H.R. 2546: Protecting America's Wilderness Act

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H.R. 2546: Protecting America's Wilderness Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-05-07 · 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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Official title

Protecting America's Wilderness Act

Plain summary

Colorado Wilderness Act of 2019 This bill designates specified lands in Colorado managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) or the Forest Service as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. The bill designates specified lands in Colorado administered by the BLM, the National Park Service, and Bureau of Reclamation as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Such lands shall be incorporated into the West Elk Wilderness. The Department of the Interior may continue authorizing competitive running events currently permitted in the Redcloud Peak Wilderness and Handies Peak Wilderness Areas. The Colorado Army National Guard, through the High-Altitude Army National Guard Aviation Training Site, may conduct aerial navigation training maneuver exercises over the wilderness areas designated by this bill. The bill designates specified lands managed by the BLM as (1) potential wilderness areas, and (2) the Pisgah East Wilderness and the Pisgah West Wilderness upon publication by Interior of a notice in the Federal Register that all nonconforming uses of such lands authorized by this bill have ceased. The bill provides for the securing, adjudication, and use of U.S. water rights for certain of the wilderness areas designated by this bill.

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1] · 1 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 2546, Colorado Wilderness Act of 2019 (2020-01-29)

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Joe Neguse (D-CO)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1] reported raising $1.7 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

Recorded votes

• House roll call 60 (2020): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR2546 (2020-02-12): Agreed to
• House roll call 61 (2020): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR2546 (2020-02-12): Failed
• House roll call 62 (2020): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR2546 (2020-02-12): Failed
• House roll call 63 (2020): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR2546 (2020-02-12): Agreed to
• House roll call 64 (2020): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR2546 (2020-02-12): Failed
• House roll call 65 (2020): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR2546 (2020-02-12): Failed
• House roll call 66 (2020): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR2546 (2020-02-12): Agreed to
• House roll call 67 (2020): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR2546 (2020-02-12): Failed
• House roll call 68 (2020): On Motion to Recommit with Instructions, HR2546 (2020-02-12): Failed
• House roll call 69 (2020): On Passage, HR2546 (2020-02-12): Passed

Sources

• Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House)
• Congress.gov
• Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr2546.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>

Record fed-us-cong116-hr2546 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116