Pecos Watershed Protection Act
- Last Action
- 7/23/2024
Actions
- 2024-07-23Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 443.
- 2024-07-23Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin without amendment. With written report No. 118-196.
- 2024-07-23Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin without amendment. With written report No. 118-196.
- 2023-12-14Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- 2023-10-25Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-311.
- 2023-10-04Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- 2023-10-04Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2023-10-04 (00)
Pecos Watershed Protection Act
This bill designates the Thompson Peak Wilderness Area in New Mexico as a wilderness area and a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System. The bill also withdraws that area and certain land in the Pecos Watershed in New Mexico from (1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under mining laws; and (3) disposition of all laws pertaining to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials. The bill allows the continuation of livestock grazing in the wilderness area.
Cosponsors (1)
- Ben Luján (D-NM)
Subjects
- Geography and mapping
- Land use and conservation
- Mining
- New Mexico
- Watersheds
- Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
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