North Fork Watershed Protection Act of 2013
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| Full title | To withdraw certain Federal land and interests in that land from location, entry, and patent under the mining laws and disposition under the mineral and geothermal leasing laws and to preserve existing uses. |
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| Introduced in | 113th United States Congress |
| Introduced on | June 5, 2013 |
| Sponsored by | Rep. Steve Daines (R, MT-0) |
| Number of co-sponsors | 0 |
| Agencies affected | Bureau of Land Management |
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The North Fork Watershed Protection Act of 2013 (H.R. 2259) is a bill that would withdraw 430,000 acres of federal lands in Montana from programs to develop geothermal and mineral resources. The law would forbid mountaintop removal mining and other natural resource development. The affected lands lie adjacent to Glacier National Park and already have some protections. The bill follows up on an agreement between Canada and the United States on how to protect the trans-border area from the effects of mining. In the 2010 agreement, Canada agreed not to do any additional mining on the British Columbian Flathead with the expectation that Montana would do the same thing to its land.
The North Fork Watershed Protection Act of 2013 was introduced in the United States House of Representatives during the 113th United States Congress. It's companion measure by the same name, (S. 255 in the 113th Congress), had previously been introduced in both the 111th United States Congress and the 112th United States Congress without becoming law.
This summary is based largely on the summary provided by the Congressional Research Service, a public domain source.
The North Fork Watershed Protection Act of 2013 would withdraw federally owned land or interest in land within the North Fork Lands Withdrawal Area in Montana from: (1) all forms of location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (2) disposition under all laws relating to mineral and geothermal leasing.
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