H.R. 803 · 117th Congress · House

Protecting America’s Wilderness and Public Lands Act

In Congress· Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Introduced
Feb 4, 21
Passed House
Feb 26, 21
Passed Senate
Pending
Sent to President
Pending
Signed into Law
Pending

Executive Summary

Protecting America's Wilderness and Public Lands Act

This bill provides for the preservation, conservation, and recreational use of public lands, including in Arizona, California, Maine, North Carolina, Oregon, Virginia, Washington, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

In Colorado, the bill designates wilderness, potential wilderness, a recreation management area, wildlife conservation areas, a national historic landscape, and special management areas and establishes the Greater Thompson Divide Fugitive Coal Mine Methane Use Pilot Program, the Fugitive Methane Emission Leasing Program, and a recreation area.

In California, the bill

  • establishes a recreation area, partnerships, and a special management area;
  • designates a trail, wilderness, potential wilderness, and wild, scenic, and recreational rivers;
  • establishes a special conservation management area;
  • establishes the San Gabriel National Recreation Area Public Advisory Council and the San Gabriel National Recreation Area Partnership; and
  • adds specified areas to the Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park.

In Washington, the bill designates wilderness and wild, scenic, and recreational rivers.

In Arizona and Oregon, the bill withdraws specified federal lands.

In North Carolina and Virginia, the bill requires a study of designating an area as the Great Dismal Swamp National Heritage Area.

In Maine, the bill designates a recreational river.

In the U.S. Virgin Islands, the bill establishes a heritage area.

In Virginia, the bill adds certain lands to Rough Mountain and Rich Hole Wildernesses.

The bill extends the Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission until September 26, 2028.

The bill establishes an outdoor recreation legacy partnership grant program.

The bill establishes a National Heritage Area System.

Previous Versions

00Feb 4, 2021

Colorado Wilderness Act of 2021

This bill designates specified lands in Colorado managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) or the Forest Service as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System.

The bill designates specified lands in Colorado administered by the BLM, the National Park Service, and Bureau of Reclamation as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Such lands shall be incorporated into the West Elk Wilderness.

The Department of the Interior may continue authorizing competitive running events currently permitted in the Redcloud Peak Wilderness and Handies Peak Wilderness Areas.

The Colorado Army National Guard, through the High-Altitude Army National Guard Aviation Training Site, may conduct aerial navigation training maneuver exercises over the wilderness areas designated by this bill.

The bill designates specified lands managed by the BLM as (1) potential wilderness areas, and (2) the Pisgah East Wilderness and the Pisgah West Wilderness upon publication by Interior of a notice in the Federal Register that all nonconforming uses of such lands authorized by this bill have ceased.

The bill provides for the securing, adjudication, and use of U.S. water rights for certain of the wilderness areas designated by this bill.

The Department of Defense shall conduct a study on the impacts that the expansion of wilderness designations in the Western United States would have on the readiness of the U.S. Armed Forces with respect to aviation training.

Action Timeline

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  1. MAR 02, 2021IntroReferral

    Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

  2. FEB 26, 2021Floor

    Considered as unfinished business

    (consideration: CR H737-757)

    737Yea
    757Nay
    0NV
  3. FEB 26, 2021Floor

    DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H

    Res. 147, the House proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Neguse en bloc amendment No. 1.

  4. FEB 26, 2021Floor

    POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Neguse amendment en bloc No.1, the Chair put the question on the adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Westerman demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.

  5. FEB 26, 2021Floor

    DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H

    Res. 147, the House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Curtis amendment No. 3.

  6. FEB 26, 2021Floor

    POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Curtis amendment, the Chair put the question on the adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Curtis demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.

  7. FEB 26, 2021Floor

    DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H

    Res. 147, the House proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Neguse en bloc amendment No. 2.

  8. FEB 26, 2021Floor

    POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Neguse amendment en bloc No.2, the Chair put the question on the adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Westerman demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.

  9. FEB 26, 2021Floor

    POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - Pursuant to clause 1(c) of Rule XIX, further consideration of H.R. 803 is postponed.

  10. FEB 26, 2021Floor

    Considered as unfinished business

    (consideration: CR H757-761)

    757Yea
    761Nay
    0NV
  11. FEB 26, 2021Floor

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table

    Agreed to without objection.

  12. FEB 26, 2021Floor

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table

    Agreed to without objection.

  13. FEB 26, 2021Floor

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table

    Agreed to without objection.

  14. FEB 26, 2021Floor

    The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.

  15. FEB 26, 2021Floor

    Mr

    Westerman moved to recommit to the Committee on Natural Resources. (text: CR H760)

  16. FEB 26, 2021Floor

    The previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered pursuant clause 2(b) of rule XIX.

  17. FEB 26, 2021Floor

    On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays

    Roll Call #44

    204 - 221 (Roll no. 44).

    204Yea
    221Nay
    0NV
  18. FEB 26, 2021Floor

    Passed/agreed to in House

    Roll Call #45

    On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 227 - 200 (Roll no. 45).

    227Yea
    200Nay
    0NV
  19. FEB 26, 2021Floor

    On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays

    Roll Call #45

    227 - 200 (Roll no. 45).

    227Yea
    200Nay
    0NV
  20. FEB 26, 2021Floor

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  21. FEB 25, 2021Floor

    Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 147. (consideration

    CR H661-702; text: CR H661-693)

    661Yea
    702Nay
    0NV
  22. FEB 25, 2021Floor

    Rule provides for consideration of H.R

    803 and H.R. 5. Rule provides for 1 hour of general debate on H.R. 803 and one motion to recommit. Rule provides for 90 minutes of general debate on H.R. 5 and one motion to recommit.

  23. FEB 25, 2021Floor

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 803.

  24. FEB 25, 2021Floor

    POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - Pursuant to clause 1(c) of Rule 19, further consideration of H.R.803 is postponed.

  25. FEB 23, 2021Floor

    Rules Committee Resolution H

    Res. 147 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 803 and H.R. 5. Rule provides for 1 hour of general debate on H.R. 803 and one motion to recommit. Rule provides for 90 minutes of general debate on H.R. 5 and one motion to recommit.

  26. FEB 19, 2021Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.

  27. FEB 04, 2021IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  28. FEB 04, 2021IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  29. FEB 04, 2021IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  30. FEB 04, 2021IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Committees

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Energy and Natural Resources Committee

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Referred: Mar 2, 2021

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Federal Lands Subcommittee

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Referred: Feb 19, 2021

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Armed Services Committee

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Referred: Feb 4, 2021

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Natural Resources Committee

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Referred: Feb 4, 2021

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