To provide further protections for the watershed of the Little Sandy River as part of the Bull Run Watershed Management Unit, Oregon, and for other purposes.
Public Law 107-30 · H.R. 427 · 107th Congress · began in the House
Signed by George W. Bush (R) on Aug 20, 2001 · Water Resources Development
Sponsor: Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR-3)
Cosponsors (3): Rep. Peter DeFazio, Rep. David Wu,
Passage votes
- HouseVoice vote
- SenateUnanimous consent
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Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Includes an additional portion of the Little Sandy River Watershed in the Bull Run Watershed Management Unit in Oregon.
Repeals an exception allowing certain timber cutting in the Unit to require the Secretary of Agriculture or the Interior, as applicable, to prohibit the cutting of trees on Federal land throughout the Unit.
Requires the Secretaries of Agriculture and of the Interior to identify: (1) any Oregon and California Railroad land (O&C lands) within the Unit that is subject to certain annual funds distribution requirements; and (2) public domain land within specified Bureau of Land Management Districts in Oregon that is approximately equal in acreage and condition as such O&C land, but not subject to specified Federal law relating to the Oregon and California Railroad and Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands. Requires such Secretary, in accordance with specified administrative procedures, to reclassify: (1) the O&C land within the Unit as public domain land not subject to the annual funds distribution requirements; and (2) the public domain land within such Districts as O&C land subject to such Federal law and funds distribution requirements.
Authorizes appropriations for watershed restoration in Clackamas County, Oregon.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Agriculture Committee · House · discharged from, referred toSubcommittee: Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee- Natural Resources Committee · House · markup by, referred to, reported bySubcommittee: Federal Lands Subcommittee; Forests and Forest Health Subcommittee
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Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 20 actions.
- Aug 20, 2001Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 107-30.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Aug 10, 2001PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- Aug 3, 2001FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- Jul 23, 2001FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- FloorFloor · On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
- FloorFloor · Mr. Gibbons moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- CommitteeCommittee · Discharged from House Agriculture Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Natural Resources Committee
- Jun 27, 2001CommitteeCommittee · Markup by House Natural Resources Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Discharged from Federal Lands Subcommittee of the House Natural Resources Committee
- Jun 21, 2001CommitteeCommittee · 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
- Apr 25, 2001CommitteeCommittee · Hearings by Forests and Forest Health Subcommittee of the House Natural Resources Committee
- Mar 23, 2001CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee of the House Agriculture Committee
- Feb 15, 2001CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Federal Lands Subcommittee of the House Natural Resources Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Forests and Forest Health Subcommittee of the House Natural Resources Committee
- Feb 6, 2001CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Agriculture Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Natural Resources Committee
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the House
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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.