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.

Summary

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America's Red Rock Wilderness Act of 2017 This bill designates specified lands in the following areas of Utah as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) Great Basin, (2) Grand Staircase-Escalante, (3) Moab-La Sal Canyons, (4) Henry Mountains, (5) Glen Canyon, (6) San Juan-Anasazi, (7) Canyonlands Basin, (8) San Rafael Swell, and (9) Book Cliffs and Uinta...

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Bill Progress

Bill has been introduced and assigned a number

Introduced(4/26/17)

Committee

Passed House

Passed Senate

President

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Sponsor

Mr. Durbin

Senate (D) Illinois

Cosponsors (20)

Franken

(D) MN

Menendez

(D) NJ

Leahy

(D) VT

Merkley

Senate (D) Oregon

Markey

Senate (D) Massachusetts

Murphy

Senate (D) Connecticut

Whitehouse

Senate (D) Rhode Island

Duckworth

Senate (D) Illinois

Bennet

Senate (D) Colorado

Stabenow

(D) MI

Topics

State Policy

Latest Action

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2560-2561; text of measure as introduced: CR S2556-2559)

Apr 26, 2017