SENATE 566115th CongressPlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 142.

Methow Headwaters Protection Act

Last Action: 6/13/2017

Actions

2017-06-13Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 142.
2017-06-13Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 115-106.
2017-06-13Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 115-106.
2017-03-30Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
2017-03-08Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
2017-03-08Introduced in Senate

CRS Summary

As of 2017-06-13 (80)

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Methow Headwaters Protection Act

(Sec. 2) This bill withdraws approximately 340,079 acres of federal land and interests in land located within the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest in the state of Washington from:

entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws;
location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and
disposition under the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws.

Any land or interest in land within the Proposed Withdrawal area acquired by the United States shall, upon acquisition, be immediately withdrawn in accordance with this bill.

Cosponsors (1)

Patty Murray (D-WA)

Subjects

Forests, forestry, trees
Lakes and rivers
Land transfers
Mining
Washington State

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