each designated wilderness area with appropriate congressional committees; (2) the exchange of state-owned lands within such areas; (3) federal reservation of water rights; (4) measurement of setbacks for roads with wilderness; (5) authorized livestock grazing; and (6) withdrawal of such lands from disposition under certain public land laws.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Public Lands and Natural Resources
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Open text viewRead on Congress.gov

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