[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7509 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7509
To expand certain land administered by the Bureau of Land Management
and Forest Service in the State of Oregon as wilderness and a national
recreation area, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 14, 2022
Mr. DeFazio introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Natural Resources
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A BILL
To expand certain land administered by the Bureau of Land Management
and Forest Service in the State of Oregon as wilderness and a national
recreation area, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Wild Rogue Conservation and
Recreation Enhancement Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means--
(A) the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to
public land administered by the Secretary of the
Interior; or
(B) the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to
National Forest System land.
(2) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of Oregon.
SEC. 3. ROGUE CANYON NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, OREGON.
(a) Designation of Rogue Canyon National Recreation Area.--
(1) In general.--For the purposes of protecting,
conserving, and enhancing the unique and nationally important
recreational, ecological, scenic, cultural, watershed, and fish
and wildlife values of the areas, the area in the State
described in paragraph (2) is designated as a national
recreation area for management by the Secretary in accordance
with subsection (c).
(2) Rogue canyon national recreation area.--The area
described in this paragraph is the approximately 98,150 acres
of Bureau of Land Management land within the boundary generally
depicted as the ``Rogue Canyon National Recreation Area'' on
the map entitled ``Rogue Canyon National Recreation Area Wild
Rogue Wilderness Additions'' and dated November 19, 2019, which
is designated as the ``Rogue Canyon National Recreation Area''.
(b) Maps and Legal Descriptions.--
(1) In general.--As soon as practicable after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall prepare a map and
legal description of the national recreation area designated by
subsection (a).
(2) Effect.--The map and legal description prepared under
paragraph (1) shall have the same force and effect as if
included in this Act, except that the Secretary may correct any
minor errors in the map and legal description.
(3) Public availability.--The map and legal description
prepared under paragraph (1) shall be available for public
inspection in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land
Management.
(c) Administration.--
(1) Applicable law.--The Secretary shall administer the
national recreation area designated by subsection (a)--
(A) in a manner that conserves, protects, and
enhances the purposes for which the national recreation
area is established; and
(B) in accordance with--
(i) this section;
(ii) the Federal Land Policy and Management
Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and
(iii) other applicable laws.
(2) Uses.--The Secretary shall only allow those uses of the
national recreation area designated by subsection (a) that are
consistent with the purposes for which the national recreation
area is established.
(3) Wildfire risk assessment.--Not later than 280 days
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall
conduct a wildfire risk assessment that covers--
(A) the national recreation area designated by
subsection (a);
(B) the Wild Rogue Wilderness; and
(C) any Federal land adjacent to an area described
in subparagraph (A) or (B).
(4) Wildfire mitigation plan.--
(A) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the
date on which the wildfire risk assessment is conducted
under paragraph (3), the Secretary shall develop a
wildfire mitigation plan, based on the wildfire risk
assessment, that identifies, evaluates, and prioritizes
treatments and other management activities that can be
implemented on the Federal land covered by the wildfire
risk assessment (other than Federal land designated as
a unit of the National Wilderness Preservation System)
to mitigate wildfire risk to communities located near
the applicable Federal land.
(B) Plan components.--The wildfire mitigation plan
developed under subparagraph (A) shall include--
(i) vegetation management projects
(including mechanical treatments to reduce
hazardous fuels and improve forest health and
resiliency);
(ii) evacuation routes for communities
located near the applicable Federal land, which
shall be developed in consultation with State
and local fire agencies; and
(iii) strategies for public dissemination
of emergency evacuation plans and routes.
(C) Applicable law.--The wildfire mitigation plan
under subparagraph (A) shall be developed in accordance
with--
(i) this section; and
(ii) any other applicable law.
(5) Road construction.--
(A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph
(B) or as the Secretary determines necessary for public
safety, no new permanent or temporary roads shall be
constructed (other than the repair and maintenance of
existing roads) within the national recreation area
designated by subsection (a).
(B) Temporary roads.--Consistent with the purposes
of this Act, the Secretary may construct temporary
roads within the national recreation area designated by
subsection (a) to implement the wildfire mitigation
plan developed under paragraph (4), unless the
temporary road would be within an area designated as a
unit of the National Wilderness Preservation System.
(6) Effect on wildfire management.--Nothing in this section
alters the authority of the Secretary (in cooperation with
other Federal, State, and local agencies, as appropriate) to
conduct wildland fire operations within the national recreation
area designated by subsection (a), consistent with the purposes
of this Act.
(7) Withdrawal.--Subject to valid existing rights, all
Federal surface and subsurface land within the national
recreation area designated by subsection (a) is withdrawn from
all forms of--
(A) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the
public land laws;
(B) location, entry, and patent under the mining
laws; and
(C) disposition under all laws pertaining to
mineral leasing, geothermal leasing, or mineral
materials.
(8) No effect on wilderness areas.--Any wilderness area
located within the national recreation area designated by
subsection (a) shall be administered in accordance with the
Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.).
(d) Adjacent Management.--Nothing in this section creates any
protective perimeter or buffer zone around the national recreation area
designated by subsection (a).
SEC. 4. EXPANSION OF WILD ROGUE WILDERNESS AREA.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Map.--The term ``map'' means the map entitled ``Rogue
Canyon National Recreation Area Wild Rogue Wilderness
Additions'' and dated November 19, 2019.
(2) Wilderness additions.--The term ``Wilderness
additions'' means the land added to the Wild Rogue Wilderness
under subsection (b)(1).
(b) Expansion of Wild Rogue Wilderness Area.--
(1) Expansion.--The approximately 59,512 acres of Federal
land in the State generally depicted on the map as ``Proposed
Wilderness'' shall be added to and administered as part of the
Wild Rogue Wilderness in accordance with the Endangered
American Wilderness Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public
Law 95-237), except that--
(A) the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary
of Agriculture shall administer the Federal land under
their respective jurisdiction; and
(B) any reference in that Act to the Secretary of
Agriculture shall be considered to be a reference to
the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the
Interior, as applicable.
(2) Map; legal description.--
(A) In general.--As soon as practicable after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall
prepare a map and legal description of the wilderness
area designated by paragraph (1).
(B) Force of law.--The map and legal description
filed under subparagraph (A) shall have the same force
and effect as if included in this section, except that
the Secretary may correct typographical errors in the
map and legal description.
(C) Public availability.--The map and legal
description filed under subparagraph (A) shall be on
file and available for public inspection in the
appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land Management
and Forest Service.
(3) Fire, insects, and disease.--The Secretary may take
such measures within the Wilderness additions as the Secretary
determines to be necessary for the control of fire, insects,
and disease, in accordance with section 4(d)(1) of the
Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(1)).
(4) Withdrawal.--Subject to valid existing rights, the
Wilderness additions are withdrawn from all forms of--
(A) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the
public land laws;
(B) location, entry, and patent under the mining
laws; and
(C) disposition under all laws pertaining to
mineral leasing, geothermal leasing, or mineral
materials.
(5) Tribal rights.--Nothing in this subsection alters,
modifies, enlarges, diminishes, or abrogates the treaty rights
of any Indian Tribe.
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