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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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115TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-312
WASHINGTON COUNTY, UTAH, PUBLIC LANDS
MANAGEMENT IMPLEMENTATION ACT
SEPTEMBER 14, 2017.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. BISHOP of Utah, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
together with
DISSENTING VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 2423]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 2423) to implement certain measures relating to manage-
ment of Washington County, Utah, required by Public Law 111-11,
having considered the same, report favorably thereon without
amendment and recommend that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of H.R. 2423 is to implement certain measures relat-
ing to management of Washington County, Utah, required by Pub-
lic Law 111-11.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
The Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (OPLMA,
Public Law 111-11) included several provisions that affected public
land management in Washington County, Utah. Title 1, Subtitle 0,
of the Act designated 16 new wilderness areas; released several
Wilderness Study Areas; created the 44,725-acre Red Cliffs Na-
tional Conservation Area (NCA) and the 68,083-acre Beaver Dam
Wash NCA; designated 165.5 miles of new Wild and Scenic Rivers;
authorized the Secretary of the Interior to sell lands previously
identified for disposal within the County; authorized the Secretary
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