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Flatside Wilderness Additions Act

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Introduced:
Feb 26, 2025
Policy Area:
Public Lands and Natural Resources

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14
Actions
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Cosponsors
1
Summaries
5
Subjects
4
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Oct 27, 2025
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 219.

Summaries (1)

Introduced in House - Feb 26, 2025 00
<p><strong>Flatside Wilderness Additions Act</strong></p> <p>This bill adds specified lands to the Flatside Wilderness in the Ouachita National Forest in Arkansas. The bill also redesignates the wilderness as the Flatside-Bethune Wilderness.</p>

Actions (14)

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 219.
Type: Calendars | Source: Senate
Oct 27, 2025
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Reported by Senator Boozman without amendment. Without written report.
Type: Committee | Source: Senate
Oct 27, 2025
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Reported by Senator Boozman without amendment. Without written report.
Type: Committee | Source: Library of Congress | Code: 14000
Oct 27, 2025
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Type: Committee | Source: Senate
Oct 21, 2025
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Type: IntroReferral | Source: Senate
May 14, 2025
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Type: Floor | Source: House floor actions | Code: H38310
May 13, 2025
4:18 PM
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1967)
Type: Floor | Source: House floor actions | Code: H37300
May 13, 2025
4:18 PM
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1967)
Type: Floor | Source: Library of Congress | Code: 8000
May 13, 2025
4:18 PM
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1612.
Type: Floor | Source: House floor actions | Code: H8D000
May 13, 2025
4:08 PM
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1966-1969)
Type: Floor | Source: House floor actions | Code: H30000
May 13, 2025
4:08 PM
Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Type: Floor | Source: House floor actions | Code: H30300
May 13, 2025
4:08 PM
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Type: IntroReferral | Source: House floor actions | Code: H11100
Feb 26, 2025
Introduced in House
Type: IntroReferral | Source: Library of Congress | Code: Intro-H
Feb 26, 2025
Introduced in House
Type: IntroReferral | Source: Library of Congress | Code: 1000
Feb 26, 2025

Subjects (5)

Arkansas Forests, forestry, trees Geography and mapping Public Lands and Natural Resources (Policy Area) Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Text Versions (4)

Reported to Senate

Oct 27, 2025
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Referred in Senate

May 14, 2025
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Engrossed in House

May 13, 2025
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Introduced in House

Feb 26, 2025
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Full Bill Text

Length: 2,464 characters Version: Reported to Senate Version Date: Oct 27, 2025 Last Updated: Nov 14, 2025 6:05 AM
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1612 Reported in Senate

(RS) ]

<DOC>

Calendar No. 219
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1612

_______________________________________________________________________

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

May 14, 2025

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry

October 27, 2025

Reported by Mr. Boozman, without amendment

_______________________________________________________________________

AN ACT

To designate the Flatside-Bethune Wilderness in the Ouachita National
Forest, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1.

This Act may be cited as the ``Flatside Wilderness Additions Act''.
SEC. 2.
Section 3 (d) of Arkansas Wilderness Act of 1984 (Public Law 98-508; 98 Stat.
(d) of Arkansas Wilderness Act of 1984 (Public Law 98-508;
98 Stat. 2349) is amended by inserting ``and certain land in the
Ouachita National Forest, which comprise approximately 2,212 acres,
generally depicted as'' Land Proposed for Wilderness Designation ``on
the map titled'' Flatside Wilderness, Proposed Addition Designation ``,
dated November 12, 2024'' after ``1984''.
SEC. 3.

Nothing in this Act or the amendment made by
section 2 shall be construed to limit the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture under
construed to limit the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture under
section 4 (d) (1) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.
(d) (1) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133
(d) (1) ), in
accordance with existing laws (including regulations).
SEC. 4.

The wilderness designated by
section 3 (d) of Arkansas Wilderness Act of 1984 (Public Law 98-508; 98 Stat.
(d) of Arkansas Wilderness
Act of 1984 (Public Law 98-508; 98 Stat. 2349), shall be known as the
``Flatside-Bethune Wilderness''. Any reference in a law, map,
regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to
such portion of the Flatside Wilderness shall be deemed to be a
reference to the Flatside-Bethune Wilderness.
Calendar No. 219

119th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 1612

_______________________________________________________________________

AN ACT

To designate the Flatside-Bethune Wilderness in the Ouachita National
Forest, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

October 27, 2025

Reported without amendment
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