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Oregon Recreation Enhancement Act

USA118th CongressS-440| Senate 
| Updated: 7/11/2023
Ron Wyden

Ron Wyden

Democratic Senator

Oregon

Cosponsors (1)
Jeff Merkley (Democratic)

Energy and Natural Resources Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Oregon Recreation Enhancement Act This bill designates specified Bureau of Land Management land in Oregon as the Rogue Canyon and Molalla Recreation Areas and adds approximately 59,512 acres of federal land to the Wild Rogue Wilderness. The Department of the Interior, for public land, and the Department of Agriculture (USDA), for National Forest System land, must conduct a wildfire risk assessment that covers the recreation areas, the Wild Rogue Wilderness, and any adjacent federal land. Interior and USDA must develop plans to mitigate wildfire risk to communities located near the land. No new permanent or temporary roads shall be constructed within the recreation areas except as necessary for public safety or to implement the wildfire mitigation plan. USDA may take measures within such wilderness additions as are necessary to control fire, insects, and disease. All federal surface and subsurface land within the recreation areas or the wilderness additions is withdrawn from entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral leasing, geothermal leasing, or mineral materials. The bill also withdraws identified federally owned lands and interests within the Hunter Creek, Pistol River Headwaters Withdrawal Proposal, or the Rough and Ready and Baldface Creeks Mineral Withdrawal Proposal in Curry County and Josephine County, Oregon, and any land or interest in land located within such withdrawal proposals that is acquired by the federal government.

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Bill from Previous Congress

S 116-1262
Oregon Recreation Enhancement Act

Bill from Previous Congress

S 117-1589
Oregon Recreation Enhancement Act
Feb 15, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Feb 15, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
May 17, 2023
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Jul 11, 2023
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin without amendment. With written report No. 118-51.
Jul 11, 2023
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 123.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 116-1262
    Oregon Recreation Enhancement Act


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 117-1589
    Oregon Recreation Enhancement Act


  • February 15, 2023
    Introduced in Senate


  • February 15, 2023
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.


  • May 17, 2023
    Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.


  • July 11, 2023
    Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin without amendment. With written report No. 118-51.


  • July 11, 2023
    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 123.

Public Lands and Natural Resources

Emergency planning and evacuationFiresForests, forestry, treesGovernment studies and investigationsLand use and conservationOregonParks, recreation areas, trailsRoads and highwaysWilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Oregon Recreation Enhancement Act

USA118th CongressS-440| Senate 
| Updated: 7/11/2023
Oregon Recreation Enhancement Act This bill designates specified Bureau of Land Management land in Oregon as the Rogue Canyon and Molalla Recreation Areas and adds approximately 59,512 acres of federal land to the Wild Rogue Wilderness. The Department of the Interior, for public land, and the Department of Agriculture (USDA), for National Forest System land, must conduct a wildfire risk assessment that covers the recreation areas, the Wild Rogue Wilderness, and any adjacent federal land. Interior and USDA must develop plans to mitigate wildfire risk to communities located near the land. No new permanent or temporary roads shall be constructed within the recreation areas except as necessary for public safety or to implement the wildfire mitigation plan. USDA may take measures within such wilderness additions as are necessary to control fire, insects, and disease. All federal surface and subsurface land within the recreation areas or the wilderness additions is withdrawn from entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral leasing, geothermal leasing, or mineral materials. The bill also withdraws identified federally owned lands and interests within the Hunter Creek, Pistol River Headwaters Withdrawal Proposal, or the Rough and Ready and Baldface Creeks Mineral Withdrawal Proposal in Curry County and Josephine County, Oregon, and any land or interest in land located within such withdrawal proposals that is acquired by the federal government.

Bill Text Versions

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2 versions available

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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

S 116-1262
Oregon Recreation Enhancement Act

Bill from Previous Congress

S 117-1589
Oregon Recreation Enhancement Act
Feb 15, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Feb 15, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
May 17, 2023
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Jul 11, 2023
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin without amendment. With written report No. 118-51.
Jul 11, 2023
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 123.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 116-1262
    Oregon Recreation Enhancement Act


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 117-1589
    Oregon Recreation Enhancement Act


  • February 15, 2023
    Introduced in Senate


  • February 15, 2023
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.


  • May 17, 2023
    Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.


  • July 11, 2023
    Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin without amendment. With written report No. 118-51.


  • July 11, 2023
    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 123.
Ron Wyden

Ron Wyden

Democratic Senator

Oregon

Cosponsors (1)
Jeff Merkley (Democratic)

Energy and Natural Resources Committee

Public Lands and Natural Resources

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Emergency planning and evacuationFiresForests, forestry, treesGovernment studies and investigationsLand use and conservationOregonParks, recreation areas, trailsRoads and highwaysWilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats