To promote the economic development and recreational use of National Forest System lands and other public lands in central Idaho, to designate the Boulder-White Cloud Management Area to ensure the continued management of certain National Forest System lands and Bureau of Land Management lands for recreational and grazing use and conservation and resource protection, to add certain National Forest System lands and Bureau of Land Management lands in central Idaho to the National Wilderness Preservation System, and for other purposes.

Overview Sponsor: Rep. Michael Simpson [R-ID2]show cosponsors (2) Cosponsors: Mary Bono Mack [R-CA45] James Saxton [R-NJ3] Text: Summary | Full Text Cost: less than $1 per American in 2007. This is computed from a Congressional Budget Office report, merely by dividing the estimated cost of $13,000,000 by the U.S. population. The figure is extracted from the report automatically and may be incorrect. See the report for details. Status: Introduced Jul 28, 2005 Referred to Committee View Committee Assignments Reported by Committee Jul 19, 2006 Passed House Jul 24, 2006 Senate Vote (did not occur) Signed by President (did not occur) This bill never became law. This bill was proposed in a previous session of Congress. Sessions of Congress last two years, and at the end of each session all proposed bills and resolutions that haven't passed are cleared from the books. Members often reintroduce bills that did not come up for debate under a new number in the next session. Last Action: Sep 27, 2006: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Related: See the Related Legislation page for other bills related to this one and a list of subject terms that have been applied to this bill. Sometimes the text of one bill or resolution is incorporated into another, and in those cases the original bill or resolution, as it would appear here, would seem to be abandoned. Votes: Jul 24, 2006: This bill passed in the House of Representatives by voice vote. A record of each representative's position was not kept.

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