Granite Watershed Enhancement and Protection Act of 1998
Public Law 105-281 · H.R. 2886 · 105th Congress · began in the House
Signed by Bill Clinton (D) on Oct 26, 1998 · Public Lands and Natural Resources
Sponsor: Rep. John Doolittle (R-CA-4)
Cosponsors: None
Passage votes
- HouseUnanimous consent
- SenateUnanimous consent
Data notes
The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.
Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Granite Watershed Enhancement and Protection Act of 1998 - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into a five-year contract with a single private contractor to perform multiple resource management activities (reduction of forest fuel loads, monitoring of wildlife and water quality in the Granite watershed) on Federal lands within the Stanislaus National Forest, California, to demonstrate enhanced water quality and wildfire risk reduction in the Granite watershed at reduced Government cost.
Requires such activities to be in compliance with Federal protections for the California spotted owl.
Sets forth funding and reporting provisions.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Natural Resources Committee · House · markup by, referred to, reported bySubcommittee: Forests and Forest Health Subcommittee
Energy and Natural Resources Committee · Senate · markup by, referred to, reported bySubcommittee: Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee
Data notes
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Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 23 actions.
- Oct 26, 1998Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 105-281.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Oct 14, 1998PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- Oct 10, 1998Resolving differencesResolving differences · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to without objection.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Hansen asked unanimous consent that the House agree to the Senate amendment.
- Oct 2, 1998FloorFloor · Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- Aug 25, 1998CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
- Jul 29, 1998CommitteeCommittee · Markup by Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
- Jul 22, 1998CommitteeCommittee · Hearings by Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
- May 14, 1998CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
- May 13, 1998CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
- May 12, 1998FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- FloorFloor · On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
- FloorFloor · Mrs. Chenoweth moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Natural Resources Committee
- Apr 29, 1998CommitteeCommittee · Markup by House Natural Resources Committee
- Apr 23, 1998CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Forests and Forest Health Subcommittee of the House Natural Resources Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Markup by Forests and Forest Health Subcommittee of the House Natural Resources Committee
- Mar 24, 1998CommitteeCommittee · Hearings by Forests and Forest Health Subcommittee of the House Natural Resources Committee
- Nov 13, 1997CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Forests and Forest Health Subcommittee of the House Natural Resources Committee
- Nov 7, 1997CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Natural Resources Committee
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the House
Data notes
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Official record
The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.