California Wilderness Act of 1980
Latest action. Referred to Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
(Reported to House from the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs with amendment, H. Rept. 96-1223) California Wilderness Act of 1980 - Designates specified lands in the State of California as wilderness and components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to review and report to the President on the suitability for preservation as wilderness of specified lands within the Monache Wilderness Study Area, the North Mountain Planning Area, and the Eightmile and Blue Creek Planning Areas. Directs the Secretary to acquire specified lands within newly-designated wilderness areas. Adds specified lands in California to the National Park System. Exempts the roadless area review and evaluation program (RARE II) final environmental statement from judicial review with respect to National Forest System lands in California. Requires the consideration of specified lands within the Dillon Creek Further Planning Area for all uses during the preparation of a forest plan for the Klamath National Forest. Prohibits activities which may reduce the wilderness potential of such land during the interim period.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Reported to House with amendment(s)" stage on August 18, 1980. 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 August 20, 1980: Referred to Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
- 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?
PHILLIP BURTON (D-CA) introduced it on July 1, 1980, and 21 members have since signed on as cosponsors.
They are 20 Democrats, 1 independent.
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 July 1, 1980, 16872 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 16822 days ago, on August 20, 1980.
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