H.R. 903: Colorado Northern Front Range Mountain Backdrop Protection Study Act

110th Congress · introduced 2007-02-07 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1014.

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Where it came from: introduced 2007-02-07 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Udall, Mark [D-CO-2] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1014. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Colorado Northern Front Range Mountain Backdrop Protection Study Act

Plain summary

Colorado Northern Front Range Mountain Backdrop Protection Study Act - Requires the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, to conduct a study of the land within the study area (certain lands in southern Boulder, northern Jefferson, and northern Gilpin Counties, Colorado) and complete a report: (1) identifying the present ownership of the land within the study area; (2) identifying any undeveloped land that may be at risk of development; and (3) describing any actions that could be taken to preserve the open and undeveloped character of the land within the study area. Requires the Secretary to conduct the study and develop the report with the support and participation of one or more specified state and local entities. Allows the Secretary if such state and local entities do not support and participate in the study and report to: (1) decrease the area covered by the study area, as appropriate; or (2) opt not to conduct the study or develop the report and notify specified congressional committees of such decision. Prohibits anything in this Act from authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to take any action that would affect the use of any land not owned by the United States.

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Colorado Northern Front Range Mountain Backdrop Protection Study Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate with amendment(s))

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Sponsor: Rep. Udall, Mark [D-CO-2] · 0 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 903, Colorado Northern Front Range Mountain Backdrop Protection Study Act (2008-10-02); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 903, Colorado Northern Front Range Mountain Backdrop Protection Study Act (2008-10-02)

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-110hr903.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/110/hr>

Record fed-us-cong110-hr903 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110