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Short Titles - House of Representatives

Short Titles as Introduced

Wilderness and Roadless Area Release Act of 2011

Official Titles

Official Titles - House of Representatives

Official Title as Introduced

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.


Actions Overview (1)

Date Actions Overview
04/15/2011Introduced in House

All Actions (6)

Date All Actions
07/26/2011Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Action By: House Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands
05/11/2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
Action By: Committee on Agriculture
04/22/2011Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
Action By: Committee on Natural Resources
04/15/2011Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Action By: House of Representatives
04/15/2011Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Action By: House of Representatives
04/15/2011Introduced in House
Action By: House of Representatives

Cosponsors (47)

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CosponsorDate Cosponsored
Rep. McKeon, Howard P. "Buck" [R-CA-25]* 04/15/2011
Rep. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY-At Large]* 04/15/2011
Rep. Nunes, Devin [R-CA-21]* 04/15/2011
Rep. Denham, Jeff [R-CA-19]* 04/15/2011
Rep. Noem, Kristi L. [R-SD-At Large]* 04/15/2011
Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1]* 04/15/2011
Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2]* 04/15/2011
Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-4]* 04/15/2011
Rep. Chaffetz, Jason [R-UT-3]* 04/15/2011
Rep. Herger, Wally [R-CA-2]* 04/15/2011
Rep. Rodgers, Cathy McMorris [R-WA-5]* 04/15/2011
Rep. Heller, Dean [R-NV-2]* 04/15/2011
Rep. Goodlatte, Bob [R-VA-6]* 04/15/2011
Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-5]* 04/15/2011
Rep. Johnson, Bill [R-OH-6]* 04/15/2011
Rep. Gallegly, Elton [R-CA-24]* 04/15/2011
Rep. Tipton, Scott R. [R-CO-3]* 04/15/2011
Rep. Lewis, Jerry [R-CA-41]* 04/15/2011
Rep. Hunter, Duncan D. [R-CA-52]* 04/15/2011
Rep. Labrador, Raul R. [R-ID-1]* 04/15/2011
Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-44]* 04/15/2011
Rep. Coffman, Mike [R-CO-6]* 04/15/2011
Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5] 05/11/2011
Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9] 05/11/2011
Rep. Benishek, Dan [R-MI-1] 05/11/2011
Rep. Rehberg, Denny [R-MT-At Large] 05/11/2011
Rep. Ross, Mike [D-AR-4] 05/23/2011
Rep. Fleming, John [R-LA-4] 06/02/2011
Rep. Lungren, Daniel E. [R-CA-3] 06/02/2011
Rep. Broun, Paul C. [R-GA-10] 07/12/2011
Rep. Kline, John [R-MN-2] 07/12/2011
Rep. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ-6] 09/13/2011
Rep. Myrick, Sue Wilkins [R-NC-9] 09/13/2011
Rep. Ellmers, Renee L. [R-NC-2] 10/25/2011
Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2] 11/15/2011
Rep. Hultgren, Randy [R-IL-14] 11/15/2011
Rep. Griffin, Tim [R-AR-2] 11/18/2011
Rep. Adams, Sandy [R-FL-24] 12/06/2011
Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1] 02/03/2012
Rep. Cravaack, Chip [R-MN-8] 02/27/2012
Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5] 03/05/2012
Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7] 03/21/2012
Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6] 04/16/2012
Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-46] 05/16/2012
Rep. Rooney, Thomas J. [R-FL-16] 05/16/2012
Rep. Biggert, Judy [R-IL-13] 05/16/2012
Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15] 06/07/2012

Committees (2)

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Committee / Subcommittee Date Activity Reports
House Natural Resources04/15/2011 Referred to
House Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands04/22/2011 Referred to
07/26/2011 Hearings by
House Agriculture04/15/2011 Referred to
House Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry05/11/2011 Referred to

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Introduced in House (04/15/2011)

Wilderness and Roadless Area Release Act of 2011 - Releases public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 that have not been designated as wilderness and identified by BLM as not suitable for designation as wilderness from further study for wilderness designation. Makes such lands no longer subject to the Act's requirement pertaining to the management of wilderness study areas in a manner that does not impair suitability for preservation as wilderness.

Releases inventoried roadless areas within the National Forest System that have not been designated as wilderness and were not recommended for designation as wilderness as a result of the second roadless area review and evaluation program (RARE II) or the subsequent revision of a land resource management plan, from further study for wilderness designation. Makes such System lands no longer subject to management to maintain roadless character and values and to comply with other land-use restrictions of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, as amended by the Roadless Area Conservation Final Rule (2001) and the State Petitions for Inventoried Roadless Area Management Final Rule (2005).