S-353 : Still Just a Bill

Oregon Treasures Act of 2013 - Designates specified Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land in Oregon as potential wilderness areas.

Provides for the designation of such areas, to be known as the Cathedral Rock Wilderness and the Horse Heaven Wilderness, as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System.

Authorizes certain land exchanges with specified landowners.

Adds specified federal land managed by the BLM in the Wild Rogue Wilderness as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System.

Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (the Act) to add specified segments of creeks to the designation of the Rogue River in Oregon as a component of the national wild and scenic rivers system.

Prohibits: (1) the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) from licensing the construction of any dam, conduit, reservoir, powerhouse, transmission line, or other project works affecting specified stream segments; and (2) any federal department or agency from assisting in the construction of any water resources project affecting any such segment, except for maintaining or repairing existing projects.

Amends the Act to designate specified segments of the Molalla River in Oregon as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.

Amends the Act to rename the Squaw Creek in Oregon as Whychus Creek.

Amends the Act to make corrections to the segment designations for the Chetco River, Oregon, including revising segment lengths.

Action Timeline

Action DateTypeTextSource
2013-09-10CalendarsPlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 178.Senate
2013-09-10CommitteeCommittee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Wyden with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 113-100.Senate
2013-06-18CommitteeCommittee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.Senate
2013-04-25CommitteeCommittee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-28.Senate
2013-02-14IntroReferralRead twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.Senate
2013-02-14IntroReferralIntroduced in SenateLibrary of Congress

Sponsor :

Ron Wyden [D] (OR)
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Policy Area :

Public Lands and Natural Resources
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  • Dams and canals
  • Electric power generation and transmission
  • Lakes and rivers
  • Land transfers
  • Licensing and registrations
  • Water storage
  • Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
  • Oregon

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