All Idaho Multiple-Use Land Management Act of 1979
Latest action. Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
All-Idaho Multiple-Use Land Management Act of 1979 - Designates portions of central Idaho wildlands, (formerly known as the Salmon River Breaks-Idaho Primitive Areas), Selway-Bitterroot-Lakes, and Lionhead areas as wilderness and components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture. Withdraws the minerals in Federal lands within such wilderness areas after 2000 from all forms of appropriation under the mining laws, from disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral leasing, and from leasing or other disposition under the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970. Permits the use of aircraft and motorboats, and the grazing of livestock, where established prior to the effective date of this Act, to continue at existing levels, and to be increased subject to regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture. Allows commercial services to be performed within such wilderness areas, to the extent necessary for recreational or other wilderness purposes of the areas. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to study seven specified areas in national forests in Idaho to determine their suitability and for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System. Specifies that all national forest lands within the State of Idaho which are not wilderness study areas as a result of this Act or statutory wilderness areas shall be managed by the Secretary of Agriculture for uses other than wilderness. Declares that such lands shall not be the subject of further studies by a department or agency of the Federal Government for possible inclusion into the National Wilderness Preservation System, the National Parks System, or the National Monument System, nor shall commodity production be delayed or prohibited for any reason other than normal land management planning.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on October 25, 1979. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on October 25, 1979: Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the House
- Passage by the Senate
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
In the 96th Congress (1979-80), 613 of the 12,581 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 4.9 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
STEVEN SYMMS (R-ID) introduced it on October 25, 1979, and 1 member has since signed on as a cosponsor.
They are 1 Republican.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on October 25, 1979, 17122 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 17122 days ago, on October 25, 1979.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 96th Congress has not finished by January 3, 1981 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
Every answer above is assembled from this measure's own record on Congress.gov and from published counts of what Congress has passed before. Civibrief does not predict outcomes and takes no position on any measure.
Vote history
- HouseIn committee, no floor vote yet
- SenateAwaits House passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers