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H.R. 1581 (112th): Wilderness and Roadless Area Release Act of 2011

To release wilderness study areas administered by the Bureau of Land Management that are not suitable for wilderness designation from continued management as defacto wilderness areas and to release inventoried roadless areas within the National Forest System that are not recommended for wilderness designation from the land use restrictions of the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Final Rule and the 2005 State Petitions for Inventoried Roadless Area Management Final Rule, and for other purposes.

The bill’s titles are written by its sponsor.

Sponsor and status

Kevin McCarthy

Sponsor. Representative for California's 22nd congressional district. Republican.

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Last Updated: Apr 15, 2011
Length: 6 pages
Introduced
Apr 15, 2011
112th Congress (2011–2013)
Status
Died in a previous Congress

This bill was introduced on April 15, 2011, in a previous session of Congress, but it did not receive a vote.

Although this bill was not enacted, its provisions could have become law by being included in another bill. It is common for legislative text to be introduced concurrently in multiple bills (called companion bills), re-introduced in subsequent sessions of Congress in new bills, or added to larger bills (sometimes called omnibus bills).

Cosponsors

47 Cosponsors (45 Republicans, 2 Democrats)

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History

Apr 15, 2011
 
Introduced

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H.R. 1581 (112th) 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 H.R. 1581. This is the one from the 112th Congress.

This bill was introduced in the 112th Congress, which met from Jan 5, 2011 to Jan 3, 2013. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.

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