California Desert and Mountain Heritage Act

A bill to designate certain Federal lands in Riverside County, California, as wilderness, to designate certain river segments in Riverside County as a wild, scenic, or recreational river, to adjust the boundary of the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument, and for other purposes.

9/27/2007--Introduced.
California Desert and Mountain Heritage Act - Designates as wilderness:
(1) certain Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands in the Cleveland National Forest, to be part of the Agua Tibia Wilderness;
(2) specified lands in the San Bernardino National Forest to be known as the Cahuilla Mountain Wilderness and the South Fork San Jacinto Wilderness and certain BLM land in such Forest as part of the Santa Rosa Wilderness;
(3) certain BLM land in Riverside County, California, to be known as the Beauty Mountain Wilderness;
(4) certain land in Joshua Tree National Park, to be part of the Joshua Tree Wilderness;
(5) certain BLM land in the county as part of the Orocopia Mountains Wilderness;
(6) certain BLM land in the county as part of the Palen/McCoy Wilderness;
(7) certain BLM land in the county to be known as the Pinto Mountains Wilderness; and
(8) certain BLM land in the county as part of the Chuckwalla Mountains Wilderness. Designates certain lands in the Joshua Tree National Park as potential wilderness. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to manage such land as wilderness until it is incorporated into the Joshua Tree Wilderness (effective when the Secretary publishes notice that all uses of the land prohibited by the Wilderness Act have ceased or that sufficient inholdings have been acquired to establish a manageable wilderness unit). Provides for access to the Cahuilla Mountain Wilderness by Indian tribes for traditional cultural and religious purposes. Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate as wild, scenic, or recreational rivers specified segments of the North Fork San Jacinto River, Fuller Mill Creek, Palm Canyon Creek, and Bautista Creek in California. Amends the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument Act of 2000 to include additional lands within the boundaries of the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument.

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Sponsor

• Sen. Barbara Boxer [D, CA]
• and 1 Co-Sponsors
  • Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D, CA]
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Committees

• Senate Energy and Natural Resources
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  • Senate Energy and Natural Resources
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Amendments

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Amendments to S.2109

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Introduced		Voted on by Senate		Voted on by House		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
September 27, 2007

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• Apr 15, 2008: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 110-485.
• Apr 15, 2008: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held.
• Apr 15, 2008: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests . Hearings held.
• Apr 15, 2008: Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Date of scheduled hearing. SD-366. 2:30 p.m.
• Sep 27, 2007: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
• Sep 27, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12290)
• Introduced on Sep 27, 2007.

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Related Bills:

• H.R.3682

Related Issue Areas:

• Public lands
• California
• Commemorations
• Culture
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• Humanities
• Indians
• Land use
• Minorities
• Mountains
• National forests
• National monuments
• National parks
• Natural resources
• Religion
• Water resources
• Wild rivers
• Wilderness areas

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May 02, 2008 Hillary.... Another 2nd Amendment Murderer

S. 2109: Ten-year extension of the semi-auto ban then in effect. 108th S. 16: "Crime bill" including: gun show ban, lifetime juvenile offender ban, FBI record-keeping, much more. 107th S. 767: Gun show ban. ...

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October 30, 2007 Congress Rep

And she has been in favor of many bills such as S.2109 which is the California Desert and Mountain Heritage Act. Diane Feinstein is the other senator of California and was also elected a seat in 1992. She was then re-elected in 1998 and ...

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October 12, 2007 Riverside County California

Riverside County California S. 2109 would designate certain Federal lands in Riverside County, California, as wilderness, it would designate certain river segments in Riverside County as a wild, scenic, or recreational river, ...

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