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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
117TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 117-165
BEAR RIVER NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA STUDY ACT
NOVEMBER 1, 2021.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. GRIJALVA, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 3616]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 3616) to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct
a study to assess the suitability and feasibility of designating cer-
tain land as the Bear River National Heritage Area, and for other
purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon
without amendment and recommends that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of H.R. 3616 is to authorize the Secretary of the In-
terior to conduct a study to assess the suitability and feasibility of
designating certain land as the Bear River National Heritage Area.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
H.R. 3616 requires the Secretary of the Interior to study the suit-
ability and feasibility of establishing the Bear River National Her-
itage Area in Utah and Idaho's historic Bear River area. The study
area would include seven counties in northern Utah and south-
eastern Idaho, focusing on areas that are within the main drainage
area of the Bear River, including all of Cache, Box Elder, and Rich
Counties in the State of Utah, and Bear Lake, Caribou, Franklin,
and Oneida Counties in the State of Idaho.
COMMITTEE ACTION
H.R. 3616 was introduced on May 28, 2021, by Representative
Blake Moore (R-UT). The bill was referred solely to the Committee
on Natural Resources, and within the Committee to the Sub-
committee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands. On June
15, 2021, the Subcommittee held a hearing on the bill. On July 14,
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