To designate certain National Forest System lands and public lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior in the States of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness, wild and scenic rivers, wildland recovery areas, and biological connecting corridors, and for other purposes.

Overview Sponsor: Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY14]show cosponsors (102) Cosponsors: Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU] Donna Christensen [D-VI] Eni Faleomavaega [D-AS] Gregorio Sablan [I-MP] Gary Ackerman [D-NY5] Robert Andrews [D-NJ1] Joe Baca [D-CA43] Brian Baird [D-WA3] Tammy Baldwin [D-WI2] Melissa Bean [D-IL8] Shelley Berkley [D-NV1] Howard Berman [D-CA28] Timothy Bishop [D-NY1] Leonard Boswell [D-IA3] Robert Brady [D-PA1] Corrine Brown [D-FL3] Lois Capps [D-CA23] Russ Carnahan [D-MO3] André Carson [D-IN7] Michael Castle [R-DE] Ben Chandler [D-KY6] William Clay [D-MO1] Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO5] Steve Cohen [D-TN9] John Conyers [D-MI14] Jim Costa [D-CA20] Joseph Crowley [D-NY7] Elijah Cummings [D-MD7] Susan Davis [D-CA53] Diana DeGette [D-CO1] William Delahunt [D-MA10] Rosa DeLauro [D-CT3] John Dingell [D-MI15] Michael Doyle [D-PA14] Keith Ellison [D-MN5] Anna Eshoo [D-CA14] Sam Farr [D-CA17] Scott Garrett [R-NJ5] Charles Gonzalez [D-TX20] Barton Gordon [D-TN6] Alan Grayson [D-FL8] Raul Grijalva [D-AZ7] Luis Gutiérrez [D-IL4] Phil Hare [D-IL17] Jane Harman [D-CA36] Alcee Hastings [D-FL23] Maurice Hinchey [D-NY22] Rubén Hinojosa [D-TX15] Mazie Hirono [D-HI2] Paul Hodes [D-NH2] Rush Holt [D-NJ12] Michael Honda [D-CA15] Jay Inslee [D-WA1] Steve Israel [D-NY2] Walter Jones [R-NC3] Patrick Kennedy [D-RI1] Dale Kildee [D-MI5] Dennis Kucinich [D-OH10] Leonard Lance [R-NJ7] James Langevin [D-RI2] Barbara Lee [D-CA9] Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ2] Nita Lowey [D-NY18] Stephen Lynch [D-MA9] Edward Markey [D-MA7] Betty McCollum [D-MN4] James McDermott [D-WA7] Jerry McNerney [D-CA11] Gregory Meeks [D-NY6] George Miller [D-CA7] Dennis Moore [D-KS3] James Moran [D-VA8] Jerrold Nadler [D-NY8] Grace Napolitano [D-CA38] Richard Neal [D-MA2] John Olver [D-MA1] Frank Pallone [D-NJ6] Donald Payne [D-NJ10] Nick Rahall [D-WV3] Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA34] Linda Sánchez [D-CA39] Janice Schakowsky [D-IL9] Adam Schiff [D-CA29] Allyson Schwartz [D-PA13] David Scott [D-GA13] José Serrano [D-NY16] Joe Sestak [D-PA7] Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH1] Brad Sherman [D-CA27] Albio Sires [D-NJ13] Louise Slaughter [D-NY28] Fortney Stark [D-CA13] John Tanner [D-TN8] Michael Thompson [D-CA1] Paul Tonko [D-NY21] Maxine Waters [D-CA35] Diane Watson [D-CA33] Henry Waxman [D-CA30] Anthony Weiner [D-NY9] Robert Wexler [D-FL19] David Wu [D-OR1] Pedro Pierluisi [D-PR] Text: Summary | Full Text Status: Introduced Feb 11, 2009 Referred to Committee View Committee Assignments Reported by Committee ... House Vote ... Senate Vote ... Signed by President ... This bill is in the first step in the legislative process. Introduced bills and resolutions first go to committees that deliberate, investigate, and revise them before they go to general debate. The majority of bills and resolutions never make it out of committee. [Last Updated: Nov 13, 2009 3:24PM] Last Action: May 5, 2009: Subcommittee 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.

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