H.R. 1701: Eagle and Summit County Wilderness Preservation Act

112th Congress · introduced 2011-05-03 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.

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Where it came from: introduced 2011-05-03 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Eagle and Summit County Wilderness Preservation Act

Plain summary

Eagle and Summit County Wilderness Preservation Act - Amends the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 to designate certain lands in Colorado in the White River National Forest and certain public lands administered by Colorado River Valley Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System (NWPS). Releases the portions of the Castle Peak and Bull Gulch wilderness study areas that are not designated as wilderness by this Act from further study for designation as wilderness. Designates certain BLM administered lands and certain lands in the White River National Forest as the Red Table Mountain, Pisgah Mountain, and Castle Peak Areas. Provides for the eventual designation of the Castle Peak and Pisgah Mountain Areas as the Castle Peak Wilderness and Pisgah Mountain Wilderness, respectively, upon publication of a notice in the Federal Register that such areas are no longer needed by the Colorado Army National Guard for helicopter training, testing, or evaluation. Designates certain federal lands in the White River National Forest as: (1) the Tenmile and Hoosier Ridge Special Management Areas, and (2) the Porcupine Gulch Special Management Area.

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Eagle and Summit County Wilderness Preservation Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2] · 0 cosponsors

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr1701.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>

Record fed-us-cong112-hr1701 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112