{"bill":{"id":"118-hr-668","congress":118,"type":"HR","number":668,"title":"Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection and Pollution Prevention Act","originChamber":"House","introducedDate":"2023-01-31","sponsors":[{"bioguideId":"M001143","fullName":"Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4]","party":"D","state":"MN","district":4}],"cosponsorsCount":48,"latestAction":{"actionDate":"2023-02-21","text":"Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands."},"policyArea":"Public Lands and Natural Resources","subjects":["Air quality","Forests, forestry, trees","Land use and conservation","Licensing and registrations","Mining","Minnesota","Water quality","Watersheds","Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats","Wildlife conservation and habitat protection"],"actions":[{"date":"2023-02-21","text":"Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2023-02-21","text":"Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2023-01-31","text":"Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2023-01-31","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2023-01-31","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false}],"summary":" <p><b>Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection and Pollution Prevention Act</b></p> <p>This bill withdraws approximately 234,328 acres of federal land and waters in a specified area in the Rainy River Watershed of Superior National Forest in Minnesota from </p> <ul> <li>entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws;</li> <li>location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and </li> <li>operation of the mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws.</li> </ul> <p>The area is adjacent to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness Mining Protection Area. Land or interest in land within such area that is acquired by the United States shall be immediately withdrawn in accordance with this bill.</p> <p>The Forest Service is authorized to permit the removal of sand, granite, iron ore, and taconite from national forest system lands within such area if the removal is not detrimental to the water quality, air quality, and health of forest habitat within the Rainy River Watershed.</p>","updateDate":"2024-07-24T15:23:55Z"},"markets":[],"stateBills":[],"meta":{"sources":["congress.gov"],"latencyMs":506,"ts":"2026-04-15T04:01:18.616Z"},"nextActions":{"inspect":[],"related":[{"description":"Search related legislation","method":"GET","url":"/api/public/query-gov?q=Boundary%20Waters%20Wilderness%20Protection%20and%20Pollution%20Preventi"}]}}