Bill Sponsor
House Bill 803
117th Congress(2021-2022)
Protecting America's Wilderness and Public Lands Act
Active
Amendments
Active
Passed House on Feb 26, 2021
Overview
Text
Introduced
Feb 4, 2021
Latest Action
Mar 2, 2021
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
803
Congress
117
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
Colorado
Democrat
Colorado
Democrat
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
Yea-And-Nay
Roll Number
45
House Roll Call Votes
Summary

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.

Text (3)
March 2, 2021
February 26, 2021
February 4, 2021
Amendments (4)
Displaying only amendments with a detailed public record (3)
Feb 26, 2021
Not Agreed to in House
1
Sponsorship
House Amendment 13
Amendments en bloc No. 2 comprised of amendments numbered 7, 8, 9, 11, 15, 16, 17, 25, 26, 27, and 29, printed in Part B of House Report 117-6.
Active
Feb 26, 2021
Agreed to in House
1
Sponsorship
House Amendment 12
Amendment requires a study to determine if any land withdrawn by the legislation contains geothermal resources, or minerals needed for battery storage, renewable energy technology, or electric vehicles.
Agreed To
Feb 26, 2021
Agreed to in House
1
Sponsorship
House Amendment 11
Amendments en bloc No. 1 comprised of amendments numbered 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, and 28, printed in Part B of House Report 117-6.
Agreed To
Public Record
Record Updated
Mar 9, 2023 5:47:08 PM