Congress.gov119th Congress

H.R. 588

Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection and Pollution Prevention Act

Introduced Jan 21, 2025Latest action Jan 21, 2025Public Lands and Natural Resources

Plain-English summary

Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection and Pollution Prevention Act This bill protects and preserves approximately 225,504 acres of federal land and waters in a specified area in the Rainy River Watershed of Superior National Forest in Minnesota from certain mining, such as sulfide-ore copper mining. (The area is upstream from the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. ) Specifically, the bill withdraws those acres from entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws; location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and operation of the mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws. However, 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.

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People and recorded decisions

Sponsors, Cosponsors & House Votes

Suzan K. DelBene

Cosponsor · Democratic · WA

Jerrold L Nadler

Cosponsor · Democratic · NY

Gwen S Moore

Cosponsor · Democratic · WI

Judy Chu

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Jared Huffman

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Deborah K. Ross

Cosponsor · Democratic · NC

Rashida Tlaib

Cosponsor · Democratic · MI

Paul David Tonko

Cosponsor · Democratic · NY

Ted Lieu

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Betty McCollum

Sponsor · Democratic · MN

Mike Mr. Thompson

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Ilhan Omar

Cosponsor · Other · MN

Janice D. Schakowsky

Cosponsor · Democratic · IL

Diana DeGette

Cosponsor · Democratic · CO

Joseph Neguse

Cosponsor · Democratic · CO

Kevin Mullin

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Eleanor Holmes Norton

Cosponsor · Democratic · DC

Jesús G. "Chuy" García

Cosponsor · Democratic · IL

Sean Casten

Cosponsor · Democratic · IL

Salud O. Carbajal

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Edward Case

Cosponsor · Democratic · HI

Kelly Morrison

Cosponsor · Other · MN

Mike Levin

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Sylvia R. Garcia

Cosponsor · Democratic · TX

Steve Cohen

Cosponsor · Democratic · TN

Jill Naomi Tokuda

Cosponsor · Democratic · HI

S. Raja Krishnamoorthi

Cosponsor · Democratic · IL

Jamie Raskin

Cosponsor · Democratic · MD

Julia Brownley

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Gabriel Vasquez

Cosponsor · Democratic · NM

Mark Pocan

Cosponsor · Democratic · WI

Nikema Williams

Cosponsor · Democratic · GA

Chellie Pingree

Cosponsor · Democratic · ME

André Carson

Cosponsor · Democratic · IN

Emily Randall

Cosponsor · Democratic · WA

Debbie Dingell

Cosponsor · Democratic · MI

Donald S. Beyer, Jr.

Cosponsor · Democratic · VA

Melanie A. Stansbury

Cosponsor · Democratic · NM

Nanette Diaz Barragán

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Yassamin Ansari

Cosponsor · Democratic · AZ

Mike Quigley

Cosponsor · Democratic · IL

No linked House roll-call vote is available yet. Senate votes are not currently synchronized.

Official Subjects

Public Lands and Natural ResourcesAir qualityForests, forestry, treesLand use and conservationMiningWildlife conservation and habitat protectionLicensing and registrationsMinnesotaWater qualityWatershedsWilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Sources & text

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