S2149-118

Introduced

To sustain economic development and recreational use of National Forest System land in the State of Montana, to add certain land to the National Wilderness Preservation System, to designate new areas for recreation, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Jun 22, 2023

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To sustain economic development and recreational use of National Forest System land in the State of Montana, to add certain land to the National Wilderness Preservation System, to designate new areas for recreation, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Transportation, Civil Rights.

Who Benefits and How

environmental regulators and natural-resource users 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, environmental regulators and natural-resource users may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section S1: 1. Short title; table of contents This Act may be cited as the Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Act . The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
  • Section idCC9620AAA7D24BFAAC505BECCA572CB5: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term District means the Seeley Lake Ranger District of the Lolo National Forest. The term Map means the map entitled Bob...
  • Section id39be20b2fa5246e2acfd52c47ca016aa: 101. Landscape assessment Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in collaboration with interested parties, shall...
  • Section idd7e022f38cfd41c2b5e32c265798536b: 102. Environmental review of collaboratively developed restoration projects In this section, the term collaboratively developed restoration project means an...
  • Section id04e85328f2d64d2e9836a42b8a81fff6: 201. Otatsy Recreation Management Area Subject to valid existing rights, certain Federal land in the Lolo National Forest comprising approximately 2,013 acres,...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To sustain economic development and recreational use of National Forest System land in the State of Montana, to add certain land to the National Wilderness Preservation System, to designate new areas for recreation, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Key Policy Areas

Environment, Transportation, Civil Rights

Primary Purpose

This bill, To sustain economic development and recreational use of National Forest System land in the State of Montana, to add certain land to the National Wilderness Preservation System, to designate new areas for recreation, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Policy Domains

Environment Transportation Civil Rights

Whole bill

Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
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Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • federal implementing agencies
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: rs

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Jun 22, 2023

Mr. Tester introduced the following bill; which was read twice …

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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Environment Transportation Civil Rights
Actor Mappings
"secretary_of_agriculture"
→ Secretary of Agriculture

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"collaboratively developed" §id7eba70a4cb384d3291f54dc45d4390c8

a proposal that is developed and implemented through a collaborative process that— includes multiple interested persons representing diverse interests

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