A bill to release certain National Forest lands within the State of Idaho from further consideration for wilderness designation, and for other purposes.
Latest action. Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.
Specifies that certain lands within the National Forest System in Idaho which have been studied as part of the Roadless Area Review and Evaluation Program and which are not designated as wilderness or for further wilderness study or planning shall be managed for uses other than wilderness pursuant to the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974. Specifies that lands within the National Forest System which have been recommended in the 96th Congress for designation as wilderness, or identified for further planning, but have not been included in the National Wilderness Preservation System prior to January 1, 1982, shall be managed beginning on such date for uses other than wilderness. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture, upon receipt of any communication from the Idaho State Legislature recommending additions to or deletions from the wilderness system in Idaho, to conduct a study pursuant to such recommendations and report within two years to Congress the merits of such proposed additions or deletions.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in Senate" stage on February 8, 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 February 8, 1980: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the Senate
- Passage by the House
- 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?
JAMES MCCLURE (R-ID) introduced it on February 8, 1980. No cosponsors are recorded.
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 February 8, 1980, 17016 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 17016 days ago, on February 8, 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
- SenateIn committee, no floor vote yet
- HouseAwaits Senate passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers