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H.R. 2922 (112th): Colorado Wilderness Act of 2011
- Introduced:
- Sep 14, 2011 (112th Congress, 2011–2013)
- Sponsor:
- Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO1]
- Status:
- Died (Referred to Committee)
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- Full Title
To designate certain lands in the State of Colorado as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, and for other purposes.
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- Text
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Last updated Sep 14, 2011.
25 pages
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Library of Congress Summary
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9/14/2011--Introduced.
Colorado Wilderness Act of 2011 - Amends the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 to add specified lands in Colorado managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) (proposed as the Powderhorn Wilderness Addition) to the Powderhorn Wilderness. Designates specified lands in Colorado managed by the BLM or the U.S. Forest Service as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System (NWPS). Designates specified lands in Colorado administered by the BLM, Forest Service, and Bureau of Reclamation as wilderness and as components of the NWPS. Incorporates such lands into the West Elk Wilderness. Allows the Secretary of the Interior to continue authorizing competitive running events currently permitted in the Redcloud Peak Wilderness and Handies Peak Wilderness Areas. Authorizes the Colorado Army National Guard, through the High-Altitude Army National Guard Aviation Training Site, to conduct aerial navigation training maneuver exercises over the wilderness areas designated by this Act. Designates specified lands managed by the BLM as:
(1) potential wilderness areas, and
(2) as the Deep Creek Wilderness and the Pisgah Mountain Wilderness upon publication by the Secretary of a notice in the Federal Register that all nonconforming uses of such lands authorized by this Act for the conduct of such exercises and overflights of military helicopters in violation of the Wilderness Act have ceased.
Provides for the securing, adjudication, and use of U.S. water rights for certain of the wilderness areas designated by this Act.
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The bill contains the following citations to other parts of U.S. law:
Slip Laws
Slip laws refer to enacted bills and joint resolutions in their original form as enacted by Congress, that is, before other laws amend them. Slip laws are cited as “Public Law XXX-YYY”, where XXX is the number of the Congress in which the bill or resolution was introduced.
- Public Law 88-577:
S. 4 (88th): An Act to establish a National Wilderness Preservation System for the permanent good of the whole people, and for other purposes - Public Law 94-146:
S. 267 (94th): A bill to designate the Flat Tops Wilderness, Routt and White River National Forests, in the State of Colorado. - Public Law 96-560:
H.R. 5487 (96th): Colorado National Forest Wilderness Act of 1980 - Public Law 98-550:
S. 543 (98th): Wyoming Wilderness Act of 1983 - Public Law 103-77:
H.R. 631 (103rd): Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993
United States Code
The United States Code is the compilation of permanent laws enacted by Congress. Temporary and other non-permanent laws do not appear in the United States Code. (About half of the United States Code is the law itself, called positive law. The other half is merely a compilation of the laws but has no legal significance.)
- Title 16: CONSERVATION
- Chapter 23: NATIONAL WILDERNESS PRESERVATION SYSTEM
- Section 1131: National Wilderness Preservation System
- Section 1132: Extent of System
- Section 1133: Use of wilderness areas
Statutes at Large
The United States Statutes at Large is the compilation of all laws enacted by Congress.
- 107 Stat. 756