Wilderness (and related) Bills
106th Congress
Updated 06/06/01 10:29 PM (Mountain Time)

Bill State Wilderness
Acres
Notes		 Introduced Subcommittee
Approval		 Committee
Approval		 House
Passage		 Senate
Passage		 Conf.
Report		 Conf. Report
Approval		 Public
Law

House

 Senate House Senate House Senate House Senate
Arctic AK 1,500,000 HR1239
3/23/99		 S867
4/22/99		                    
ANILCA Tech Changes AK helicopters & wilderness study   S1683
10/4/99		                    
Coastal rocks & islands CA unspecified HR2277
6/18/99		                      
Otay Mountain CA 18,500 HR15
1/6/99		 S848
4/21/99		 2/25/99
(vv)		   3/3/99
(vv)
H. Rpt. 106-65		 6/30/99
(vv)
S. Rpt. 106-116		 4/12/99
(vv)
CR H1808-1812		 11/19/99
(uc)
CR S15158		        12/9/99 106-145
Emigrant CA dam maintenance HR359
1/19/99 		  4/27/99
(vv) 		6/8/00
Hearings Held		 5/5/99
(vv)
H. Rpt. 106-425		   11/8/99
(vv)
CR H11657-59		          
Giant Sequoia Preserve CA Presidential Proclamation, 4/15/00 HR2077
6/8/99 		                     
Pinnacles NM Additions CA Presidential Proclamation, 1/11/00 HR2279
6/18/99 		                     
Point Reyes NS Additions CA 1,752 Public Law 94-567, approved October 20, 1976, identified 8,003 acres as potential wilderness additions. Under the provisions of this law the National Park Service determined that prohibited activities have ceased on 1,752 acres and added them to the Phillip Burton Wilderness in Federal Register Notice 99-29779 (published on 11/18/99) [text]  [PDF]
Santa Rosa & San Jacinto Mts Nat'l Mon. CA no wilderness HR3676
2/16/00 		  4/13/00
(vv) 		  6/20/00
(vv)
H. Rpt. 106-750		   7/25/00
(vv)
CR H6867-69 		10/5/00
(uc)
CR S10004-08		       10/24/00 106-351
Colorado CO 1,384,867 (BLM) HR829
2/24/99		            

 

        
Rocky Mtn N.P. CO 249,562 HR2178
6/10/99		                      
Spanish Peaks CO 18,000 HR898
3/2/99		 S503
3/2/99		 4/27/99
(vv)		 6/23/99
Hearings Held		 5/5/99
(vv)
H. Rpt. 106-173		 6/30/99
(vv)
S. Rpt. 106-233		 9/13/99
(vv)
CR H8115-18		 4/13/00
(uc)
CR S2792-93		   10/23/00
(vv)3
CR H10513-14		 10/19/00
(uc)1
CR S10839		 11/7/00
106-456
Black Canyon of the Gunnison CO 22.119
expansion		 HR1165
3/17/99		 S323
2/28/99		 7/15/99
(vv)		 3/24/99
Hearings Held		 7/21/99
(vv)
H. Rpt. 106-307		 5/19/99
(vv)
S. Rpt. 106-69		 9/27/99
(vv)
CR H8780-86		 7/1/99
(uc)
CR S8187-89		     10/1/99
(uc)
CR S11815-17		 10/21/99
106-76
James Peak CO 22,000 HR2177
6/10/99		                      
Black Ridges Canyons CO 75,500 HR4275
6/22/00		   6/22/00
(vv)		 9/13/00
Hearings Held		 7/19/99
(uc)		 9/20/00
(vv)
S. Rpt. 106-460		 7/25/00
(vv)
CR H6870-75		 10/5/00
(uc)
CR S9975-95		       10/24/00
106-353
Great Sand Dunes National Park CO no wilderness HR4095
3/28/00		 S2547
5/11/00		   6/22/00
Hearings Held		   9/20/00
(vv)
S. Rpt. 106-479		   10/5/00
(uc)
CR S9975-95		   10/25/00
(366y-34n)4
CR H10709-17
H10843-44		   11/22/2000
106-530
Dugger Mtn AL 9,200 HR2632
7/29/99		 S1843
11/2/99		 10/20/00
(vv)		   10/28/99
(vv)
H. Rpt. 106-422		   11/1/99
(vv)
CR H11152-53		 11/19/99
(uc)
CR S15201		       12/9/99
106-156
Everglades FL study   S144
1/19/99		                    
national parks HI aircraft HR482
2/2/99		                      
Black Rock Desert ... NV 757,500   S2273
3/23/00		   4/26/00
Hearings Held		       10/5/00 & 10/19/00
(uc)
CR S10004-08 &
S10838-39		   12/15/00
(uc)6		 12/15/00
(uc)6		 12/21/00
106-554
Boundary Waters ... MN rename   S347
2/3/99		                    
Apostle Islands WI study   S134
1/19/99		   6/29/00
Hearings Held		   8/25/00
(vv)
S. Rpt. 106-371		            
America's Red Rock UT 9,100,000 HR1732
5/6/99		 S861
4/22/99		                    
Nat. Parks & Public Lands UT 1,083,861 HR3035
10/7/99		   10/19/99
Hearings Held		                  
West Desert Land Exchange UT Refers to existing & proposed wilderness HR4579
6/6/00		 S2754
6/20/00		 6/22/00
(vv)		       7/11/00
(vv)
CR H5796-97		 10/3/00
(uc)
CR S9773-74		       10/13/00
106-301
San Rafael ... UT no wilderness HR3605
2/9/00		 S2048
2/9/00		 3/23/00
(vv)		   5/16/00
(vv)
H. Rpt. 106-647		   6/7/00
unfinished business		          
Virginia VA 11,300 HR4646
6/13/00		 S2865
7/13/00		   9/13/00
Hearings Held		   9/20/00
(vv)
S. Rpt. 106-442		 10/17/00
(vv)
CR H9969		 10/5/00
(uc)
CR S9975-95		     10/19/00
(uc)1
CR S10839
10/27/00
(uc)5
 11/9/00
106-471
Steens Mtn OR 155,632 HR4828
7/12/00		 S3052
9/14/00		 9/20/00
24y-4n		   10/3/00
(vv)
H. Rpt. 106-929		   10/4/00
(vv)
CR H8760-65		 10/12/00
(uc)
CR S10489		       10/30/00
106-399
America's Wilderness Protection Act   Terminate WSA protection HR1258
3/24/99
HR1500
4/21/99		   3/23/00
(vv)		   9/13/00
(vv)		              
Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection ID, MT, OR, WA, WY 18,389,000 HR488
2/2/99 		                     

Roll call votes are given within parentheses; vv = voice vote; uc = unanimous consent.

FOOTNOTES

  1. The Senate passed HR 898, Spanish Peaks Wilderness,  after amending it to include Virginia Wilderness, and several other bills. 10/19/00, Floor Action CR S10839, Amendment 4331 CR S10828-30
  2. The Senate passed HR 3023, Yuma Land Conveyance, after amending it to include the Black Rock Desert ... wilderness bill, the Saint Helena Island National Scenic Area and several other bills. 10/19/00, Floor Action CR S10838-39, Amendment 4330 CR S10823-28
  3. The House passed S 503, Spanish Peaks Wilderness,  which is the stand alone version of this bill. 10/23/00, thus clearing it for the President. Floor Action CR H10513-14
  4. The House passed S 2547, Great Sand Dunes National Park, 10/25/00, clearing it to the President. The debate took place on 10/24/00 with the roll call vote on 10/25. CR H10709-17
  5. The Senate passed HR 4646, Virginia Wilderness, which is the stand alone version of this bill. 10/27/00, thus clearing it for the President.
  6. The Black Rock Desert wilderness bill was included in the final appropriations bill which pass both the House and Senate on 12/15/00 during the final hours of the 106th Congress, thus clearing it to the President. It had previously passed the Senate