To provide for the designation of certain wilderness areas, recreation management areas, and conservation areas in the State of Colorado, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To provide for the designation of certain wilderness areas, recreation management areas, and conservation areas in the State of Colorado, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers. The main policy domain is Energy, Environment, Transportation.
Who Benefits and How
energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H5DE44AD185D3458CB75A7B0ABD99B881: 1. Short title; table of contents This Act may be cited as the Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act. The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
- Section H00F5F98034E1443FB22856BF82B3125F: 2. Definition of State In this Act, the term State means the State of Colorado.
- Section H6F9F0A571F1F4BEC98117B6436EB72FE: 101. Definitions In this title: The term covered area means any area designated as wilderness by the amendments to section 2(a) of the Colorado Wilderness Act...
- Section H4667EFC077B242CEABDBE229158FC0BF: 102. Colorado Wilderness additions Section 2(a) of the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 103–77) is amended— in paragraph (18),...
- Section H022E61E18B4B4F9F86DFE037E582EB3C: 103. Williams Fork Mountains potential wilderness In furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), certain Federal land in the...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To provide for the designation of certain wilderness areas, recreation management areas, and conservation areas in the State of Colorado, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers.
Key Policy Areas
Energy, Environment, Transportation
Primary Purpose
This bill, To provide for the designation of certain wilderness areas, recreation management areas, and conservation areas in the State of Colorado, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- federal implementing agencies
- energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
ReportedReported by Mr. Manchin, with amendments
Mr. Bennet (for himself and Mr. Hickenlooper) introduced the following …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Conservation and environmental groups, Conservation groups, Wildlife and habitat conservation
Motorized recreation users, Off-road vehicle and mountain bike users, Off-road vehicle users
Positive-direction: Outdoor recreation and hiking enthusiasts
Negative-direction: Motorized recreation users, Off-road vehicle and mountain bike users, Off-road vehicle users
Bureau of Reclamation, Indian Tribes with treaty rights in Colorado, Indian Tribes with treaty rights in Colorado (especially Ute tribes)
Coal mine methane capture companies, Methane capture and utilization companies, Oil and gas industry seeking federal leases in Colorado
Coal mine operators in Thompson Divide area, Mining companies
Positive-direction: Coal mine operators in Thompson Divide area
Negative-direction: Mining companies
Adjacent landowners, Adjacent landowners and businesses, Willing sellers of private land within boundaries
Colorado Department of Natural Resources
Commercial timber companies, Timber harvesting companies
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
- "secretary_of_agriculture"
- → Secretary of Agriculture
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
the Secretary of Agriculture. The term Special Management Area means each of— the Sheep Mountain Special Management Area designated by section 203(a)(1)
the Secretary of Agriculture. The term Wildlife Conservation Area means, as applicable— the Porcupine Gulch Wildlife Conservation Area designated by section 104(a)
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