S. 1198
Introduced in Senate · April 10, 2025March 27, 2025
Mr. Whitehouse (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Booker, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Markey, Mr. Sanders, Mrs. Shaheen, and Ms. Warren) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
A BILL
To designate certain National Forest System land and certain public land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture in the States of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness, wild and scenic rivers, wildland recovery areas, and biological connecting corridors, and for other purposes.
1. Short title; table of contents; 2. Findings; 3. Purposes; 4. Definitions; TITLE I—DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS; 101. Purpose; 102. Greater Glacier/Northern Continental Divide ecosystem; 103. Greater Yellowstone ecosystem; 104. Greater Salmon/Selway ecosystem; 105. Greater Cabinet-Yaak-Selkirk ecosystem; 106. Greater Hells Canyon ecosystem; 107. Islands in the Sky Wilderness; 108. Wilderness in biological connecting corridors; 109. Administration; 110. Water; 111. Donation of grazing permits and leases; TITLE II—BIOLOGICAL CONNECTING CORRIDORS; 201. Findings; 202. Designation of biological connecting corridors; 203. Treatment of biological connecting corridors; 204. Applicability of title; 205. Cooperative agreements and land trades and acquisitions; 206. Exemption of certain roads and highways; TITLE III—WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS DESIGNATIONS; 301. Designation of wild and scenic rivers in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming; TITLE IV—WILDLAND RESTORATION AND RECOVERY; 401. Definitions; 402. Restoration and recovery; 403. Management; TITLE V—IMPLEMENTATION AND MONITORING; 501. Implementation report; 502. Interagency team; 503. Roadless land evaluation; TITLE VI—EFFECT OF ACT ON INDIAN TRIBES; 601. Rights of Indian Tribes; 602. Federal trust responsibility; 603. Exemption from Freedom of Information Act; 604. Application of Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act; 605. Tribal use of protected areas; TITLE VII—EFFECT OF ACT ON WATER RIGHTS; 701. Water rights