Bill Summary & Status for the 109th Congress                                                                    


 H.R.1204


Title: To designate as wilderness, wild and scenic rivers, national park and preserve study areas, wild land recovery areas, and biological connecting corridors certain public lands in the States of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Rep Shays, Christopher [CT-4] (introduced 3/9/2005)      Cosponsors (155)
Latest Major Action: 3/16/2005 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans.

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 SUMMARY AS OF:
3/9/2005--Introduced.

Rockies Prosperity Act - Designates the following lands in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness and components of the National Wilderness Preservation System (System): (1) Greater Glacier/Northern Continental Divide ecosystem; (2) Greater Yellowstone ecosystem; (3) Greater Salmon/Selway ecosystem; (4) Greater Cabinet/Yaak/Selkirk ecosystem; (5) Islands in the Sky Wilderness; and (6) Blackfeet Wilderness.

Designates: (1) specified wild land areas as Biological Connecting Corridors to protect the life flow of the Northern Rockies Bioregion; (2) the inventoried roadless areas identified as part of the Corridors as components of the System; and (3) certain biological connecting corridors as special corridor management areas.

Establishes the Hells Canyon/Chief Joseph National Park and Preserve as a National Park System unit. Repeals Federal law provisions that establish the Hells Canyon National Recreation Area.

Requires the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) implement a program of ecosystem restoration in the Preserve; and (2) study the feasibility of creating a Flathead National Park and Preserve in the area generally known as the Glacier View Ranger District of the Flathead National Forest.

Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of specified rivers and creeks in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.

Establishes the National Wildland Restoration and Recovery System and the National Wildland Recovery Corps.

Requires the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture to assure nonexclusive access to the specified areas and corridors designated by this Act by Native Americans for traditional cultural and religious purposes.
3/9/2005:
Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
3/16/2005:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
3/16/2005:
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks. (Conrad Burns being scheduled for a fly-over this spring (05)  to consider declaring the 171,000 acres of Weydemeyer USFS lands bordering Glacier National Park as permanent wilderness. cr)
3/16/2005:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans. (Does this explain the renewed interest in the Columbia River Basin and the dams? cr)
COSPONSORS(155), ALPHABETICAL :     
NOTE number of co-sponsors West of the Mississippi:   29 California* / 3  Oregon** / 2 Colorado** / 2 Washington** Primarily liberal states. None from path of  NW Wildlands Project: Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, (cr)

 
Rep Ackerman, Gary L. [NY-5] - 4/6/2005 Rep Allen, Thomas H. [ME-1] - 3/9/2005
Rep Andrews, Robert E. [NJ-1] - 4/6/2005 Rep Baird, Brian [WA-3] - 4/6/2005 **
Rep Baldwin, Tammy [WI-2] - 3/16/2005 Rep Barrow, John [GA-12] - 4/20/2005
Rep Bean, Melissa L. [IL-8] - 4/26/2005 Rep Becerra, Xavier [CA-31] - 3/9/2005*
Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28] - 3/9/2005 *
Rep Blumenauer, Earl [OR-3] - 3/9/2005**
Rep Boswell, Leonard L. [IA-3] - 5/3/2005 Rep Brady, Robert A. [PA-1] - 5/3/2005
Rep Brown, Corrine [FL-3] - 5/3/2005 Rep Brown, Sherrod [OH-13] - 3/9/2005
Rep Capps, Lois [CA-23] - 3/9/2005* Rep Capuano, Michael E. [MA-8] - 3/9/2005
Rep Cardin, Benjamin L. [MD-3] - 5/3/2005 Rep Carson, Julia [IN-7] - 5/3/2005
Rep Case, Ed [HI-2] - 3/9/2005 Rep Chandler, Ben [KY-6] - 3/9/2005
Rep Christensen, Donna M. [VI] - 4/20/2005 Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy [MO-1] - 3/9/2005
Rep Cleaver, Emanuel [MO-5] - 3/16/2005 Rep Conyers, John, Jr. [MI-14] - 4/20/2005
Rep Cooper, Jim [TN-5] - 5/10/2005 Rep Costello, Jerry F. [IL-12] - 5/3/2005
Rep Crowley, Joseph [NY-7] - 4/6/2005 Rep Cummings, Elijah E. [MD-7] - 3/9/2005
Rep Davis, Artur [AL-7] - 4/6/2005 Rep Davis, Danny K. [IL-7] - 4/6/2005
Rep Davis, Jim [FL-11] - 4/26/2005 Rep Davis, Susan A. [CA-53] - 3/9/2005*
Rep DeGette, Diana [CO-1] - 4/26/2005 ** Rep Delahunt, William D. [MA-10] - 5/3/2005
Rep DeLauro, Rosa L. [CT-3] - 4/20/2005 Rep Doggett, Lloyd [TX-25] - 4/6/2005
Rep Doyle, Michael F. [PA-14] - 4/6/2005 Rep Emanuel, Rahm [IL-5] - 3/9/2005
Rep Engel, Eliot L. [NY-17] - 5/16/2005 Rep Eshoo, Anna G. [CA-14] - 4/6/2005*
Rep Evans, Lane [IL-17] - 4/12/2005 Rep Faleomavaega, Eni F. H. [AS] - 4/20/2005
Rep Farr, Sam [CA-17] - 3/9/2005* Rep Fattah, Chaka [PA-2] - 3/9/2005
Rep Ferguson, Mike [NJ-7] - 3/9/2005 Rep Filner, Bob [CA-51] - 4/6/2005*
Rep Ford, Harold E., Jr. [TN-9] - 5/16/2005 Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] - 4/20/2005
Rep Gilchrest, Wayne T. [MD-1] - 3/9/2005 Rep Gonzalez, Charles A. [TX-20] - 5/10/2005
Rep Gordon, Bart [TN-6] - 4/26/2005 Rep Green, Al [TX-9] - 5/18/2005
Rep Green, Gene [TX-29] - 4/26/2005 Rep Grijalva, Raul M. [AZ-7] - 3/9/2005
Rep Gutierrez, Luis V. [IL-4] - 4/6/2005 Rep Harman, Jane [CA-36] - 4/20/2005*
Rep Hastings, Alcee L. [FL-23] - 3/16/2005 Rep Hinchey, Maurice D. [NY-22] - 4/12/2005
Rep Holden, Tim [PA-17] - 3/9/2005 Rep Holt, Rush D. [NJ-12] - 3/9/2005
Rep Honda, Michael M. [CA-15] - 3/9/2005* Rep Hooley, Darlene [OR-5] - 3/9/2005
Rep Hoyer, Steny H. [MD-5] - 5/3/2005 Rep Inslee, Jay [WA-1] - 3/9/2005 **
Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [IL-2] - 4/26/2005 Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] - 4/20/2005
Rep Jefferson, William J. [LA-2] - 4/20/2005 Rep Johnson, Eddie Bernice [TX-30] - 4/20/2005
Rep Johnson, Nancy L. [CT-5] - 3/16/2005 Rep Johnson, Timothy V. [IL-15] - 4/12/2005
Rep Jones, Stephanie Tubbs [OH-11] - 4/6/2005 Rep Kaptur, Marcy [OH-9] - 4/6/2005
Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. [RI-1] - 4/20/2005 Rep Kildee, Dale E. [MI-5] - 3/9/2005
Rep Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. [MI-13] - 4/20/2005 Rep Kirk, Mark Steven [IL-10] - 5/10/2005
Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. [OH-10] - 3/9/2005 Rep Langevin, James R. [RI-2] - 4/20/2005
Rep Lantos, Tom [CA-12] - 4/6/2005* Rep Larson, John B. [CT-1] - 4/6/2005
Rep Leach, James A. [IA-2] - 4/14/2005 Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] - 4/6/2005*
Rep Lewis, John [GA-5] - 3/16/2005 Rep LoBiondo, Frank A. [NJ-2] - 3/16/2005
Rep Lofgren, Zoe [CA-16] - 5/16/2005* Rep Lowey, Nita M. [NY-18] - 5/3/2005
Rep Lynch, Stephen F. [MA-9] - 4/6/2005 Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. [NY-14] - 3/9/2005
Rep Markey, Edward J. [MA-7] - 4/6/2005 Rep Matsui, Doris O. [CA-5] - 5/3/2005*
Rep McCarthy, Carolyn [NY-4] - 4/6/2005 Rep McCollum, Betty [MN-4] - 4/6/2005
Rep McDermott, Jim [WA-7] - 3/9/2005** Rep McGovern, James P. [MA-3] - 4/6/2005
Rep McNulty, Michael R. [NY-21] - 4/6/2005 Rep Meehan, Martin T. [MA-5] - 5/3/2005
Rep Meeks, Gregory W. [NY-6] - 5/3/2005 Rep Menendez, Robert [NJ-13] - 4/6/2005
Rep Michaud, Michael H. [ME-2] - 5/18/2005 Rep Millender-McDonald, Juanita [CA-37] - *
Rep Miller, Brad [NC-13] - 5/3/2005 Rep Miller, George [CA-7] - 5/3/2005*
Rep Moore, Dennis [KS-3] - 3/9/2005 Rep Moran, James P. [VA-8] - 4/6/2005
Rep Nadler, Jerrold [NY-8] - 3/9/2005 Rep Napolitano, Grace F. [CA-38] - 3/9/2005*
Rep Neal, Richard E. [MA-2] - 4/6/2005 Rep Ney, Robert W. [OH-18] - 3/9/2005
Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes [DC] - 5/10/2005 Rep Olver, John W. [MA-1] - 4/6/2005
Rep Ortiz, Solomon P. [TX-27] - 4/12/2005 Rep Pallone, Frank, Jr. [NJ-6] - 3/9/2005
Rep Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [NJ-8] - 4/20/2005 Rep Pastor, Ed [AZ-4] - 4/12/2005
Rep Payne, Donald M. [NJ-10] - 3/9/2005 Rep Pelosi, Nancy [CA-8] - 3/9/2005*
Rep Price, David E. [NC-4] - 5/10/2005 Rep Rahall, Nick J., II [WV-3] - 3/16/2005
Rep Rangel, Charles B. [NY-15] - 4/14/2005 Rep Rush, Bobby L. [IL-1] - 3/9/2005
Rep Ryan, Tim [OH-17] - 5/3/2005 Rep Sanchez, Linda T. [CA-39] - 3/9/2005*
Rep Sanchez, Loretta [CA-47] - 3/9/2005* Rep Sanders, Bernard [VT] - 4/26/2005
Rep Saxton, Jim [NJ-3] - 4/26/2005 Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. [IL-9] - 4/6/2005
Rep Schiff, Adam B. [CA-29] - 5/16/2005* Rep Serrano, Jose E. [NY-16] - 4/12/2005
Rep Sherman, Brad [CA-27] - 4/20/2005* Rep Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [NY-28] - 4/14/2005
Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4] - 3/9/2005 Rep Solis, Hilda L. [CA-32] - 5/10/2005*
Rep Spratt, John M., Jr. [SC-5] - 4/26/2005 Rep Stark, Fortney Pete [CA-13] - 3/9/2005*
Rep Strickland, Ted [OH-6] - 5/3/2005 Rep Tanner, John S. [TN-8] - 3/16/2005
Rep Tauscher, Ellen O. [CA-10] - 5/3/2005* Rep Taylor, Gene [MS-4] - 5/3/2005
Rep Thompson, Bennie G. [MS-2] - 5/16/2005 Rep Thompson, Mike [CA-1] - 3/9/2005*
Rep Tierney, John F. [MA-6] - 4/6/2005 Rep Towns, Edolphus [NY-10] - 4/6/2005
Rep Udall, Mark [CO-2] - 3/16/2005** Rep Van Hollen, Chris [MD-8] - 4/6/2005
Rep Velazquez, Nydia M. [NY-12] - 4/26/2005 Rep Walsh, James T. [NY-25] - 3/16/2005
Rep Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [FL-20] - 4/6/2005 Rep Waters, Maxine [CA-35] - 3/16/2005*
Rep Watson, Diane E. [CA-33] - 4/14/2005* Rep Waxman, Henry A. [CA-30] - 5/10/2005*
Rep Weiner, Anthony D. [NY-9] - 4/6/2005 Rep Wexler, Robert [FL-19] - 4/6/2005
Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. [CA-6] - 3/16/2005* Rep Wu, David [OR-1] - 4/6/2005**
Rep Wynn, Albert Russell [MD-4] - 5/10/2005