Southwestern Oregon Watershed and Salmon Protection Act of 2023

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5004 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5004

To withdraw certain land located in Curry County and Josephine County, 
 Oregon, from all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the 
 public land laws, location, entry, and patent under the mining laws, 
 and operation under the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 27, 2023

   Ms. Hoyle of Oregon (for herself and Mr. Huffman) introduced the 
    following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 
                               Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To withdraw certain land located in Curry County and Josephine County, 
 Oregon, from all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the 
 public land laws, location, entry, and patent under the mining laws, 
 and operation under the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws, 
                        and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Southwestern Oregon Watershed and 
Salmon Protection Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. WITHDRAWAL OF FEDERAL LAND, CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY, 
              OREGON.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Eligible federal land.--The term ``eligible Federal 
        land'' means--
                    (A) any federally owned land or interest in land 
                depicted on the Maps as within the Hunter Creek and 
                Pistol River Headwaters Withdrawal Proposal or the 
                Rough and Ready and Baldface Creeks Mineral Withdrawal 
                Proposal; or
                    (B) any land or interest in land located within 
                such withdrawal proposals that is acquired by the 
                Federal Government after the date of enactment of this 
                Act.
            (2) Maps.--The term ``Maps'' means--
                    (A) the Bureau of Land Management map entitled 
                ``Hunter Creek and Pistol River Headwaters Withdrawal 
                Proposal'' and dated January 12, 2015; and
                    (B) the Bureau of Land Management map entitled 
                ``Rough and Ready and Baldface Creeks Mineral 
                Withdrawal Proposal'' and dated January 12, 2015.
    (b) Withdrawal.--Subject to valid existing rights, the eligible 
Federal land is withdrawn from all forms of--
            (1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land 
        laws;
            (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and
            (3) operation under the mineral leasing and geothermal 
        leasing laws.
    (c) Availability of Maps.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Maps shall be made available to the public 
at each appropriate office of the Bureau of Land Management.
    (d) Existing Uses Not Affected.--Except with respect to the 
withdrawal under subsection (b), nothing in this section restricts 
recreational uses, hunting, fishing, forest management activities, or 
other authorized uses allowed on the date of enactment of this Act on 
the eligible Federal land in accordance with applicable law.
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