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H.R. 1630: America's Red Rock Wilderness Act

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H.R. 1630: America's Red Rock Wilderness Act

113th Congress · introduced 2013-04-18 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2013-04-18 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

America's Red Rock Wilderness Act

Plain summary

America's Red Rock Wilderness Act - 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) the exchange of state-owned lands within such areas, (2) federal reservation of water rights, (3) measurement of setbacks for roads with wilderness, (4) authorized livestock grazing, and (5) withdrawal of such lands from disposition under certain public land laws.

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Official text

America's Red Rock Wilderness Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12] · 99 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Gwen Moore (D-WI), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Mike Quigley (D-IL), James A. Himes (D-CT), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Adam Smith (D-WA), Gary C. Peters (D-MI), Grace Meng (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), William R. Keating (D-MA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and 39 more.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong113-hr1630 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113