S. 979: America's Red Rock Wilderness Act of 2011
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S. 979: America's Red Rock Wilderness Act of 2011
112th Congress · introduced 2011-05-12 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced in Senate: CR S2944-2947)
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- Where it came from: introduced 2011-05-12 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced in Senate: CR S2944-2947) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
America's Red Rock Wilderness Act of 2011
Plain summary
America's Red Rock Wilderness Act of 2011 - 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 Basin. Sets forth administrative provisions regarding: (1) filing by the Secretary of the Interior of a map and a legal description of each designated wilderness area with appropriate congressional committees, (2) the exchange of state-owned lands within such areas, (3) federal reservation of water rights, (4) measurement of setbacks for roads with wilderness, (5) authorized livestock grazing, and (6) withdrawal of such lands from disposition under certain public land laws.
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America's Red Rock Wilderness Act of 2011
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] · 14 cosponsors
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Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Jack Reed (D-RI), Michael F. Bennet (D-CO), Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] reported raising $84,084 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112s979.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/s>
Record fed-us-cong112-s979 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112