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H.R. 4846: Arapaho National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act of 2014

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H.R. 4846: Arapaho National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act of 2014

113th Congress · introduced 2014-06-11 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2014-06-11 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Arapaho National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act of 2014

Plain summary

Arapaho National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act of 2014 - Adjusts the boundary of the Arapaho National Forest in Colorado to incorporate approximately 92.95 acres of land generally depicted as The Wedge. Requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to include all federal land within the boundary in the Bowen Gulch Protection Area established under the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993. Authorizes USDA to acquire non-federal lands within the boundary only by donation or exchange. Declares that nothing in this Act opens privately owned lands within the boundary to public motorized use. Allows motorized access for the owners of any non-federal lands within the boundary who historically have accessed their lands through the boundary lands.

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Official text

Arapaho National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act of 2014

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong113-hr4846 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113