Senate Bill 432
115th Congress(2017-2018)
Cerros del Norte Conservation Act
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Passed Senate on Dec 21, 2017
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
432
Congress
115
Policy Area
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Primary focus of measure is natural areas (including wilderness); lands under government jurisdiction; land use practices and policies; parks, monuments, and historic sites; fisheries and marine resources; mining and minerals. Measures concerning energy supplies and production may fall under Energy policy area.
checkPassed on December 21, 2017
Status
Passed
Type
Voice Vote
Voice Vote
A vote in which the presiding officer states the question, then asks those in favor and against to say "Yea" or "Nay," respectively, and announces the result according to his or her judgment. The names or numbers of senators voting on each side are not recorded.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.(consideration: CR S8267-8269; text: CR S8269)
Summary
Cerros del Norte Conservation Act
This bill designates the Cerro del Yuta Wilderness (comprising approximately 13,420 acres) and Rio San Antonio Wilderness (comprising approximately 8,120 acres) within the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument in New Mexico as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System.
The bill releases specified public land within the San Antonio Wilderness Study Area not designated as wilderness by this bill from further study for such a designation.
The bill requires the wilderness areas to be administered as components of the National Landscape Conservation System.
December 22, 2017
December 21, 2017
May 3, 2017
February 16, 2017
01/02/2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
12/22/2017
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
12/22/2017
Received in the House.
12/22/2017
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
12/21/2017
Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S8267-8269; text: CR S8269)
12/21/2017
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.(consideration: CR S8267-8269; text: CR S8269)
05/03/2017
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 54.
05/03/2017
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 115-40.
03/30/2017
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
02/16/2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
02/16/2017
Introduced in Senate
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