S.Amdt. 3095

SA 3095. Mr. BENNET submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill H.R. 2, to provide for the reform and continuation of
agricultural and other programs of the Department of Agriculture
through fiscal year 2023, and for other purposes; which was ordered to
lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of part II of subtitle F of title VIII, add the
following:

SEC. 86____. SENSE OF THE SENATE RELATING TO WILDERNESS STUDY
AREA LEGISLATION.

(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) wilderness study areas are an important component of
the National Forest System;
(2) legislation to release wilderness study areas has, in
the past, been informed through a robust public process that
includes several meetings near the affected acreage attended
by a variety of local stakeholders; and
(3) the release of the Molas Pass Wilderness Study Area in
the San Juan National Forest in the State of Colorado under
section 3062(f)(2) of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ``Buck''
McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2015 (16 U.S.C. 539q(f)(2)) was informed though multiple
public meetings conducted over a period of several years in
the region in which the wilderness study area was located.
(b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate
that legislation to release wilderness study areas should be
informed by a robust stakeholder process that includes
numerous stakeholder meetings in the region in which the
wilderness study area is located.
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