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S. 799 (111th): America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act of 2009

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A bill to designate as wilderness certain Federal portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Great Basin Deserts in the State of Utah for the benefit of present and future generations of people in the United States.

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Sponsor and status

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Richard Durbin

Sponsor. Senator for Illinois. Democrat.

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Last Updated: Apr 2, 2009
Length: 38 pages
Introduced
Apr 2, 2009
111th Congress (2009–2010)
Status
Died in a previous Congress

This bill was introduced on April 2, 2009, in a previous session of Congress, but it did not receive a vote.

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History

May 21, 1997
 
Earlier Version — Introduced

This activity took place on a related bill, S. 773 (105th).
Apr 22, 1999
 
Earlier Version — Introduced

This activity took place on a related bill, S. 861 (106th).
Apr 26, 2001
 
Earlier Version — Introduced

This activity took place on a related bill, S. 786 (107th).
Mar 18, 2003
 
Earlier Version — Introduced

This activity took place on a related bill, S. 639 (108th).
Apr 21, 2005
 
Earlier Version — Introduced

This activity took place on a related bill, S. 882 (109th).
Apr 19, 2007
 
Earlier Version — Introduced

This activity took place on a related bill, S. 1170 (110th).
Apr 2, 2009
 
Introduced

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May 12, 2011
 
Reintroduced Bill — Introduced

This activity took place on a related bill, S. 979 (112th).
Apr 18, 2013
 
Reintroduced Bill — Introduced

This activity took place on a related bill, S. 769 (113th).
May 19, 2015
 
Reintroduced Bill — Introduced

This activity took place on a related bill, S. 1375 (114th).
Apr 26, 2017
 
Reintroduced Bill — Introduced

This activity took place on a related bill, S. 948 (115th).

S. 799 (111th) was a bill in the United States Congress.

A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.

Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number S. 799. This is the one from the 111th Congress.

This bill was introduced in the 111th Congress, which met from Jan 6, 2009 to Dec 22, 2010. Legislation not enacted by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.

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