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Version 80 · Reported to Senate without amendment · May 16, 2017
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Frank and Jeanne Moore Wild Steelhead Special Management Area Designation Act
(Sec. 4) This bill designates approximately 99,653 acres of Forest Service land in Oregon as the "Frank and Jeanne Moore Wild Steelhead Special Management Area."
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The special management area shall be administered by the Forest Service to:
conserve and enhance the natural character, scientific use, and the botanical, recreational, ecological, fish and wildlife, scenic, drinking water, and cultural values of the special management area;
maintain and seek to enhance the wild salmonid habitat of the special management area;
maintain or enhance the watershed as a thermal refuge for wild salmonids; and
preserve opportunities for recreation, including primitive recreation.
The bill withdraws the federal land within the boundaries of the special management area's river segments from:
entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws;
location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and
disposition under all laws relating to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials.
People & committees
Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] · D–OR
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 84.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 115-66.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 115-66.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1581; text of measure as introduced: CR S1581-1582)
Introduced in Senate
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