2021-2022 Regular Session • US Congress Legislature
HB2794: Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection and Pollution Prevention Act
Legislative Summary
To provide for the protection of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and interconnected Federal lands and waters, including Voyageurs National Park, within the Rainy River Watershed in the State of Minnesota, and for other purposes.
Bill History
4/22/2021
Introduced in House
House of Representatives
4/22/2021
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
House of Representatives
6/8/2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
House of Representatives
6/8/2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
House of Representatives
5/24/2022
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
House of Representatives
7/13/2022
Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged.
House of Representatives
7/13/2022
Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Discharged.
House of Representatives
7/13/2022
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
House of Representatives
7/13/2022
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 24 - 16.
House of Representatives
12/14/2022
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-634.
House of Representatives
12/14/2022
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 457.
House of Representatives
Status Information
Current Status
Introduced(4/22/2021)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Sponsors
Democrat: 59
Primary Sponsor
Betty McCollum
Democrat
Co-Sponsors (58)
Raul Grijalva
Democrat
Alan Lowenthal
Democrat
Chellie Pingree
Democrat
Dean Phillips
Democrat
Ilhan Omar
Democrat
Jared Huffman
Democrat
Earl Blumenauer
Democrat
Ruben Gallego
Democrat
Daniel Kildee
Democrat
Joseph Neguse
Democrat
Janice Schakowsky
Democrat
Nanette Barragan
Democrat
Steve Cohen
Democrat
Sean Casten
Democrat
Anna Eshoo
Democrat
Jamie Raskin
Democrat
Eleanor Norton
Democrat
Peter DeFazio
Democrat
Derek Kilmer
Democrat
Ron Kind
Democrat
Gerald Connolly
Democrat
Diana DeGette
Democrat
Judy Chu
Democrat
Nydia Velazquez
Democrat
Lucille Roybal-Allard
Democrat
Cindy Axne
Democrat
Barbara Lee
Democrat
Cori Bush
Democrat
Rashida Tlaib
Democrat
Gwen Moore
Democrat
Ed Case
Democrat
Elissa Slotkin
Democrat
Jerrold Nadler
Democrat
Suzan DelBene
Democrat
Jesus Garcia
Democrat
Peter Welch
Democrat
Marie Newman
Democrat
Grace Napolitano
Democrat
Sheila Jackson-Lee
Democrat
Bobby Rush
Democrat
Andre Carson
Democrat
Julia Brownley
Democrat
Mark Pocan
Democrat
Mike Thompson
Democrat
Mike Levin
Democrat
Melanie Stansbury
Democrat
Matthew Cartwright
Democrat
James McGovern
Democrat
Pete Aguilar
Democrat
Cheri Bustos
Democrat
Paul Tonko
Democrat
Brad Sherman
Democrat
Madeleine Dean
Democrat
Ted Lieu
Democrat
John Larson
Democrat
Thomas Suozzi
Democrat
Joe Courtney
Democrat
Deborah Ross
Democrat