S. 1167: Owyhee Wilderness Areas Boundary Modifications Act

114th Congress · introduced 2015-04-30 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 588.

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Where it came from: introduced 2015-04-30 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] · 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. 588. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Owyhee Wilderness Areas Boundary Modifications Act

Plain summary

Owyhee Wilderness Areas Boundary Modifications Act (Sec. 2) This bill adjusts the boundaries of the North Fork Owyhee Wilderness, the Owyhee River Wilderness, and the Pole Creek Wilderness in Idaho to exclude certain land. (Sec. 3) The holder of a grazing permit within the Pole Creek Wilderness and the Owyhee River Wilderness shall be allowed continued limited motorized use in those wilderness areas to support livestock operations if: the use occurred before the designation of the wilderness areas; and the Department of the Interior, as part of the minimum requirements analysis required by this bill, has authorized the permittee to conduct limited motorized use within the wilderness areas. Interior shall conduct a minimum requirements analysis for motorized use within those wilderness areas as part of the renewal process for the affected grazing permit. As part of such analysis, Interior shall analyze the impacts of limited motorized use for livestock operations on vegetation, wildlife, and cultural resources within those wilderness areas. Until the minimum requirements analysis is completed, Interior shall permit limited motorized use for livestock operations in those wilderness areas at not more than the level authorized.

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Owyhee Wilderness Areas Boundary Modifications Act

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] · 1 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 1167, Owyhee Wilderness Areas Boundary Modifications Act (2016-08-10)

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James E. Risch (R-ID)

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] reported raising $1.3 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114s1167.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/s>

Record fed-us-cong114-s1167 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114