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House Bill 823
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act
Active
Amendments
Active
Passed House on Oct 31, 2019
Overview
Text
Sponsor
Democrat
Introduced
Jan 28, 2019
Latest Action
Nov 18, 2020
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
823
Congress
116
Policy Area
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Primary focus of measure is natural areas (including wilderness); lands under government jurisdiction; land use practices and policies; parks, monuments, and historic sites; fisheries and marine resources; mining and minerals. Measures concerning energy supplies and production may fall under Energy policy area.
Sponsorship by Party
Democrat
Joe Neguse
Colorado
Democrat
Diana DeGette
Colorado
Democrat
Ed Perlmutter
Colorado
Democrat
Jason Crow
Colorado
House Votes (2)
Senate Votes (0)
Question
On Passage
Status
Passed
Type
Roll Call Vote
Roll Call Vote
A vote that records the individual position of each Member who voted. Such votes occurring on the House floor (by the "yeas and nays" or by "recorded vote") are taken by electronic device. The Senate has no electronic voting system; in such votes, Senators answer "yea" or "nay" as the clerk calls each name aloud. Each vote is compiled by clerks and receives a roll call number (referenced in Congress.gov as a "Record Vote" [Senate] or "Roll no." [House]).
Roll Call Type
Recorded Vote
Roll Number
609
House Roll Call Votes
Summary

Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act

This bill provides for the conservation of specified lands in Colorado.

Specifically, the bill designates

  • specified federal lands within the White River National Forest as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System,
  • the proposed Williams Fork Wilderness as a potential wilderness area,
  • the Tenmile Recreation Management Area,
  • the Porcupine Gulch Wildlife Conservation Area,
  • the Williams Fork Wildlife Conservation Area,
  • the Camp Hale National Historic Landscape,
  • the Sheep Mountain and Liberty Bell East Special Management Areas, and
  • the Curecanti National Recreation Area.

The bill adjusts the boundary of the White River National Forest, the Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness, and the Arapaho National Forest.

The bill directs the Department of Agriculture to permit by special use authorization nonmotorized access and use of the Bolts Ditch headgate and the Bolts Ditch within the Holy Cross Wilderness for the diversion of water and use, maintenance, and repair of the ditch and headgate by the town of Minturn.

The bill provides for the inclusion of additional federal lands in the National Wilderness Preservation System.

The bill provides for the cancellation of all Thompson Divide oil or gas leases.

The Department of the Interior shall carry out a program to lease federal methane from coal mines leaking methane in the North Fork Valley.

Text (4)
Engrossed in House
October 31, 2019
Referred in Senate
October 31, 2019
Reported in House
October 4, 2019
Introduced in House
January 28, 2019
Amendments (6)
Oct 31, 2019
Agreed to in House
1
Sponsorship
House Amendment 664
An amendment numbered 6 printed in Part B of House Report 116-264 to reaffirm the critical importance of Federal public lands to the Colorado High-Altitude Army National Guard Aviation Training Site (HAATS).
Agreed To
Oct 31, 2019
Not Agreed to in House
1
Sponsorship
House Amendment 663
Amendment sought to limit lands being transferred from Forest Service to National Park Service based on management under a current memorandum of understanding.
Active
Oct 30, 2019
Agreed to in House
1
Sponsorship
House Amendment 662
An amendment numbered 4 printed in Part B of House Report 116-264 to ensure grazing permitted at the time of enactment may continue in Thompson Divide.
Agreed To
Oct 30, 2019
Agreed to in House
1
Sponsorship
House Amendment 661
An amendment numbered 3 printed in Part B of House Report 116-264 states that regarding the Curecanti National Recreation Area, nothing in this Act constitutes an express or implied Federal reservation of any water or water rights.
Agreed To
Oct 30, 2019
Agreed to in House
1
Sponsorship
House Amendment 660
An amendment numbered 2 printed in Part B of House Report 116-264 to add veteran outreach and engagement activities in the management plan for the Camp Hale Historic Landscape.
Agreed To
Oct 31, 2019
Not Agreed to in House
1
Sponsorship
House Amendment 659
An amendment numbered 1 printed in Part B of House Report 116-264 states that this bill shall not apply to any lands or waters within the Third Congressional District of Colorado.
Active
Related Bills (4)
Oct 29, 2019
Passed House
1
Sponsorship
House Simple Resolution 656
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 823) to provide for the designation of certain wilderness areas, recreation management areas, and conservation areas in the State of Colorado, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1373) to protect, for current and future generations, the watershed, ecosystem, and cultural heritage of the Grand Canyon region in the State of Arizona, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2181) to provide for the withdrawal and protection of certain Federal land in the State of New Mexico; and providing for proceedings during the period from November 1, 2019, through November 11, 2019.
Active
Type
Procedurally-Related Measure
Procedurally-Related Measure
Legislation that affects consideration of other legislation (e.g., a rule for consideration, a bill ordered to be reported or passed in lieu of another measure). Identical bills, companion measures, and legislation with text similarities are other related bill types.
Identified By
House
Type
Related Bill
Related Bill
A related bill may be a companion measure, an identical bill, a procedurally-related measure, or one with text similarities. Bill relationships are identified by the House, the Senate, or CRS, and refer only to same-Congress measures.
Identified By
House
Jan 28, 2019
Introduced in Senate
1
Sponsorship
Senate Bill 241
Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act
Introduced
Type
Identical Bill
Identical Bill
A bill that is word-for-word identical to another bill. Bills are characterized as identical to each other at the introduced stage only, even though a later (e.g., reported or passed) version of a bill might meet the same criteria for text similarity. Companion measures, procedurally-related measures, and legislation with text similarities are other related bill types.
Identified By
CRS
Jan 10, 2019
Introduced in House
3
Sponsorship
House Bill 474
Bolts Ditch Access and Use Act
Introduced
Type
Related Bill
Related Bill
A related bill may be a companion measure, an identical bill, a procedurally-related measure, or one with text similarities. Bill relationships are identified by the House, the Senate, or CRS, and refer only to same-Congress measures.
Identified By
CRS
Jan 08, 2019
Introduced in Senate
2
Sponsorship
Senate Bill 37
Bolts Ditch Access and Use Act
Introduced
Type
Related Bill
Related Bill
A related bill may be a companion measure, an identical bill, a procedurally-related measure, or one with text similarities. Bill relationships are identified by the House, the Senate, or CRS, and refer only to same-Congress measures.
Identified By
CRS
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